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AAAAI 2021 Asthma Not an Independent Predictor of COVID-19 Outcome Asthma is not an independent risk factor for hospitalization or more severe illness from SARS-CoV-2 infection and allergic asthma may actually be protective, according new research.
News, March 02, 2021
SCCM 2021 Kids With Sepsis From Poor Neighborhoods Have Longer Hospital Stays Children being treated for sepsis remain in the hospital longer if they come from low-income neighborhoods, although it's not entirely clear why, a large U.S. study shows.
News, February 05, 2021
ASH 2020 Gene Therapy a Potential 'Game Changer' for Hemophilia B An investigational gene therapy for hemophilia B substantially increased production of the blood-clotting protein factor IX and reduced the number of bleeding episodes and need for prophylactic therapy in a phase-3 trial.
News, December 16, 2020
ASH 2020 Origins of Blood Cancer Traced to Early Childhood, Decades Before Diagnosis Genetic mutations linked to myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) may occur during childhood or before birth and proliferate for years before cancer onset, new research suggests.
News, December 17, 2020
DDW 2018 Experimental Drug May Protect Celiac Patients From Gluten Exposure An experimental monoclonal antibody (AMG 714) may help protect patients with celiac disease from developing symptoms such as gut pain and diarrhea after inadvertent exposure to gluten, according to a proof-of-concept study.
News, May 29, 2018
DDW 2018 Blue-Dye Tablet During Bowel Prep Boosts Polyp Detection Rate Swallowing a tablet of delayed-release methylene blue during bowel preparation for colonoscopy increases detection of adenomas, particularly hard-to-detect ones that are flat or subtle, according to results of a randomized, placebo-controlled trial.
News, May 28, 2018
ESMO Nivolumab-Ipilimumab Combo for Melanoma: 3-Year Survival Data Three-year survival rates with advanced melanoma are 52% with nivolumab and 34% with ipilimumab, but 58% with a sequential combination of the two, according to the latest results comparing the two anticancer biologics separately and together.
News, September 11, 2017
IAS HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Can Be Taken as Needed Men at risk for HIV infection can safely take pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) when they need it, instead of every day, suggests a new study.
News, August 04, 2017
PAS 'Baby Boxes' Help New Moms Stick to Safer Sleep Practices Providing new mothers with a "baby box" - a cardboard bassinet with a mattress and fitted cotton sheet - reduces the likelihood that they’ll adopt the unsafe habit of sharing a bed with their newborn, new research shows.
News, May 29, 2017
SCCM Sepsis Leading Cause of Early Readmissions in the U.S. Unplanned 30-day readmissions are common after sepsis hospitalizations, according to data from the Nationwide Readmissions Database.
News, January 25, 2017
Statins and Mortality Reduction in Ankylosing Spondylitis, Psoriatic Arthritis Patients with ankylosing spondylitis or psoriatic arthritis who take statins have a considerably lower risk of early death compared with those not on the drugs, according to a new study.
News, November 15, 2016
ACAAI Antibiotics Use in Pregnancy Linked to Child's Asthma New research confirms that children whose mothers used antibiotics during pregnancy have higher rates of asthma, but it remains unclear if the drugs or the infection, or something else entirely, is to blame.
News, November 17, 2016
ACAAI Immunotherapy Tablets for Dust Mite Allergy May Improve Asthma Immunotherapy for house dust mite allergies using sublingual tablets may improve asthma outcomes, a new analysis of three trials suggests.
News, November 15, 2016
App With Quicker STI Test Results Can Help Cut Disease Transmission An app that reports positive sexually transmitted infection (STI) test results on a patient's smartphone or computer days before a provider calls them cuts the time during which they may unknowingly infect someone else, a new study suggests.
News, November 09, 2016
Kidney Week Creatinine Poor Predictor of Acute Kidney Injury in Pediatric ICU Acute kidney injury develops in more than one quarter of children and young adults admitted to intensive care units. And in severe cases, it increases the odds of death by 77%, according to a new international observational study conducted in 32 hospitals.
News, November 18, 2016
IDWeek More Evidence Cranberries Don't Prevent Urinary Tract Infections Over the course of a year, taking cranberry capsules did nothing to stave off urinary tract infections (UTIs) among older women living in nursing homes, a U.S. study finds.
News, October 27, 2016
Obesity Week Obesity a Top Health Concern for Americans, But Misperceptions Persist: Survey Roughly eight in 10 Americans view obesity as the most serious health problem facing the nation, tying cancer as the top issue, and well ahead of diabetes, heart disease, mental illness, and HIV/AIDS, according to a new survey.
News, November 04, 2016
UEG Yoga Has Durable Benefits in Ulcerative Colitis Patients with ulcerative colitis who practiced hatha yoga for 12 weeks experienced reductions in disease activity and improved quality of life and mental health in a randomized controlled trial, and the effects persisted for at least three months after the end of the intervention.
News, November 03, 2016
IDWeek Fatal Measles Complication More Common Than Thought: U.S. Study A deadly complication of measles in young children that strikes years after infection may be more common than previously thought, according to a study presented on Friday that stressed the importance of vaccinations against the highly contagious disease.
News, October 28, 2016
The Concussion Rate May Be Rising Among Adolescents Adolescents are the age group most likely to suffer a concussion and the rate seems to be rising, according to research presented July 10 at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's annual meeting in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
News, July 12, 2016

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