Do your kids really need cough & cold meds? (HealthDay)—When children have colds, parents may want to hold off on using cough and cold medicines, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration suggests. Nov 8, 2021 0 2
EU drug agency looking at data on Merck's COVID-19 pill The European Union's medicines agency on Monday began reviewing Merck's COVID-19 treatment pill so that it can swiftly advise national drug authorities in the 27-nation bloc that want to begin using it before it gets official ... Nov 8, 2021 0 6
Change in vaccination strategy averted outbreak of urban yellow fever in São Paulo State Yellow fever is a non-contagious viral disease with two transmission cycles, sylvatic (in wild animals) and urban. Sylvatic yellow fever circulates among monkeys, and in Brazil is transmitted by mosquitoes of the genera Haemagogus and Sabethes, ... Nov 8, 2021 0 77
A new tool for studying COVID's impact on gut health Most of us are familiar with COVID-19's hallmark symptoms of a loss of taste or smell and difficulty breathing, but a full 60% of patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 also report gastrointestinal symptoms (GI) such as nausea, ... Nov 8, 2021 0 8
Few aortic dissection survivors receive long-term imaging surveillance (HealthDay)—Only one in seven people who survive acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) receive recommended surveillance imaging, according to a study published in the Nov. 9 issue of the Journal of the American College ... Nov 8, 2021 0 1
Study examines differences in gastrointestinal effects of antiplatelet regimens after PCI Utilizing a magnetically-controlled capsule endoscopy system, the double-blind, randomized OPT-PEACE trial found that nearly all patients receiving antiplatelet therapy developed evidence of abnormal gastrointestinal (GI) ... Nov 8, 2021 0 2
How synapses are built and function in the nervous system Nerve cells in the brain establish connections or synapses to form complex electrical circuits that keep people thinking and moving. Despite the importance of these synapses in mediating the flow of charged particles between ... Nov 8, 2021 0 47
Exposure to carbon dioxide after a traumatic experience strengthens fearful memories in mice The inhalation of carbon dioxide (CO2) by mice a few hours after they formed a new fearful memory makes that memory stronger, so that the mice show more distress when they are prompted to 'retrieve' (ie, recall) it. That ... Nov 8, 2021 0 70
Study finds more inflammation in Black patients with chronic skin disease Prurigo nodularis (PN) is a chronic skin disease that affects an estimated 72 out of 100,000 people in the U.S. The disease disproportionately affects Black patients and other minority groups. Patients with PN have intensely ... Nov 8, 2021 0 7
Study reveals racial, ethnic disparities in use of increasingly popular prostate cancer test Black, Hispanic, and Asian men whose results on a common prostate cancer screening test indicated a need for additional testing were less likely than their white counterparts to receive an increasingly used follow-up test ... Nov 8, 2021 0 86
