Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
What we've learned about managing COVID-19 pneumonia
How we now treat COVID-19 pneumonia compared to 12 months ago makes a significant difference to survival.
May 19, 2021
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News tagged with clinical care
Vaccination
Backlash against Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine is real and risky – here's how to make its rollout a success
More than 50 million Americans have received at least one dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. So far, Americans have been largely brand-agnostic, but that's about to change as a new vaccine rolls out.
Mar 8, 2021
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Surgery
Most common joint procedures not backed by high quality evidence
Most common bone and joint (orthopaedic) procedures, such hip replacements and shoulder repair surgery, are not backed up by high quality evidence, mainly because of a lack of definitive trials, suggests an analysis of data ...
Jul 7, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Health conditions a dentist might find that have nothing to do with your teeth
A visit to the dentist's office could provide a glimpse into your heart and brain health.
Aug 11, 2022
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Differences in walking patterns could predict type of cognitive decline in older adults
Canadian researchers are the first to study how different patterns in the way older adults walk could more accurately diagnose different types of dementia and identify Alzheimer's disease.
Feb 16, 2021
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Vaccination
US expects 100 million people vaccinated by February
The US hopes to have immunized 100 million people against COVID-19 by the end of February, a top official said Wednesday, which is approximately 40 percent of the country's adult population.
Dec 2, 2020
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Alzheimer 'tau' protein far surpasses amyloid in predicting toll on brain tissue
Brain imaging of pathological tau-protein "tangles" reliably predicts the location of future brain atrophy in Alzheimer's patients a year or more in advance, according to a new study by scientists at the UC San Francisco ...
Jan 2, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers discover second type of schizophrenia
Penn Medicine researchers are the first to discover two distinct neuroanatomical subtypes of schizophrenia after analyzing the brain scans of over 300 patients. The first type showed lower widespread volumes of gray matter ...
Feb 26, 2020
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Medical research
Almost 400 medical practices found ineffective in analysis of 3,000 studies
Scientists have identified nearly 400 established medical practices that have been found to be ineffective by clinical studies published across three top medical journals.
Jun 11, 2019
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Vaccination
How effective is the first shot of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine?
As the COVID-19 vaccines reach more people across the country, some people have asked: Could we delay the second dose of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines to allow more people to be vaccinated more quickly? And, how safe am ...
Mar 22, 2021
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