White House takes more steps to up supply of rapid at-home COVID-19 tests
Oct 26, 2021
Tests will be be particularly useful during flu season because the tests can help distinguish between the flu and COVID-19.
Risk for hospitalization, ED use up with SARS-CoV-2 delta variant
Aug 31, 2021
The risk increased for being admitted to the hospital or attending emergency care within 14 days with delta variant.
Recent cannabis use linked to extremes of sleep duration
Dec 07, 2021
The likelihood of being at extremes of nightly sleep duration further increased with heavy cannabis use.
Sacubitril-valsartan does not cut risk for death, heart failure after MI
Nov 22, 2021
Sacubitril-valsartan is not linked to a reduced incidence of death from cardiovascular causes or incident heart failure versus ramipril.
Universal HepB vaccination recommended for adults age 19 to 59
Mar 31, 2022
Those aged 60 years or older with risk factors should receive the vaccine; those without risk factors should be offered the vaccine.
Videogaming rehabilitation studied in stroke patients
Mar 28, 2022
Use of self-managed, at-home video game rehabilitation was compared with other methods for upper-extremity therapy.
Demographic disparities in proximity to stroke care identified
Jun 10, 2021
Disparities were greater in nonurban areas; in both urban and rural areas, tracts with more uninsured people and a larger proportion of American Indians were farther from stroke centers.
Monkeypox virus detected in anorectal samples from asymptomatic patients
Aug 16, 2022
“Whether this indicates viral shedding that can lead to transmission is unknown,” the authors write. “If so, the practice of ring postexposure vaccination around symptomatic persons with...
Omicron cases pass U.S. peak seen with delta
Dec 27, 2021
The numbers of hospitalizations, however, have not yet reached those higher levels.
Light alcohol intake may not protect against cardiovascular disease
Mar 30, 2022
Heavy consumption was tied to exponential increases of cardiovascular disease risk.