Medscape Medical News

• AAAAI 2021 Peanut Sublingual Immunotherapy Feasible and Effective in Toddlers Even in peanut-allergic toddlers as young as age 1 year, peanut sublingual immunotherapy is effective, a new study suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, February 28, 2021
• AAAAI 2021 Masks Don't Affect Oxygen Saturation in People With Asthma People with asthma sometimes worry that wearing a mask against COVID-19 won't let them breathe. But a new study demonstrates masks don't affect oxygen saturation.
  Medscape Medical News, February 27, 2021
• J&J COVID-19 Vaccine Wins Backing of FDA Panel An FDA panel voted 22 to 0 in favor of an emergency clearance for Janssen/J&J's COVID-19 vaccine, bringing it a step closer to distribution.
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2021
• COVID-19 Vaccination Linked to Less Mechanical Ventilation A new report from Israel links COVID-19 vaccination to a drop in the need for mechanical ventilation among people 70 and older.
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2021
• ACTRIMS 2021 NfL Levels Linked to Worse Disability in Real-World MS Greater brain atrophy and disability were observed in a real-world study of people with multiple sclerosis and elevation of serum neurofilament light chain levels.
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2021
• Contrary to Popular Belief, Insulin Can Be Stored Outside Fridge In a study, insulin retained its potency in conditions in which the temperature oscillated between 25 and 37 degrees Celsius (77 to 98.6 Fahrenheit) during a 28-day period of use.
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2021
• Promising Treatments for Molluscum Contagiosum and Acne "The treatment of molluscum is still an unmet need," Leon H. Kircik, MD, clinical professor of dermatology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, said.
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2021
• Hepatotoxicity Risk Differs Between Psoriasis, PsA, and RA Patients Patients taking methotrexate for psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis were at a higher risk of developing liver disease than were patients with rheumatoid arthritis on methotrexate.
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2021
• Major Advance in the Treatment of Axial Spondyloarthritis Coming Rheumatologists can look forward to the likely regulatory approval of the oral Janus kinase inhibitors tofacitinib and upadacitinib for the treatment of axial spondyloarthritis in the first half of 2021.
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2021
• Residency Director's Removal Called Racist, Sexist After filing a discrimination lawsuit, Princess Dennar, MD, was removed as director of the internal medicine-pediatrics residency program at Tulane University School of Medicine, prompting an outcry.
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2021
• Missed Visits During Pandemic Cause 'Detrimental Ripple Effects' Patients with chronic diseases are more likely to have postponed care because of COVID-19 precautions, a survey finds, and physicians are seeing the consequences.
  Medscape Medical News, February 25, 2021
• Murthy for SG, Levine for HHS Get Mostly Positive Senate Reception In committee hearing, the surgeon general and assistant health secretary nominees vow to attack COVID-19, as well as mental health and substance use crises.
  Medscape Medical News, February 25, 2021
• AAN 2021 Psychiatric Disorders Linked to Earlier Alzheimer's Onset Depression, anxiety, and other psychiatric disorders are linked to earlier onset of Alzheimer's disease, new research shows.
  Medscape Medical News, February 25, 2021
• Google-Backed Database Tracks Details on COVID Cases Worldwide Google supplied funds and expertise to build the repository; it's unclear how the international database will be financed in the long term.
  Medscape Medical News, February 25, 2021
• Most Severe COVID Tied to Four Cardiometabolic Conditions The authors of a new study are calling for stronger public health lifestyle advice to minimize the risk for COVID-19 hospitalization.
  Medscape Medical News, February 25, 2021
• How to Convince Patients Muscle Pain Isn't a Statin Achilles Heel The strategy seemed to work in this trial: two-thirds of patients who previously rejected statins, perceiving them as the cause of muscle pain, decided they would go on them again, 'which was quite amazing.'
  Medscape Medical News, February 25, 2021
• NPWT May Not Improve Complication Rate After Gynecologic Surgery Use of prophylactic negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) may not be appropriate in surgical cases where women undergo a laparotomy for presumed gynecologic malignancy, according to recent research.
  Medscape Medical News, February 25, 2021
• New Tool May Improve Suicidality Detection Researchers have developed a proprietary computer adaptive screening tool that may help emergency departments more accurately predict suicide attempts in adolescents.
  Medscape Medical News, February 25, 2021
• An X-ray Like a Christmas Tree: One Refugee's Mysterious Case The case, published in The Lancet in 2019, illustrates the challenges of refugee healthcare, even among those who are resettled in a high-resource country.
  Medscape Medical News, February 25, 2021
• PTSD Prevalent in Survivors of Severe COVID-19 Posttraumatic stress disorders may occur in as many as one third of patients who recover from severe COVID-19 infection, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, February 25, 2021