Today's Health News
Young With Intellectual Disability More Likely to Die of COVID-19
Concentration of COVID-19 cases, case fatality in those with IDD higher at younger ages
Benzodiazepine Use Linked to Risk for Ectopic Pregnancy
Excess of 80 ectopic pregnancies per 10,000 pregnancies found in women with benzodiazepine prescription
COVID-19 Drug Studies Questioned
Journals issue 'expressions of concern' over two recent studies of medications and their effect on COVID-19 patients
Women’s Acute Coronary Symptoms No Longer ‘Atypical’
Chest pain remains the most common presentation by both men and women
Reducing Number of BP Meds May Be Safe in Some Older Adults
No significant change in systolic BP control seen at 12 weeks versus pretrial medication
Weight, Blood Pressure Higher in Younger Patients With T2DM
Differentials for weight, BP for those with, without T2DM greater for younger versus older patients
Doxycycline Does Not Cut Growth of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
Compared with placebo, no difference seen in growth of small abdominal aortic aneurysms at two years
Delayed Vaccination Enabled Measles Spread During 2018-2019 in NYC
Initial spread due to delayed vaccination; transmission facilitated by increased infectious contact
Chest CT Often Normal in Pediatric COVID-19 Patients
No change was seen in 10 of the 11 follow-up CT examinations carried out
Long-Term Rituximab May Aid in Antibody-Associated Vasculitis
Relapse rates lower versus placebo in granulomatosis with polyangiitis, microscopic polyangiitis