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Three- and five-year overall survival similar with allogeneic or autologous HSCT, but transplant-related mortality higher with allogeneic HSCT

Lower rate ratios for COVID-19 cases, ED visits, hospital admission, and deaths comparing oldest age group with younger adults

Factors that contribute to disparities include racism, socioeconomic status and insurance status, geographic disparities

Symptoms with the highest prevalence included anosmia, weakness, fatigue, dysgeusia, myalgia, and depression

After a long period of progress, glycemic and blood pressure control declined while lipid control plateaued in adults with diabetes

Nearly 25,000 workers met Monday's deadline to be fully immunized, but 178 failed to do so and were suspended

At a minimum, law enforcement and policymakers should classify neck restraints as a form of deadly force

No illnesses related to the recalled products have been reported, according to the company

Child drownings remain the leading cause of unintentional death among U.S. children ages 1 to 4

First 200 million doses will be sent out this year, with 300 million more shared in the first half of next year

Five-year mortality did not differ for adults aged ≥70 years and <70 years after adjustment for relevant confounders

Studies examine benefits of fetoscopic endoluminal tracheal occlusion for severe, moderate left diaphragmatic hernia

Women in highest quintile of inflammatory score of the diet had significantly increased risk, especially premenopausal women

Objective response seen in 37.1 percent of patients with previously treated KRAS p.G12C-mutated non-small cell lung cancer

Decision-analytic model shows selective second-opinion strategy could increase diagnostic accuracy, decrease population-level costs

Rate of symptomatic remission at week 6 similar for Mediterranean diet, specific carbohydrate diet in randomized trial

Rate of incident AF over 12 months higher with implant versus usual care with external cardiac monitoring in patients with ischemic stroke

Assembly's 193 member nations commit to efforts such as reducing annual new HIV infections, annual AIDS-related deaths

Research into extending the shelf life of the one-dose vaccine is ongoing

Japan, France, Italy, Spain, Greece, Switzerland, Canada, and Mexico no longer in the 'Do Not Travel' category

However, vaccines do appear to work well against this variant of the coronavirus

Barriers to health care access linked to increased odds of suboptimal physician skin examination adherence

Highest increased risk for developing Parkinson disease seen among those with knee or hip osteoarthritis

Systematic review and meta-analysis show improvement in functional balance and dynamic balance among children with cerebral palsy

During luteal phase, moderate and heavy drinking are associated with reduction in fecundability versus no alcohol intake

Difference increased in age-adjusted mortality rates between large metropolitan areas, rural areas from 1999 to 2019

Symptomatic and asymptomatic infection reduced by 81 percent after partial vaccination and by 91 percent after full vaccination

Hazard ratio for in-hospital mortality 2.21 for minority patients after adjustment for injury type, probability of survival, operative status

Idea backed by more than 60 countries, including the United States

So far, just over 222 million vaccines have been given in India; less than 5 percent of its population has been fully vaccinated

Estimated DFS rate 77.3 and 68.1 percent at 24 months with pembrolizumab versus placebo; benefit consistent across subgroups

However, prospective modeling using electronic medical records suggests a birth volume surge will occur in summer 2021

69 of 78 participants on treatment for hypertension stopped all or some antihypertensive and diuretic meds

Anti-TNFα recommended over no treatment for induction and maintenance of remission for adult outpatients

Dementia risk increased more than sixfold for older adults with T1D who experienced severe episodes of hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia

Authors say patients with Alzheimer disease would still be expected to benefit from cataract surgery

Men with family history of prostate cancer reach the screening risk threshold up to 12 years earlier than men in the general population

Consuming low-quality carbohydrates and animal protein at dinner versus breakfast linked to increased CVD risk

Higher rates of invasive disease-free survival seen in adjuvant setting for HER2-negative early-stage disease with germline BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations

Most infections attributable to male-to-male sexual contact; increase seen in proportion of infections among Blacks, Hispanics

Estimated prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA reactive donations 1.16/100,000; no infectivity seen in inoculated permissive cell cultures

The agency says the Medtronic HVAD system should no longer be used because it increases risk for neurological problems, death

Younger adults with schizophrenia, those with history of suicide attempts or self-injury at especially high risk

AMA will take steps to promote diversity, equity, inclusion within the medical society and its journals

However, no link seen between postnatal exposure and later symptoms in childhood

Eight people have been hospitalized; no deaths have been reported

Detection of ICA, GADA, IA2A autoantibodies in women with gestational diabetes linked to decreased T1DM-free survival time, time to diagnosis

Brexafemme offers an alternative to Diflucan but at greater cost

Testosterone undecanoate therapy reduces NAFLD grade in obese men with functional hypogonadism and type 2 diabetes

Higher risk seen for medical cannabis use and prescription opioid and tranquilizer/sedative use and misuse

Low point in testing for chlamydia and gonorrhea seen in early April 2020, raising the possibility of many missed cases

Performance-based financial penalties not associated with improvement in total performance scores, specific measures

Mastocytosis occurs more often among U.S. patients with hymenoptera venom anaphylaxis versus general population

Improvement in HbA1c, reduction in ER visits and hospitalizations for hypoglycemia seen in insulin-treated patients with diabetes

Reductions in time spent with dyskinesia, time spent in the off state, and in dopaminergic drugs sustained for more than 15 years

Rates of starting evaluations within six months of referral and wait-listing within six months similar at for-profit, nonprofit centers

No increased risk for autism found following MMR in children; no evidence of intussusception or diabetes seen with rotavirus vaccine

Reduced 28-day mortality seen for infants with birth weight of 1.0 to 1.799 kg who received immediate versus delayed kangaroo mother care

Risk for death following SARS-CoV-2 infection increased with advanced-stage disease, higher comorbidity, but not receipt of chemotherapy

Drug-induced immunosuppression, particularly from oral corticosteroids, may limit response to COVID-19 vaccine

Emergency use authorization based on data showing two doses of Sinovac are about 50 percent effective

Supreme Court will not hear J&J's appeal over ruling in favor of women who said they developed ovarian cancer from using talc products

Baseline depressive symptoms positively linked with decline in kidney function for Chinese adults with normal kidney function

Greatest decrease seen for those previously working outside of the home and in those without 'allergic-type' inflammation

Nucleic acid-based testing for noninfluenza pathogens suggested for hospitalized patients who have severe CAP or are immunocompromised

Individuals who received J&J, Moderna, or Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will receive single booster dose of Moderna vaccine 12 to 20 weeks later

Risk for recurrence increased with surgical delay beyond 12 weeks; overall survival improved with surgery within 12 weeks

The China National Health Commission says risk for large-scale spread in humans is low

Vaccine efficacy was 100 percent; no cases of COVID-19 with onset of seven or more days after dose 2 seen among BNT162b2 recipients

Findings generally favorable for patients with pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2

Furthermore, oncologists and patients differ in their opinions of modalities offering benefits, boost to quality of life

Decrease in calls to emergency medical services and increase in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest persisted after initial wave

Other HPV-related cancers have increased in recent years; incidence of anal and rectal cancer expected to surpass cervical cancer

Reductions in waist circumference seen in tai chi and conventional exercise groups compared with control group

AMA investigating how podcast and tweet, which contained controversial statements, were developed, reviewed, and published

In multivariable analyses, hypertension, previous history of coronary artery disease were predictors of MACE

Masks no longer required for campers, staff who are fully vaccinated

Better functional improvement seen with total ankle arthroplasty at 48 months after surgery for end-stage ankle arthritis

With new public labeling system, governments may be more willing to disclose newly detected variants

Site-wide food prohibitions or allergen-restricted zones are not suggested, except in special circumstances

Success in prisons could convince some in the general public to get vaccinated

Magnitude of elevated risk similar among women who did and did not use bisphosphonates

Acute CRAO is a medical emergency and patients should be immediately triaged to an emergency department

High pericardial fat volume linked to twofold increase in risk for women, 53 percent increase in risk for men

Of adults with diabetes in a pooled sample from 55 LMICs, 4.6 percent self-report meeting need for all treatments recommended

For those with familial dementia, risk for dementia is reduced with three or more healthy behaviors

And, most smokers start smoking before age 25 years, with 82.6 percent initiating between ages 14 and 25 years

AAD poll highlights common misconceptions about sunscreen application

Risk elevated during follow-up, especially for middle-aged and elderly adults, compared with non-OCD controls

Tracer is injected into the bloodstream and lights up metastatic prostate cancer cells during PET scan

More than 40 percent of survivors were not assessed by physical medicine and rehab professionals during hospitalization

Digestive Disease Week 2021

Overall prevalence of breastfeeding initiation was 84.1 percent, with a range from 90.3 to 73.6 percent for infants of Asian, Black mothers

In latest KFF survey, 62 percent of respondents said they had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine

Median of 72.5 percent of patients experienced one or more persistent symptoms based on data from 16 studies

During pandemic, initial reduction seen in ED visits for cholecystitis, ectopic pregnancy; reductions sustained for appendicitis, miscarriage

Greater red meat intake, lower educational attainment, and heavier alcohol use up risk for early-onset colorectal cancer

Median progression-free survival of 10.1 versus 4.6 months seen among those receiving combo versus nivolumab alone, respectively

Authors recommend against probiotics for prevention of CDI; in those with CDI recurrence, FMT recommended to prevent further recurrence

Findings seen in two cohorts of older adults with different sociodemographic characteristics

Diagnosis of low EF was increased with the intervention in the overall cohort, among patients with positive AI results

Single mRNA vaccine dose often fails to elicit a humoral response; 57 percent of dialysis patients have undetectable anti-RBD IgG at four weeks

Findings suggest that most people who have recovered from SARS-CoV-2 infection and were later vaccinated will not require booster shots

Even for at-risk patients, primary care providers are less likely to prescribe during afternoon appointments

Multidisciplinary approach usually needed to address complexities in diagnosis and management of surgically altered bowel in IBD

Six weeks of therapy did not meet the criteria for noninferiority among patients with microbiologically confirmed prosthetic joint infections

Higher mortality risk partially explained by disparities in Black patients' receipt of surgery and chemotherapy

However, no other significant associations seen between particulate matter and other air pollutants and Parkinson incidence

Rapid test detects NG within 15 minutes and simultaneously determines whether strains are resistant to ciprofloxacin

Study found that patients who received sotrovimab showed an 85 percent reduction in their risk for hospitalization or death versus placebo

Sleep disorders affect an estimated 13.6 million U.S. adults, with approximately $94.9 billion in incremental costs per year

Move prompted by a new report questioning whether the new coronavirus originated in a lab in Wuhan, China

Internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy was more efficacious than an active comparator in reducing the severity of SAD symptoms

However, the ISSCR did not specify how much longer embryos could be grown beyond the 14-day limit specified in 2016 guidelines

Better cognitive performance linked to larger LV/RV volumes, higher LV/RV stroke volumes, greater LV mass

Scientists say substandard proteins, some of which appear to split apart inside the body, can provoke the rare clots

SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain IgG persisted over six months followed by slow, continual decline

FEV₁pp improved and FENO was reduced with dupilumab among children with type 2 inflammatory asthma phenotype

Low BMI associated with higher risks for anorexia, higher BMI associated with increased risks for bulimia

27 percent of vaccine breakthrough infections were asymptomatic; 10 and 2 percent resulted in hospitalization, death

At least 25 states, plus Washington, D.C., have now fully vaccinated at least half of their adult residents

Brooks-LaSure will be the first Black person to lead CMS

Disruptions linked to lower receipt of preventive services, forgoing needed care, medication nonadherence

Almost half have disability, with highest prevalence seen in the domains of mobility and work productivity

Poorer humoral, cellular immune responses seen in patients receiving methotrexate for immune-mediated inflammatory disease

Risk for reinfection was significantly reduced by 85 percent with the presence of antibodies

Estrogen therapy after oophorectomy did not appear to have a protective effect

Differences between those with schizophrenia, controls became more profound as age increased

Occurrence of psoriasis was reported before vitiligo in 62.2 percent of patients, especially those with colocalization of lesions

About twofold and threefold increase in mortality seen with cortisol_DST of 83 to 137 nmol/L and cortisol_DST of 138 nmol/L or higher

Interim results of a randomized study indicate that oral and IV TXA are equally effective in reducing perioperative blood loss

Removing race correction in PFT results leads to higher prevalence, severity of lung disease diagnoses in Black patients

Pregnancy within 12 months linked to lower gestational age at delivery, lower gestational weight gain, lower neonatal birth weight

Among 3,980 patients receiving spinal injections with 22-gauge Quincke cutting needle or 25-gauge pencil-point needle, none developed PDPH

Compared with controls, rheumatoid arthritis was associated with lower percent predicted FEV₁, percent predicted FVC, and FEV₁/FVC

Duloxetine, given on the day of surgery and once daily for 14 days, reduces opioid use by about 30 percent

For patients hospitalized with upper GI bleeding, suggested threshold for red blood cell transfusion at hemoglobin level of 7 g/dL

Side effects among adolescents who received the Moderna vaccine were similar to those reported in adults

The American College of Cardiology 70th Annual Scientific Session and Expo

Travel advisories issued by both the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. State Department

Efficacy data revealed 40 percent response rate, median response duration of 11.1 months

Behavioral counseling interventions aimed at promoting healthy gestational weight gain have moderate net benefit

Vital sign data collected from wearables offer more consistent and precise depiction of resting heart rate than clinic measures

But no differences between intervention and control groups seen for weight loss or glycemic control in adults with uncontrolled diabetes

Exposures reported to poison control most commonly involve unprocessed plant materials

Greater physical improvement seen with early, transitional, tailored, progressive rehab intervention including physical function domains

Recommendations include diagnostic workup to define stroke etiology to reduce risk for recurrent stroke

Neurologic illness prior to COVID-19 a predictor for acute-care hospital reencounters within 30 days and four months

Health care providers should watch for unusual heart symptoms among young people who have just received the vaccine

Correlation found for increased EAA with elevated fatigue, which was mediated by inflammatory markers CRP, IL-6

Region with only 8 percent of the world's population has accounted for about 29 percent of COVID-19 deaths worldwide

Reduction in daytime ambulatory systolic blood pressure at two months greater with ultrasound renal denervation versus sham procedure

Study shows that after two doses, the Pfizer vaccine is 88 percent effective in protecting against symptomatic disease from the variant

Proportion of severe IBS patients and mean IBS Severity Scale decreased during lockdown versus prepandemic, may be secondary to reduction in external stress burdens

Nearly 9,000 cases of the fungal infection mucormycosis have been reported so far

Patients with the highest levels of EPA had similar rates of major adverse cardiovascular events as patients taking placebo

United States reporting about 25,700 new COVID-19 cases daily, a 39 percent decrease from two weeks ago

Lowest risk for cataracts seen for patients aged 40 to 49 years; null result observed in patients aged 60 to 79 years

BMI cutoffs equivalent to 30.0 kg/m² in Whites were 23.9, 28.1, 26.9, and 26.6 kg/m² for South Asian, Black, Chinese, Arab populations

Overall, 61.5 percent of Medicare beneficiaries have pulmonary rehabilitation center within a 10-mile radius

Moderate-to-severe depression and anxiety reported for 44.6 and 31 percent, respectively; 47 percent were at risk for PTSD

However, health care use and screening are common for alcohol use disorder

Cigarette smoking reached historic low in 2019, but obesity levels high and cancer screening, HPV vaccination levels suboptimal

Almost two-thirds of pediatric spinal fractures in the U.S. occur in patients aged 15 to 17 years, most often due to motor vehicle accidents

Patients presenting with atypical symptoms when calling for help have lower chance of emergency dispatch, increased mortality

Findings seen during 11 years of follow-up among those having a heart attack at age 50 years or younger

Findings consistent at both six and 12 months of treatment with systemic therapy

No significant difference in AUC seen for detecting scaphoid fractures with convolutional neural network versus 11 radiologists

34 people had been hospitalized, but no deaths had been reported

WHO recommendation adopted based on evidence that self-administered DMPA-SC is safe, effective with higher continuation rates

Dexamethasone and remdesivir use grew substantially, while azithromycin and hydroxychloroquine both declined from early peaks

Two replicate double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trials show short-term efficacy for upadacitinib in adolescents and adults

However, unknown variants of the virus could still emerge and be resistant to existing vaccines

Risk for CRC-related mortality reduced with screening endoscopy for those older than 75 years who do not have significant comorbidities

Odds of ADHD symptoms increased for children with exposure in prenatal period, early postnatal period, current period

Increase in stage I disease, decrease in stage IV disease incidence seen with multimodal screening versus no screening

Pregnant women diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus decreased intake of juice, added sugar; maintained prediagnosis exercise routine

SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity not linked to having vitamin D level less than 20 ng/mL or less than 30 ng/mL before or during pandemic

60 percent of patients with MIS-A had acute COVID-19 symptoms, 20 percent were admitted for COVID-19 before being admitted for MIS-A

All 29 high-income countries had excess deaths except New Zealand, Norway, Denmark; absolute number of deaths highest in U.S., Italy, U.K.

Those surviving breast cancer for more than one year have higher risk for subsequent primary cancers

Patients report side effects, beliefs, and knowledge about bipolar disorder are top reasons for not taking medications

But adverse effects, including hypotension, acute kidney injury, syncope, more frequent with intensive treatment in those at increased CV risk

Risk for all-cause mortality increased, but no association seen between multiple sclerosis and cancer-specific survival

Risk increased for new sequelae attributed to SARS-CoV-2 infection, including chronic respiratory failure, myocarditis, anxiety, fatigue

Deep learning algorithm could aid malignancy risk estimation of pulmonary nodules detected on low-dose screening CT

With respect to a favorable functional outcome, no significant difference seen between endovascular therapy and medical therapy

Heart failure patients have significantly higher likelihood of developing depression within five years

New guidance means the vaccine can be used in more locations that do not have ultra-cold storage facilities

Weekly median overdose deaths increased by 50 percent after stay-at-home order

Fauci also said that variant-specific booster shots may not be needed

New measures for tourists and other travelers could take effect as early as next week

Awareness low despite NCAA concussion education requirements for athletes

90 percent of repeat positive tests ≥60 days from initial diagnosis are not consistent with true recurrence

Link between family history of polyps and CRC risk strengthened with increasing number of relatives and lower age at polyp diagnosis

Signs and symptoms of some neurologic conditions overlap with botulism; thorough, serial neurologic exams should be conducted

However, absolute risks are small, with 11 excess venous thromboembolic events per 100,000 vaccinations

Patients at high risk for cardiovascular disease or who had established cardiovascular disease had higher risk for a-fib with fish oil supplements