COVID-19 Vaccine Safe for Patients with Hepatitis C Virus-Related Liver Disease
November 22nd 2023After receiving the COVID-19 vaccination, the antibody titers of patients with cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma were significantly reduced compared to patients with chronic hepatitis C patients.
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Smartphone Notifications Helps Prevent Missed Doses for Gout Medication
November 20th 2023The 2 groups—the active control group who received smartphone notifications about general health advice and the intervention group who receive notifications on adherence-targeted information—did not have significant differences in serum urate levels.
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Low-Cost Standard-Field Fundus Camera Viable for Proliferative Sickle Cell Retinopathy Screening
November 18th 2023Standard-Field Fundus Camera performs well in detecting proliferative sickle cell retinopathy, but performs poorly detecting non-proliferative sickle cell retinopathy, a new study found.
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Vision Impairment Associated with Developing Mental Health Conditions
November 17th 2023After years 1, 3, and 5, patients with diabetic retinopathy patients had increased odds of depression and suicide, patients with glaucoma had increased odds for all mental health conditions with higher odds for suicide or suicide ideation, and patients with AMD had increased odds for depression.
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Gross Hematuria Observed in Patients with IgA Nephropathy After COVID-19 Vaccination
November 16th 2023In the new study, 71% of the patients who developed gross hematuria after a COVID-19 vaccination were females, and for 92% of the patients, the investigators observed gross hematuria had developed after the second or subsequent vaccinations.
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Study Supports the Efficacy, Safety of Ravulizumab for Patients with IgA Nephropathy
November 16th 2023The ravulizumab group had a proteinuria reduction of 40.3% while the placebo group had a reduction of 10.9% by week 26, highlighting ravulizumab’s effectiveness in treating patients with IgA Nephropathy.
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Neighborhood Disadvantages Do Not Influence Minority Children’s High Autism Spectrum Diagnoses
November 15th 2023Children of mothers in minority group were associated with a higher likelihood of ASD diagnosis, but only children of White mothers had ASD associated with neighborhood disadvantages.
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FDA Approves Defencath to Reduce Catheter Bloodstream Infections in Adults Receiving Hemodialysis
November 15th 2023On November 15, 2023, the FDA approved Defencath. The new drug can reduce catheter-related bloodstream infections in adults with kidney failure receiving chronic hemodialysis through a central venous catheter.
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Quality of Life Is Worse for Patients with Heart Failure than Many Cancers, Study Finds
November 12th 2023Participants with heart failure measured lower on physical and mental component scores than patients with lung, colon, breast, or prostate cancer, highlighting their worser health-related quality of life.
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Presented at AAO 2023, Kendra Klein-Mascia, MD, discussed her team’s study, comparing faricimab with aflibercept. The study found 2 injections of faricimab gets rid of 75% of retina fluid by week 8, but for aflibercept, erasing the same amount of fluid takes 3 injections until week 12.
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Study Explores High Prevalence of Anemia in Children Under 5 Years Old in Ghana
November 9th 2023Investigators studied factors that could be associated with anemia in children < 5 years old, such as gender, age in years, type of birth (single or multiple), birth order, preceding birth interval in months (<18 months, 18+ months, or 1st born), and fever or no fever in the past 2 weeks (with malaria and without). Other factors related to mother or caregiver characteristics and household characteristics.
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