How does fragmented care affect IBD outcomes?
Poor continuity of care can lead to worse outcomes among active patients inflammatory bowel disease (MII), according to data from more than 20,000 veterans. Even in the Veterans Health Administration’s health care system, which “can provide the ideal environment for care coordination,” patients with active IBD exhibited a “substantial variation” in the dispersion of care. […]
Family reunions after vaccination are an emotional roller coaster
Editor’s Note: Find the latest news and guidance on COVID-19 in Medscape Coronavirus Resource Center. The night before Lisa Hardesty’s post-vaccination reunion with her 101-year-old grandmother she felt like the night before she went to an amusement park when she was a little girl. “I can’t wait to hug her,” Hardesty, 54, said a few […]
HPV vaccination rates continue to rise among young adults in the US
Although vaccination rates against the human papilloma virus (HPV) remain low for young adults in the United States, the number of self-reported HPV vaccines among women and men between the ages of 18 and 21 has increased markedly since 2010, according to new research results. The conclusions were published online On April 27 as a […]
Vaccinated people do not need masks in small outdoor groups
After hinting that new guidelines on the use of outdoor masks would arrive, today the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has given the green light to let fully vaccinated people participate in outdoor activities. outdoors without many people without wearing masks. “Over the past year, we’ve spent a lot of time telling Americans […]
HHS loosens restrictions on buprenorphine for opioid use disorder
New internship guidelines published by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) remove long-term barriers buprenorphine for the treatment of opioid use disorder (TUU). Specifically, the Practice guidelines for the administration of buprenorphine for the treatment of opioid use disorder exempts physicians, medical assistants, professional nurses, and other eligible individuals from federal certification requirements […]
Its CRT package impresses in the second random test
Biventricular rate (BiV) limitations have been successful as they have been improving heart function and outcomes in many patients with heart attack, leave opportunities to drive more physiological rhythm alternatives cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). Both their packet rate (HBP) and their packet rate (LBP) have they emerged as candidates in recent years, not as BiV […]
USPSTF reaffirms tips for controlling adult hypertension
The U.S. Preventive Services Working Group (USPSTF) continues to recommend that physicians analyze high blood pressure in all adults 18 years of age and older and confirm a diagnosis of hypertension with blood pressure measurements taken outside the office before starting treatment. This grade A recommendation is consistent with the 2015 working group recommendation. Hypertension […]
COVID treatment has improved, but many want an easy pill
Editor’s Note: Find the latest news and guidance on COVID-19 in Medscape Coronavirus Resource Center. If Priscila Medina had gotten COVID-19 a year ago, she would not have shown any safe and effective treatment. But when the 30-year-old nurse arrived at Long Island Hospital last month, with so little breathing that she could barely speak, […]
Is it time to do universal genetic testing in colorectal cancer?
Test of universal multigenic panels of colon cancer according to new research, patients can detect inherited mutations that would not have been discovered with pattern-based testing. A prospective study of universal genetic testing suggested that one in six patients with colorectal cancer has an inherited genetic predisposition to cancer. More than half of the patients […]
The airline bans the Alaska senator from refusing to wear a mask
April 27, 2021 – A Republican state senator in Alaska has been banned from Alaska Airlines for refusing to obey mask rules. “We have notified Senator Lora Reinbold that she is not allowed to fly with us because of her continued refusal to comply with employee instructions on current mask policy,” said spokeswoman Tim Thompson. […]
