Only 30.6% of American adolescents complete three routinely recommended vaccinations, new research has found, but that number varies widely by state. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends that by age 17, adolescents complete three key immunizations: human papillomavirus (HPV); quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate (MenACWY); and…
Adding nutritional supplements, and protein in particular, to the diet of patients on hemodialysis didn’t seem to bolster their mortality rates, a pragmatic trial found. In a cluster-randomized clinical trial of over 10,000 patients on hemodialysis, patients on an intensive oral nutritional supplement protocol had…
VA hospitals used more antibiotics in the first 5 months of 2020, which reversed declines in antibiotic use in recent years, a researcher said. Days of therapy per 1,000 days present rose to 631 in January-May 2020, the highest since 2016 when it was 630…
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Some medical societies feature sessions at their annual meetings that feel like they’re 24 hours long, yet few have the courage to schedule a session that actually runs all day and…
A significant number of patients leave the hospital with inappropriate drugs because of a lack of medication reconciliation at discharge, new research shows. Proton pump inhibitors — known to have adverse effects, such as fractures, osteoporosis, and progressive kidney disease — make up 30% of…
Dr Randall A. Oyer Many independent oncology practices struggled to make ends meet before COVID-19 ran roughshod over the US economy and health system. Now some are on the verge of collapse, threatening to strand patients without access to the care they need, according to…
Comprehensive contact tracing efforts in one New Jersey city worked to drive COVID-19 cases down, even with limited resources, a researcher said. From a mid-April peak of 263 cases, contact tracers in the city of Paterson brought that number down to seven cases, with over…
Formerly known as the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, AACE has rebranded itself as the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology to include a “global, inclusive community” of endocrine-focused professional members. Telemedicine, eConsultations, and Project Echo: these are just a few of the ways the COVID-19…
Molly Wiese estaba perpleja. Sus padres y hermanos viven en el sur de California, y Wiese, abogada de 35 años, ha viajado cada Navidad desde que se mudó a Minnesota en 2007. Por la pandemia, Wiese pensó que esta vez sería más prudente quedarse. Pero…
Molly Wiese was truly stumped. Her parents and siblings live in Southern California, and Wiese, a 35-year-old lawyer, has returned home every Christmas since she moved to Minnesota in 2007. Because of the pandemic, Wiese thought it would be wiser to stay put for once.…