Two years after the covid-19 outbreak began and a year since vaccinations started, many governments are now reducing the length of time people with covid have to isolate. Elisabeth Mahase looks at the evidence behind the different strategiesWhat are the isolation rules in different countries?In the US, new rules mean that people have to isolate for only […]
Elevated levels of three circulating proteins have been found to help protect against kidney failure in diabetes, according to HMS researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center and their colleagues in industry and academia. The findings could provide biomarkers useful in detecting advancing kidney disease risk in people with diabetes and provide the basis for future therapies […]
The news in summer 2021 was almost as oppressive as the heat itself. Boston sweated through its hottest June on record. Lytton, British Columbia, reached an unheard-of 121 degrees Fahrenheit as the Pacific Northwest baked under a heat dome. Another dome in August stifled the Mediterranean.As records toppled, lives were lost. Early investigations suggest that […]
Diversity among the radiologist workforce may be lacking, despite commitment from the specialty to address this issue. But one New York radiology department has found promise piloting a virtual imaging internship to target underrepresented minority medical students, experts reported Thursday.Weill Cornell Medicine recently designed the four-week program, hoping to provide clinical exposure and allow students […]
Lung ultrasound (LUS) score is predictive of the development of moderate to severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia (ms-BPD), with moderate diagnostic accuracy on the third day of life (DOL) and the seventh DOL, according to the results of a multicenter, prospective, observational diagnostic accuracy study published in the journal CHEST.Researchers sought to examine the diagnostic accuracy of the […]
The CMS said it has instructed Medicare administrative contractors to temporarily hold all Medicare claims with dates of service on or after April 1 until a moratorium on Medicare sequestration cuts is extended, shielding health care organizations from a 2% payment cut set to take effect today. The agency also announced it “will resume standard […]
Dr. Maya Goldenberg has broadened her research into the science-values complex to investigate vaccine hesitancy as illustrative of poor public trust in scientific institutions. She will be taking us through vaccine hesitancy, looking at social and political concerns including mistrust of scientific institutions and government. You won’t want to miss this!Earn 5.0 CE Hours and […]
Objective: The purpose of this study was to categorize patients into different grades of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) by ultrasonography and to compare the findings with their serum lipid profile. Materials and Methods: Descriptive, cross-sectional study design was used. One hundred and nine patients without a history of alcohol consumption of age more than […]
It is clinically important to assess the degree of hepatic injury in addition to the clinical diagnosis of underlying liver diseases. Fibrotic deposits represent the response of liver tissue to damage, and the degree of hepatic fibrosis is an important prognostic indicator and therapeutic target in liver diseases. Invasive liver biopsy has been the golden […]