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Delayed Screenings Correlate with More Severe Lung Cancer Malignancies
COVID-19 led to canceled or delayed care in 2020 — with consequences.
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A Prescription for Volunteering
This large, observational study of U.S. adults aged older than 50 years found that volunteering ≥ 100 hours yearly is associated with a reduced risk of mortality and several favorable psychosocial outcomes when compared with peers reporting 0 volunteer hours yearly.
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A Proinflammatory Diet’s Association with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
An analysis of data from three large prospective cohort studies revealed a proinflammatory diet as a risk factor for incident Crohn’s disease, but not for ulcerative colitis.
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Creating Healing Environments: Band-Aids and Beyond
Because normative messages affecting diversity and inclusion are conveyed by the application of a bandage and its color, healers are called to offer and employ newly available adhesive bandages in a multitude of skin tones.
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HPV Vaccination Reduces the Risk of Invasive Cervical Cancer
In this retrospective cohort study of women in Sweden, receipt of human papillomavirus vaccination prior to age 17 years was associated with an 88% decrease in cervical cancer, and vaccination at ages 17 to 30 years was associated with a 53% decrease in cervical cancer.
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Managing Appendicitis Medically
A multicenter, randomized trial showed that 10 days of antibiotics results in comparable outcomes as surgery. Three in 10 patients treated with antibiotics required surgery within 90 days.
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Ceftriaxone-Resistant Gonorrhea Has Arrived in the United States
A man in Las Vegas with gonorrhea was infected with the first ceftriaxone-resistant strain of Neisseria gonorrhoeae identified in the United States.
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Medical Tourism — Infectious Complications
Infections are a potential complication associated with medical tourism — something that both patients and clinicians must consider.
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Childhood Diseases Associated with Antibiotic Exposure During Infancy
A population-based cohort study showed that exposure to antibiotics during the first two years of life is associated with increased rates of subsequently developing asthma, allergic rhinitis, atopic dermatitis, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, celiac disease, and obesity.
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Elevated Procalcitonin Is Associated with Increased Mortality in Pulmonary Tuberculosis
A single-center, prospective, observational study found that an elevated procalcitonin level was associated with an increased risk of death in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis.