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Reviewers’ Notes A new study finds that people are more likely to recommend that a pregnant family member or friend get vaccinated to protect the infant from RSV illness if they are shown a chart outlining the rigorous process a vaccine undergoes to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The experiment was conducted by an Annenberg Public […]

When COVID-19 presented the world with the greatest health challenge in modern history, it was biomedical scientists who stepped up to develop diagnostic testing and vaccines to slow the spread of the disease. But how did these in-demand scientists fare psychologically and in their careers amid pandemic pressures such as juggling child and/or elder care with work? Until now, that […]

A recent study published in Frontiers in Medicine evaluated the effects of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) quarantine on outcomes in individuals with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP). Study: Rational use of drugs to alleviate adverse outcomes caused by COVID-19 quarantine in women with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy. Image Credit: Coffeemill/Shutterstock.com Background COVID-19 has been linked to adverse health outcomes, such as neurologic, […]

New guidance published in Anesthesia provides clear advice to reduce avoidable errors on all steps of the pathway involving injectable medications used routinely in anesthesia care. The guidance has been written by a working party of UK anesthesia experts that include Dr. Mike Kinsella, Honorary Consultant, Department of Anesthesia, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston, Bristol, UK and Chair of the […]

New Covid variant EG.5.1, dubbed Eris, is currently driving up cases in the UK. The descendant of Omicron was first classified as a variant in the UK on 31 July, but it now accounts for one in 10 Covid cases. However, the Arcturus variant still remains the most prevalent strain in the UK at the moment, according to The UK […]

TOPLINE: Most women with breast cancer who received scalp cooling did not perceive benefits in preventing hair loss, overall quality of life, body image, and other outcomes compared with those who opted to forgo scalp cooling. METHODOLOGY: Although studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of scalp cooling to reduce hair loss during breast cancer chemotherapy, most were in the setting of single-agent […]

Hospital admissions for severe allergies have more than doubled in the past two decades, NHS data reveals. The number of patients needing treatment for anaphylactic shock after a food reaction rose from 686 in 2002-03 to 1,483 in 2022-23. Cases involving asthma increased by two-thirds, from 5,551 to 9,217, and those for pollen reactions leapt from just 124 to 2,133. […]

Reviewers’ Notes Researchers at Lund University have developed a technique for simultaneously measuring electrical signals from 128 areas of the brain in awake rats. They have then used the information to measure what happens to the neurons when the rats are given psychedelic drugs. The results show an unexpected and simultaneous synchronization among neurons in several regions of the brain. […]

Reviewers’ Notes In one of the largest studies of its kind, researchers provide answers to whether COVID-19 vaccinations reduce sickness and mortality following infection with SARS-CoV-2. The study published today in The Lancet Microbe found among individuals recently infected with SARS-CoV-2, those who were fully vaccinated had lower concentrations of almost all inflammation markers (cytokines and chemokines) than those who […]