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WEDNESDAY, Jan. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The Abbott BinaxNOW COVID-19 Ag Card (BinaxNOW) rapid antigen test has lower sensitivity than reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT...

Jan 22, 2021

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 20, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The rates of suicide attempts and suicide are increased among individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to a study published onl...

Jan 22, 2021

THURSDAY, Jan. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Use of maternal oxygen during childbirth is not associated with improved neonatal outcomes, according to a review published online Jan. 4 in JAMA ...

Jan 22, 2021

THURSDAY, Jan. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- For men with newly diagnosed prostate cancer on active surveillance, adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MedD) is associated with a lower risk fo...

Jan 22, 2021

THURSDAY, Jan. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- For men with newly diagnosed prostate cancer on active surveillance, adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MedD) is associated with a lower risk fo...

Jan 22, 2021

THURSDAY, Jan. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Artificial intelligence (AI)-based screening algorithms for diabetic retinopathy (DR) show significant performance differences, according to a stu...

Jan 22, 2021

THURSDAY, Jan. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with symptomatic, radiographically confirmed osteolysis undergoing revision total hip arthroplasty surgery, a single dose of denosuma...

Jan 22, 2021

THURSDAY, Jan. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- A day after his inauguration, President Joe Biden plans to unveil a new, far-reaching pandemic response plan. He will also issue executive orders ...

Jan 22, 2021

THURSDAY, Jan. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- For adults with COVID-19-related critical illness admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), mortality has decreased over time, according to a stu...

Jan 22, 2021

THURSDAY, Jan. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Serotonin-noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) have a small and not clinically important effect on back pain, but may have a clinically impor...

Jan 22, 2021

THURSDAY, Jan. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (aHSCT) may prevent worsening of disability, accordi...

Jan 22, 2021

THURSDAY, Jan. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Tocilizumab plus standard care is not superior to standard care alone for improving clinical outcomes among patients with severe or critical COVID...

Jan 22, 2021

THURSDAY, Jan. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The estimated prevalence of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in the United States is 72.8/100,000, according to a study published online Jan. 21...

Jan 22, 2021

THURSDAY, Jan. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Stephen Hahn, M.D., resigned as commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday.Hahn became head of the agency just weeks befor...

Jan 22, 2021

THURSDAY, Jan. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Patient age is associated with the choice of telepsychiatry visit type, and many patients report being likely to continue with telepsychiatry even...

Jan 22, 2021

THURSDAY, Jan. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Non-Hispanic Black patients are disproportionately left off liver transplant wait lists, according to a study published online Jan. 11 in the Jour...

Jan 22, 2021

THURSDAY, Jan. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Overall, 2.3 percent of kindergarteners were not up to date with measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccination and did not have an exemption in th...

Jan 22, 2021

THURSDAY, Jan. 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Regular use of aspirin is associated with a reduced risk for colorectal cancer (CRC) among those with initiation of aspirin before age 70 years, a...

Jan 22, 2021

FRIDAY, Jan. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Most patients undergoing mastectomy alone, known as "going flat," are satisfied with their surgical outcome, according to a study published online J...

Jan 18, 2021

FRIDAY, Jan. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Immunity against the new coronavirus can last for at least five months in most people who have been infected, British researchers report.The Public ...

Jan 18, 2021