February 19, 2021

FRIDAY, Feb. 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Inpatient pediatric admissions were down across a wide range of diagnoses during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published online Feb. 12 in JAMA Network Open. Jonathan H. Pelletier, M.D., from the UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, and colleagues used data from the...

Cancer prevalence worldwide is rapidly increasing, with cases expected to increase from 18.1 to 24.6 million by 2030. Differences in carcinogen exposure, diagnostic center access, and treatment affordability have increased gaps in cancer outcomes and death rates worldwide. In this review, the authors highlight factors contributing to prostate cancer care disparities among African Americans and...

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of vision loss in the elderly. It comes in two forms: dry AMD and wet AMD. Wet AMD progresses from dry AMD. Patients in the early stages of dry AMD may take years for their vision to be affected, resulting in missed opportunities for monitoring and care. ...

FRIDAY, Feb. 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Mortality risk from infection with COVID-19 among middle-aged adults with type 2 diabetes is elevated compared with adults without diabetes and is the equivalent of adding 20 years of chronological age to assessing overall related death risk, according to a research letter published online Feb. 16 in Diabetologia....

During the COVID-19 pandemic, a disparity has been noted in outcomes along racial lines. This racial disparity also exists for other conditions and has worsened during the pandemic, especially for diseases exacerbated by concurrent coronavirus infection.  This article, published in Arthritis & Rheumatology, focuses on widening disparities among patients with rheumatic conditions. At the outset,...