Neurology
Early-Onset T1DM Negatively Impacts Brain Development Over Time
THURSDAY, Feb. 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Negative changes in brain volumes and cognitive scores persist over time in children with early-onset type 1 diabetes, according to a study published online Feb. 10 in Diabetes Care. Nelly Mauras, M.D., from Nemours Children’s Health System in Jacksonville, Florida, and colleagues assessed brain and cognitive differences between...
Pediatric-Onset Multiple Sclerosis Tied to Lasting Social Consequences
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis (PoMS) is associated with less educational achievement, lower earnings, and greater use of disability benefits throughout the working-age life span, according to a study published online Feb. 22 in JAMA Neurology. Kyla A. McKay, Ph.D., from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, and colleagues examined the...
Pediatric Inpatient Admissions Down During Pandemic
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...
Decrease Seen in U.S. Life Expectancy in First Half of 2020
THURSDAY, Feb. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Provisional life expectancy decreased in the first half of 2020, with larger decreases for males and non-Hispanic Blacks, according to a February Vital Statistics Rapid Release report, a publication from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Elizabeth Arias, Ph.D., from the National Center for Health Statistics...
Factors Other Than Workplace Tied to COVID-19 Positivity in HCWs
TUESDAY, Feb. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Demographic and community risk factors are more strongly associated with COVID-19 positivity than workplace exposure among health care workers (HCWs), according to a study published online Jan. 29 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Julia M. Baker, Ph.D., from the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University...
Prolonged High-Dose Cyproterone Acetate Use Linked to Risk for Meningioma
TUESDAY, Feb. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — High-dose cyproterone acetate is associated with meningiomas treated by surgery or radiotherapy, according to a study published online Feb. 3 in The BMJ. Alain Weill, M.D., from the French National Health Insurance in Paris, and colleagues examined the risk for meningioma associated with high-dose cyproterone acetate in an...
Many Health Care Workers Report Vaccine Hesitancy
FRIDAY, Feb. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Many health care workers (HCWs) report they may delay getting the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a research letter published online Feb. 9 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Adva Gadoth, Ph.D., from the University of California in Los Angeles, and colleagues conducted a survey (Sept. 24 to Oct....
Supreme Court Should Uphold Affordable Care Act: Biden Administration
THURSDAY, Feb. 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The entire Affordable Care Act should be upheld, the U.S. Justice Department says in a letter filed with the Supreme Court Wednesday. That stance under the Biden administration reverses a Trump administration position in an important case before the court, the Associated Press reported. The Trump White House...
Sexual-Minority Medical Students Have Higher Burnout
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Medical students in sexual-minority groups report increased symptoms of burnout regardless of their perceived experiences of mistreatment, according to a study published online Feb. 2 in JAMA Network Open. Elizabeth A. Samuels, M.D., from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and colleagues surveyed U.S. medical students graduating in...
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