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2021-11-30 09:14:51 Join @COVID19_and_Medical_News to get latest round the globe news updates on OMICRON covid variant Open / Comment

2021-11-29 17:43:58 ​​​ Omicron poses "very high" global risk, world must prepare -WHO

WHO briefs on new coronavirus variant Omicron

● Says overall global risk "assessed as very high"

● Urges member states to vaccinate, shore up health systems

● "Uncertainties" on degree of vaccine immunity


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2021-11-28 19:48:03 ​​ The American Cancer Society Guidelines for the Prevention and Early Detection of Cervical Cancer


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2021-11-27 10:03:58 WHO classifies new COVID variant (Omicron / B.1.1.529) as ‘of concern’

On November 26, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) classified a new variant, B.1.1.529, as a Variant of Concern and has named it Omicron.
WHO sayis it may spread more quickly than other forms.


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2021-11-26 05:42:43 ​​ Illness Associated with SARS-CoV-2 Reinfections

In this report from Qatar, the severity of SARS-CoV-2 second infections was investigated. The severity of illness associated with second infections was much lower than that associated with initial infections.


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2021-11-23 05:23:19 ​​ Gene Therapy for Hemophilia A

At a median follow-up of 3.5 years after gene therapy with a factor VIII–containing adeno-associated virus, 16 of 18 men with hemophilia A had enough factor VIII expression that bleeding events were reduced to nearly zero and prophylaxis was discontinued. Vector-related hepatitis led to elimination of the vector in 2 men, but immunosuppressive therapy helped to maintain expression in the others.


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2021-11-20 08:52:11 CDC Expands Eligibility for COVID-19 Booster Shots to All Adults
https://tools.cdc.gov/podcasts/download.asp?m=132608&c=439039

Today, CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., endorsed the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) expanded recommendations for booster shots to include all adults ages 18 years and older who received a Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccine at least six months after their second dose.


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2021-11-19 16:00:25 ​​ Salt Handling and Blood Pressure

Salt intake is associated with blood pressure, but the relationship is complex. This review highlights the interplay among renal salt transport, salt storage in the skin and interstitium, vascular adaptation to changes in the salt concentration, and neurohormonal signaling.

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2021-11-17 18:58:18 ​​ Knee Osteoarthritis Clinical Practice Guidelines
(American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2021)


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2021-11-06 16:10:21 ​​ Guided PCI as Compared with Coronary Bypass Surgery

In this trial involving patients with three-vessel coronary artery disease, PCI guided by assessment of fractional flow reserve was not noninferior to CABG with respect to the composite end point of death, myocardial infarction, stroke, or repeat revascularization at 1 year. The incidence of this composite end point was higher among those assigned to FFR-guided PCI than among those assigned to CABG.


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