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Vision and balance issues are common in younger children with concussion

Vision, Balance Issues Common With Pediatric Concussions

Visiovestibular clinical assessments often not performed in the emergency department setting
Screening for anxiety is recommended for women and adolescent girls

WPSI Advises Screening for Anxiety in Women, Teen Girls

Diagnostic accuracy moderate to high for screening for anxiety; CBT and antianxiety meds beneficial
Risk for newborn respiratory distress increases in a dose-response manner in association with maternal use of prenatal antidepressants

Newborn Respiratory Distress Up With Maternal Antidepressant Use

Moderate, high sustained prenatal antidepressant use associated with increased risk for preterm birth
A Kawasaki-like multisystem inflammatory syndrome

Kawasaki-Like Disease More Common in Children of African Ancestry

Kawasaki-like inflammatory syndrome temporally linked to SARS-CoV-2 marked by GI symptoms
A partnership that would bypass the drug industry to sell a potential vaccine against the new coronavirus has been formed by a laboratory at Imperial College London.

Partnership Would Bypass Drug Industry to Sell COVID-19 Vaccine

Vaccine could be sold without profits or licensing fees in Britain and low- and middle-income countries
An adverse childhood family environment is associated with cardiovascular disease incidence and all-cause mortality later in life

Adverse Childhood Environment Tied to Later Health Problems

Increased risk for all-cause mortality remained significant in fully adjusted model
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Most Teens Recover Iron Stores One Year After Whole Blood Donation

Less than half of blood donors with low ferritin at index achieved adequate stores within 12 months

American Society of Clinical Oncology, May 29-June 2

The Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology The annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology was held virtually...
Francis Collins

NIH Head Fears Some Will Bypass a COVID-19 Vaccine

Name of campaign -- 'Operation Warp Speed' -- does not mean corners will be cut on safety
Here is what the editors at Physician's Briefing chose as the most important COVID-19 developments for you and your practice for the week of June 1 to 5

Physician’s Briefing Weekly Coronavirus Roundup

Here is what the editors at Physician's Briefing chose as the most important COVID-19 developments for you and your practice for the week of...