COVID-19 Booster Shots to Be Offered to 32 Million Brits
Booster campaign could begin as soon as Sept. 6 and deliver an average of nearly 2.5 million booster doses a week
Transthoracic Echocardiography May ID Higher-Risk COVID-19 Patients
Reduced left ventricular ejection fraction, tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion tied to higher in-hospital mortality
Women’s Preventive Health Service Use Down in 2020
Findings show persistent decline by 20 to 30 percent for birth control, cancer screening, sexually transmitted infection screening
Guidance Issued for Reducing ASCVD Risk in Hypertriglyceridemia
Factors to consider include evaluation of secondary causes, optimization of diet and lifestyle interventions, implementation of statin therapy
Midodrine Cuts Recurrent Syncope in Young, Healthy Patients
Absolute risk reduced by 19 percentage points, with number needed to treat to prevent syncope of 5.3
Pandemic Not Tied to Changes in Preterm Births, Stillbirth Rates in Canada
No changes seen during the first 12 months of the COVID-19 pandemic versus the previous 17.5 years
Obesity With Cardiometabolic Abnormalities Tied to Cognitive Decline
Poorer cognitive trajectories seen for Hispanics/Latinos with central obesity in presence of cardiometabolic abnormalities
Myopia Incidence Up in Hong Kong Schoolchildren During COVID-19
From pre-COVID-19 to COVID-19, time spent on outdoor activities decreased and screen time increased
Delta Variant Accounts for Most Breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 Cases
Delta variant identified in 89 percent of patients with breakthrough infection; four of five hospitalized patients were vaccinated
Statin Use Improves Survival in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Overall survival, breast cancer-specific survival improved among women with TNBC, but not those without TNBC
