Day October 18, 2024

Sweden has reached the UNAIDS and WHO targets for the HIV epidemic, according to a study in Eurosurveillance by researchers at Karolinska Institutet and others. According to the researchers, Sweden is the first country in the world to achieve these…

Immunotherapy has become the most promising strategy for treating cancer, but its effectiveness is still very uneven. In the month of breast cancer, the most common tumor in women—almost 2.5 million cases are diagnosed worldwide each year—three researchers present the…

Graphical abstract Geometric means (95 % confidence intervals) of (A) high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I (hs-cTnI, ng/L), a marker of cardiac injury, and (B) N-terminal pro-b-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP, pg/mL), a marker of cardiac strain, according to vitamin D3 supplementation assignment…

A New physician composition by international medical graduate status, 2010–2019, (%). Figure note: We used linear probability models to test the trends over time (Coef: -0.003, 95% CI, -0.006, 0.003, p?=?0.07). B Percentage of new physicians entering primary care by…

Receipt of methadone for opioid use disorder is associated with a lower risk for treatment discontinuation compared with buprenorphine/naloxone, according to a study published online Oct. 17 in JAMA. Bohdan Nosyk, Ph.D., from Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia,…

Vaccination for influenza, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is less likely with an increasing social vulnerability index (SVI) and Black race, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases…

There are no significant differences in all-cause or cardiovascular mortality with the prescription of dialysate calcium 1.50 versus 1.25 mmol/L for patients undergoing hemodialysis, according to a study published online Oct. 4 in the Clinical Kidney Journal. Karlien J. ter…

A University of Michigan led study finds regional and demographic disparities in glaucoma burden. Results find that 4.22 million U.S. adults had glaucoma in 2022, with 1.49 million living with vision impairment. Glaucoma is a leading cause of irreversible blindness…