Risk factors include peripheral sensory neuropathy, peripheral arterial disease, nephropathy, and poor glycemic control
CDC: Most Teens Do Not Meet Recommended Fruit, Veggie Intake
Nationally, 7.1 and 2.0 percent of students met U.S. Department of Agriculture recommendations for fruit, vegetable intake in 2017
Brigham and Women’s Hospital tumor classification system for basal cell carcinoma identifies patients with risk of metastasis and death.
Despite approximately 4,400 unresectable U.S. cases annually, high-stage basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is ill-defined.Develop a tumor (T) staging system for BCC predicting metastasis/death and compare its performance to AJCC 8th …
COVID-19 Outcomes No Worse for Patients on Immunosuppressive Meds
Findings for ventilator use, length of stay, in-hospital mortality similar for those with, without chronic use of immunosuppressant agents
Large Number of SARS-CoV-2-Infected Are Asymptomatic
About one-third identified as asymptomatic in nationwide, representative serosurveys conducted in England and Spain
Considerable Proportion of Cancer Deaths Attributable to Smoking
Smoking-related population-attributable fractions for cancer varied from 8.8 percent to 35.7 percent
Children Less Susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 but More Infectious
Asymptomatic individuals less likely to infect others; symptomatic cases more likely to infect others before symptom onset
Lower Oxygen Target Does Not Cut Deaths in Respiratory Failure
Findings show no difference in mortality for lower-, higher-oxygenation target in adults with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure
Fried Food Intake May Increase Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Highest versus lowest fried food intake linked to increases in major cardiovascular events, coronary heart disease, heart failure
Full-Dose Heparin May Aid Moderately Ill COVID-19 Patients
Interim results show improvement in primary end point of need for ventilation, other organ-supportive interventions