Dairy foods, rather than supplements, seems to be the answer to reducing fractures in the frail elderly but the four servings/day given in this study is too high for environmental sustainability. Medscape Medical News …read more
Despite predictions there would be a “shadow pandemic” of intimate partner violence during COVID-19, new research suggests there was no such increase – at least in the early stages of the pandemic. Medscape Medical News …read more
Turns out almost 41% of Americans delayed or avoided some form of medical care because of concerns about COVID-19. Medscape Medical News …read more
‘More is not necessarily better…Our findings do not support a benefit of high-dose vitamin D supplementation for bone health and raise the possibility of harm for females,’ say researchers. Medscape Medical News …read more
Dr JoAnn Manson highlights key health and disease differences influenced by sex and gender. Medscape Ob/Gyn …read more
A team of US researchers is investigating whether pressurized intraperitoneal aerosolized chemotherapy (PIPAC) can benefit patients with advanced cancer and peritoneal carcinomatosis. Medscape Medical News …read more
All breast cancer patients who develop a 2nd primary cancer should undergo multigene panel testing. The authors note that women with breast cancer have a 4%-16% lifetime risk of a second primary cancer. Medscape Medical News …read more
One of every 10 pregnant or recently pregnant women in hospital was diagnosed with COVID-19, yet up to three-quarters were asymptomatic at the time of diagnosis. Medscape Medical News …read more
The virtual meeting will provide the latest information about basic research and clinical treatment of bone disease, from sequential osteoporosis therapy to AI to bone cancer. Medscape Medical News …read more
Researchers temporarily paused their multicenter phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine trial to investigate a condition that arose in one participant. Medscape Medical News …read more