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• Herbal Extract Promising as Male Contraceptive in Animal Trials A compound distilled from an herb used in traditional Chinese medicine could become a birth control pill for men if the results in animals are confirmed in humans.
  Medscape Medical News, March 16, 2021
• Target-Lesion Failure Reduced After MI With Biodegradable Stent After 2 years of follow-up, the rates of target-lesion failure were 5.1% for a biodegradable polymer sirolimus-eluting stent and 8.1% for a durable polymer everolimus-eluting stent.
  Medscape Medical News, March 15, 2021
• Theatrics, Hypnosis, and the Roots of Modern Neurology With restless curiosity, a keen understanding of pathology, and a bit of theatricality, Jean-Martin Charcot transported the study of the human brain into the modern era.
  Medscape Medical News, March 15, 2021
• Primary Ovarian Insufficiency Linked to Osteoporosis Primary ovarian insufficiency was tied to an increased risk of osteoporosis in a large Canadian cohort study.
  Reuters Health Information, March 12, 2021
• Olamkicept May Induce Response in IBD Patients Olamkicept, an interleukin-6 trans-signaling inhibitor, was well tolerated and induced a clinical response in inflammatory bowel disease patients in a small safety trial.
  Reuters Health Information, March 12, 2021
• Many Nonpharmacological Options to Treat Pediatric Migraine A wide range of nonpharmacological interventions may be effective for pediatric migraine, a systematic review and meta-analysis suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, March 12, 2021
• COVID-19 Amplifies Preexisting Inequities for Latinx Community The COVID-19 pandemic has hit Latinx communities especially hard, amplifying preexisting inequities and creating new disparities in health, income and social well-being, a new study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, March 12, 2021
• Ebola Survivor May Have Started Latest Outbreak -- 5 Years Later A genetic analysis found that the current outbreak likely started with a survivor of the 2014-2016 outbreak, whose testes harbored dormant virus. The news has potentially serious public health implications.
  Medscape Medical News, March 15, 2021
• Low Risk of Ocular Injuries With Prone Positioning in Adult Critical Care Patients Prone positioning has become increasingly used as an adjunct to increase oxygenation in critical care patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, and a new study suggests a low risk of ocular injuries with the practice.
  Reuters Health Information, March 12, 2021
• 'Peak Twins?' Scientists Say IVF Means More Being Born Now Than Ever Before More twins are being born now than ever before, largely due to rising use of in vitro fertilization and other assisted reproduction techniques, the first global study of human twinning has found.
  Reuters Health Information, March 12, 2021
• Investigational Oral Contraceptive Has Selective Impact on Endocrine Markers A new, next-generation combined oral contraceptive containing estetrol (E4) 15 mg and drospirenone 3 mg has less impact on endocrine markers compared with COCs that include ethinyl-estradiol, new research indicates.
  Reuters Health Information, March 12, 2021
• Vasodilatory Medications Found Protective Against Rosacea Vasodilators may have a protective effect against rosacea, results from a single-center retrospective cohort study showed.
  Medscape Medical News, March 15, 2021
• SMFM 2021 Pregnant Patients With Severe COVID at Higher Complications Risk The study included outcomes for the largest multistate cohort of pregnant patients with COVID-19 outside of what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is tracking.
  Medscape Medical News, March 15, 2021
• COVID-19 Dominates Annual List of Patient Safety Concerns For 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the ongoing problem of racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare, which ECRI has named as its top patient safety concern this year.
  Medscape Medical News, March 15, 2021
• Fauci Urges Trump to Encourage His Supporters to Get Vaccinated Last week, a new PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll found that 49% of Republican men said they don't intend to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Now public health officials are speaking up about it.
  WebMD Health News, March 15, 2021
• Managing Hyperhidrosis: Ask Questions First The answers will provide guidance for developing a step-by-step treatment strategy and help provide the patient "a set of realistic expectations in terms of what the response will look like."
  Medscape Medical News, March 15, 2021
• Infantile Hemangiomas: Accurate Diagnosis Is Crucial Infantile hemangiomas affect 5%-10% of 1-year-olds, of whom 20% have multiple lesions. They're more common in females by a 3-to-1 margin.
  Medscape Medical News, March 15, 2021
• New Data on Worldwide Mental Health Impact of COVID-19 A new survey that assessed the mental health impact of COVID-19 across the globe shows high rates of trauma and clinical mood disorders related to the virus.
  Medscape Medical News, March 15, 2021
• CROI 2021 Vaginal pH May Predict CIN 2 Progression in HIV-Positive Women The researchers evaluated the role of human papillomavirus (HPV) type, local immune response, and markers of the cervicovaginal microbiome on the risk of CIN 2 persistence/progression.
  Medscape Medical News, March 15, 2021
• CROI 2021 'Minimal Monitoring' Approach to HCV Treatment May Simplify Care 'The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the urgent need for simple and safe models of HCV [care] delivery.'
  Medscape Medical News, March 15, 2021