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COVID at Delivery Was Tied to Higher Preterm Birth and ICU Risk in 2.6 Million Hospitalizations

A study of 2.56 million US delivery hospitalizations tied COVID at delivery to more preterm births and maternal ICU stays, with effects varying by variant.

Medical Daily · Aug 25

Moderna Added 45 Billion Dollars in a Day on a Melanoma Vaccine Result with No Effect Size Disclosed

Moderna and Merck's melanoma vaccine met its Phase 3 goals, but no effect size was released, and some analysts called the market reaction excessive.

Medical Daily · Aug 25

Firefighters Union Warns Members Against Glutathione IV and Nebulizer Treatments Offered at Wildfire Camps This Summer

The IAFF warns wildland firefighters that glutathione given by IV or nebulizer is unproven, after two pharmacies recalled contaminated batches.

Medical Daily · Aug 25

A Growing List of Thirty Health Systems Now Warns Patients About Emails Impersonating the MyChart Portal

Health systems nationwide are warning patients about phishing emails and texts using the MyChart name to offer a fake Medicare kit and harvest data.

Medical Daily · Aug 25

Estrogen Patch Supply Still Falls Short of Demand While the Product Stays Off the Federal Shortage List

Manufacturers say the supply of estrogen patches cannot meet demand, but the FDA has not listed estradiol patches as in shortage. Here is why that gap matters.

Medical Daily · Aug 25

One Abnormal Lab Value Turned a Student's First Psychotic Episode into a Hunt Inside a Pea-Sized Gland

A 19-year-old with grandiose delusions had one abnormal lab result. It pointed toward her pituitary rather than a primary psychiatric illness.

Medical Daily · Aug 25

Her Oxygen Hit 75% and Her Mind Slipped, and a Six Inch Tapeworm Cyst Was Filling One Lung

A 19-year-old arrived confused and with low oxygen saturation. The cyst crushing her left lung measured 150 by 93 millimeters and shoved her heart sideways.

Medical Daily · Aug 25

A Last Resort Antibiotic Is the Prime Suspect After a Muscle Marker Hit 128 Times Normal

Her myoglobin reached 128 times the upper limit of normal, while creatine kinase, the enzyme doctors normally watch for this, barely moved.

Medical Daily · Aug 25

A Teenager's Face Swelled During a Sickle Cell Crisis, and His Skull Bones Were Quietly Dying Underneath

Cincinnati doctors describe acute soft head syndrome, a rare sickle cell complication, in a teen whose first emergency CT scan showed nothing.

Medical Daily · Aug 25

A White Glow in a Baby's Eye Hid Four Malformations, and Three Only Appeared Once Surgery Started

A 3-month-old's dense cataract concealed four separate eye malformations, and three stayed hidden until the surgeon was already operating.

Medical Daily · Aug 25