Declines occurred during period when total volume of encounters was also lower; severity of encounters unchanged versus previous years
Mental Health Consequences of COVID-19 ID’d Across Populations
Health care workers have higher prevalence of insomnia; however, mental health problems seen across countries, gender
Pandemic Has Disrupted Lung Cancer Screenings
Once operations resumed, decrease seen in new patients screened, proportion of suspicious nodules increased
NIDA: Teen Vaping Levels Seem to Have Plateaued in 2020
Percentage of teenagers in eighth, 10th, 12th grade vaping nicotine and marijuana remained stable from 2019 to 2020
Single-Drug Regimen Now Advised for Uncomplicated Gonorrhea
Single 500-mg intramuscular dose of ceftriaxone recommended for uncomplicated urogenital, anorectal, pharyngeal gonorrhea
Some Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Occurs After Seven, 10 Days
81 percent chance that a contact who was negative for SARS-CoV-2 and asymptomatic through seven days would remain so at 14 days
Opsin 5 is a key regulator of ultraviolet radiation induced melanogenesis in human epidermal melanocytes.
Human skin is constantly exposed to solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR). Skin has a unique ability to respond to UVR by increasing its pigmentation, a protective process driven by the melanogenesis …
Modular gene analysis reveals distinct molecular signatures for cutaneous lupus patient subsets.
Cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) is a heterogeneous autoimmune disease with clinical sequelae such as itching, dyspigmentation, and scarring.We applied a previously described modular analysis approach to assess the molecular heterogeneity …
Image guided lymph node core needle biopsy predicts survival in mycosis fungoides and Sézary syndrome.
The prognosis of Sézary syndrome (SS) and mycosis fungoides (MF) depends on lymph node (LN) involvement. The usefulness of LN image guided core needle biopsies (CNB), instead of surgical sampling, …
Activity and components of the G-CSF pathway in hidradenitis suppurativa.
Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic inflammatory disease, characterized by painful, purulent, and destructive skin alterations in intertriginous areas.We investigated the expression and role of granulocyte-colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), the regulator …