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The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ Interim Recommendation for Use of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine — United States, December 2020

Author/s: Oliver, Sara E., Gargano, Julia W., Marin, Mona, Wallace, Megan, Curran, Kathryn G., Chamberland, Mary, McClung, Nancy, Campos-Outcalt, Doug, Morgan, Rebecca L., Mbaeyi, Sarah, Romero, Jose R., Talbot, H.K., Lee, Grace M., Bell, Beth P., Dooling, Kathleen

On December 11, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 (BNT162b2) vaccine (Pfizer, Inc; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), a lipid nanoparticle-formulated, nucleoside-modified mRNA vaccine encoding the prefusion spike...

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immunizations Pfizer–BioNTech mRNA vaccine Pfizer COVID-19 COVID-19 vaccine coronavirus SARS coronavirus SARS-CoV-2

Interventions for Tobacco Smoking Cessation in Adults, Including Pregnant Persons: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement

Author/s: US Preventative Services task Force

Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of disease, disability, and death in the US. In 2014, it was estimated that 480 000 deaths annually are attributed to cigarette smoking, including second hand smoke exposure. Smoking during pregnancy can increase the risk of numerous adverse pregnancy...

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tobacco tobacco use smoking smoking cessation Adults Pregnancy Pregnant Persons Recommendation Statement

Clinical Diagnosis of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo and Vestibular Neuritis

Author/s: Johns, Peter, Quinn, James

• Assess patients with vertigo for focal neurologic signs and symptoms, sustained substantial headache or neck pain, inability to stand and spontaneous vertical nystagmus.

• Perform the Dix–Hallpike test only for patients with episodes of vertigo less than 2 minutes and no nystagmus at...

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benign paroxysmal positional vertigo vertigo vestibular neuritis

Development and Assessment of a Pictographic Pediatric Constipation Action Plan

Author/s: Reeves, Patrick T., Kolasinski, Nathan T., Shonna YIn, H., Alqurashi, Waleed, Echelmeyer, Sofia, Chumpitazi, Bruno P., Rogers, Philip L., Burklow, Carolyn S., Nylund, Cade M.

Objective: To assess the Uniformed Services Constipation Action Plan (USCAP) as an evidence-based, personalized, clinical action tool with pictograms to aid clinicians and families in the management of functional constipation.

Study design: The USCAP...

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Discharge Planning Functional Gastroenterology patient education Pictogram Validation

Discriminating Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Requiring Treatment from Common Febrile Conditions in Outpatient Settings

Author/s: Carlin, Rebecca F., Fischer, Avital M., Pitlowsky, Zachary, Abel, Dori, Sewell, Taylor B., Landau, Erika G., Caddle, Steve, Robbins-Milne, Laura, Boneparth, Alexis, Milner, Josh D., Cheung, Eva W., Zachariah, Philp, Stockwell, Mellissa S., Anderson, Brett R., Gorelik, Mark

Objectives: To examine whether patients with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) demonstrated well-defined clinical features distinct from other febrile outpatients, given the difficulties of seeing acute care visits during the severe acute respiratory syndrome...

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kawasaki disease SARS-CoV-2 multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children myocarditis COVID-19 coronavirus

A national consensus management pathway for paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with COVID-19 (PIMS-TS): results of a national Delphi process

Author/s: Harwood, Rachel, Allin, Benjamin, Jones, Christine E., Whittaker, Elizabeth, Ramnarayan, Padmanabhan, Ramanan, Athimalaipet V., Kaleem, Musa, Tulloh, Robert, Peters, Mark J., Almond, Sarah, Davis, Peter J., Levin, Michael, Tometzki, Andrew, Faust, Saul N., Knight, Marian, Kenny, Simon

Paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with COVID-19 (PIMS-TS) is a novel condition that was first reported in April, 2020. We aimed to develop a national consensus management pathway for the UK to provide guidance for clinicians caring for children with PIMS-TS. A...

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COVID-19 SARS coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus children

Bupropion and Naltrexone in Methamphetamine Use Disorder

Author/s: Trivedi, Madhukar H., Walker, Robrina, Ling, Walter, Dela Cruz, Adriane, Sharma, Gaurav, Carmody, Thomas, Ghitza, Udi E., Wahle, Aimee, Kim, Mora, Shores-Wilson, Kathy, Sparenborg, Steven, Coffin, Philip, Schmitz, Joy, Wiest, Katharina, Bart, Gavin, Sonne, Susan C., Wakhlu, Sidarth, Rush, A.J., Nunes, Edward V., Shoptaw, Steven

BACKGROUND

The use of naltrexone plus bupropion to treat methamphetamine use disorder has not been well studied.

METHODS

We conducted this multisite, double-blind, two-stage, placebo-controlled trial with the use of a sequential parallel comparison design to evaluate the...

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Methamphetamine Use Disorder Bupropion naltrexone

APOE ɛ4 Allele Testing and Risk of Alzheimer Disease

Author/s: Choudhury, Parichita, Ramanan, Vijay K., Boeve, Bradley F.

A 64-year-old man presented with concern about an abnormal genetic test result for apolipoprotein E (APOE) obtained through his primary care physician. He reported forgetfulness and word-finding difficulties for 3 years but performed all activities of daily living independently and was generally...

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Alzheimer Disease aged elderly Elderly care elderly patients

Obesity in adults: a clinical practice guideline

Author/s: Wharton, Sean, Lau, David C., Vallis, Mchael, Sharma, Arya M., Biertho, Laurent, Campbell-Scherer, Denise, Adamo, Kristi, Alberga, Anela, Bell, Rhonda, Boule, Normand, Boyling, Elaine, Calam, Betty, Brown, Jennifer, Clarke, Carol, Crowshoe, Lindsay", Mary, Freedhoff, Yoni, Gagner, Michel, Grand, Cindy, Glazer, Stephen", Michael, Hahn, Margaret, Hawa, Raed, Henderson, Rita, Hong, Dennis, Hung, Pam, Janssen, Ian, Jacklin, Kristen, Johnson-Stoklossa, Carlene, Kemp, Amy, Kirk, Sra, :Kuk, Jennifer, Langlois, Marie-France, Lear, Scott, McInnes, Ashley, Macklin, David, Naji, Leen, Manjoo, Priya, Morin, Marie-Philippe, Nerenberg, Kara, Patton, Ian, Pedersen, Sue, Pereira, Leticia, Piccinini-Vallis, Helena, Poddar, Megha, Poirier, Paul, Prud'homme, Denis, Romos Salas, Ximena, Rueda-Clausen, Christian, Russell-Mayhew, Shelly, Shiau, Judy, Sherifali, Diana, Sievenpiper, John, Sockalingam, Sanjeev, Taylor, Valerie, Toth, Ellen, Twells, Laurie, Tytus, RIchard, Walji, Shahebina, Walker, Leah

  • Obesity is a prevalent, complex, progressive and relapsing chronic disease, characterized by abnormal or excessive body fat (adiposity), that impairs health.

  • People living with obesity face substantial bias and stigma, which contribute to increased morbidity and...

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obesity Stigmas diabetes, type 2 diabetes Gallbladder disease non-alcoholic fatty liver disease Gout

Update to CDC's Treatment Guidelines for Gonococcal Infection, 2020

Author/s: Syr, Sancta St., Lindley, Barbee, Workowski, Kimberly A., Bachmann, Laura, Pham, Cau, Schlanger, Karen, Torrone, Elizabeth

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gonorrhea sexually transmitted infections treatment

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