Jordan Albritton, Ph.D., from RTI International in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and colleagues conducted a systematic literature review to identify studies evaluating the benefits and harms of VTC visits…
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Dementia more common in adults with HIV
Jennifer O. Lam, from Kaiser Permanente Northern California in Oakland, and colleagues compared dementia incidence and prevalence after age 50 years by HIV status. The analysis included 13,296 people with…
Cluster analysis may identify abusive head trauma in children
Stephen C. Boos, M.D., from the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School in Springfield, and colleagues conducted an unsupervised cluster analysis of an existing dataset of 500 young patients with…
Team studies how existing BCG vaccination could serve as foundation for new, more effective TB vaccines
A long, long time ago, the BCG vaccine was approved for use against tuberculosis (TB), and it's still given to infants today. For generations, the vaccine has saved lives and…
Drug combination found to keep chronic lymphocytic leukemia in young patients in remission for several years
Young patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) can enjoy long remissions on the drug ibrutinib, but must stay on it indefinitely to keep the cancer in remission. A new study…
Your perception of self becomes blurrier over time
When you look at two objects close to you such as two leaves, it's easy to tell them apart but when they are farther away from you, they become difficult…
Decreased vehicle emissions linked with significant drop in deaths attributable to air pollution
Decreasing vehicle emissions since 2008 have reduced by thousands the number of deaths attributable to air pollution, yielding billions of dollars in benefits to society, according to a new study…