(Reuters Health) – Positive school experiences, satisfying leisure time activities, and social support can all help promote well-being among adolescents who are coping with parental illness, a new study suggests. Researchers examined data on 676 students who participated in a…
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Arkansas Governor Vetoes Transgender Youth Treatment Ban
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Monday vetoed legislation that would have made his state the first to ban gender confirming treatments or surgery for transgender youth, though lawmakers could enact the restriction over his objections….
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Vaccine Passports Are Latest Flash Point in COVID Politics
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. A man presents his “green passport,” proof that he has been vaccinated against the coronavirus, on opening night at the Khan Theater. HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) —…
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What Happens When You Let Your Wife Review Five of Your Papers?
The pantheon of husband-wife teams in science includes Marie and Pierre Curie, Gerty and Carl Cori, even Ugur Sahin and Özlem Türeci, the founders of BioNTech, which collaborated with Pfizer on a Covid-19 vaccine. To that list we hesitatingly add…
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Poor Survival With COVID in Patients Who Have Had HSCT
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Among individuals who have received a hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT), often used in the treatment of blood cancers, rates of survival are poor for those…
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Colorado bill would allow civil action on past sexual abuse
DENVER — Randy Kady says he was in first grade when his teacher began molesting him during class. Kady, now 54, says his teacher sat him on his lap to “look over” his work. The teacher slipped his hands down…
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What Drives Treatment Satisfaction Among Adults With AD?
Atopic dermatitis (AD) is associated with lower patient satisfaction scores in adults, suggesting there are unmet needs in clinical AD management. Satisfaction scores were higher when specialists prescribed systemic therapy, but were lower when nonspecialists prescribed systemic therapy and when…
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Researchers Approach Publishers About Errors in 31 Papers
Retraction Watch readers may recall the name Jennifer Byrne, whose work as a scientific sleuth we first wrote about four years ago, and have followed ever since. In a new paper in Scientometrics , Byrne, of New South Wales Health Pathology and the University of…
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Adverse Mental Health Symptoms Related to COVID-19 Remained High 6 Months Into Pandemic
(Reuters Health) – As of September 2020, the prevalence of adverse mental health symptoms remained high among Americans, a new survey finds. Rates of suicidal ideation, substance abuse, and symptoms of depression and anxiety in August and September were elevated…
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