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Have you ever run a customer survey only to be disappointed by the results? And it wasn’t because the feedback told you something about your brand you didn’t want to hear… but rather, because it didn’t tell you anything at all? Your hope for the survey was to gain insight on customer behavior. Insight you […]

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. It was the last monoclonal antibody treatment standing. But less than 10 months after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave bebtelovimab its emergency use authorization (EUA) to fight COVID-19, it de-authorized it earlier this month, just as it had […]

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers construct a recombinant host-range restricted vaccinia virus Ankara (rMVAs) expressing the spike (S) proteins of several severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants of concern (VOCs) and evaluate the vaccine immunogenicity when delivered by the intranasal (IN) and intramuscular (IM) routes. Studies: Enhanced […]

NEW ORLEANS – In yet another indication of health disparities facing ethnic minorities, new research found that non-White patients with pulmonary embolism (PE) were less likely to get advanced therapies. Hispanics and Asians/Pacific Islanders, meanwhile, had higher death rates than Whites. According to the research released at the annual meeting of the American Society of […]

A team of University at Buffalo researchers has developed a new strontium-loaded scaffold that can be personalized to fit any size dental implant and could help improve healing and tissue attachment in patients. The success of dental implants is dependent on the growth and adhesion of soft tissues to the implant surface. Previous research by […]

Rheumatology joined six other Medicine specialties that filled more than 95% of fellowship positions in 2022. The National Resident Matching Program in its 2022 Medicine and Pediatric Specialties Match reported that rheumatology filled 123 of 127 certified programs (96.9%) along with 265 certified positions (97.8%). Matched applicants for adult rheumatology programs included 40 US foreign […]

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers characterized the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron BQ.1.1 sub-variant. Study: Convergent evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants leading to the emergence of BQ.1.1 variant. Image Credit: Naeblys/Shutterstock Background SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 rapidly supplanted the Delta variant, and shortly after, Omicron BA.2 […]

The study covered in this summary was published on medRxiv.org as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed. Key takeaways Spinal curvature in patients with scoliosis appears to adversely affect diastolic myocardial strain, apparently as a result of deformity of the thoracic cage. The condition is associated with a 45% increased lifetime risk […]

In the light of the recent pandemic, people across the globe are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of consistent high-quality nutrition and daily exercise. Multiple studies have already demonstrated the positive and negative effects of various dietary constituents on human health. More specifically, prior studies conducted on certain types of transgenic mice have shown […]

Spontaneous regression of solid tumors in the absence of anticancer treatment has been known to occur, but it is extremely rare, a new study confirms. After pooling placebo response rates from 45 cancer drug trials in advanced solid tumors, researchers found a complete response of 0% and a partial response of 1%. “Now we can […]