Did you know that misaligned teams can cost businesses trillions of dollars each year? Yes, you read that right. When sales and marketing teams don’t work together cohesively, it’s sort of like having a pilot and a copilot that don’t communicate—it becomes difficult to accomplish goals and stay on the right course! Although the key […]

When it comes to treating atopic dermatitis (AD) in adults with topical therapies, new guidelines from the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) rate the existing evidence as “strong” for prescription moisturizers, topical calcineurin inhibitors, topical corticosteroids, and topical phosphodiesterase- 4 (PDE-4) and Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors. The guidelines also conditionally recommend the use of bathing […]

Acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines increased overall by 5.2% in 2022 compared to 2021, according to a survey of 160,000 individuals in 23 countries, published in the journal Nature Medicine. However, levels of acceptance varied greatly amongst countries, with eight reporting increases in hesitancy ranging from 1% in the UK to 21.1% in South Africa. Of […]

Replacing dual-antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) with clopidogrel alone 1 month after percutaneous intervention (PCI) offers a lower risk of bleeding with comparable protection against cardiovascular events, according to two subgroup analyzes of the Japanese STOPDAPT-2 and STOPDAPT-2 ACS trials. The objective of these two analyzes was to evaluate whether there was a benefit-to-risk ratio advantage for […]

As humans, we each have trillions of cells. And each cell has a nucleus with individual genetic information – DNA – that can mutate to create an abnormality. If a human is born with an abundance of abnormalities within cells, or if mutations develop over time, disease ensues. To make this even more complicated, cells […]

Three years into the pandemic, Covid-19 is still going strong, causing wave after wave as case numbers soar, subside, then ascend again. But this past autumn saw something new—or rather, something old: the return of the flu. Plus, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) — a virus that makes few headlines in normal years — ignited in […]

A recent study published in the journal PLOS Medicine examined the effectiveness of booster doses of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines in protecting vaccinated young adults against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections during the dominant period of the Omicron BA.1 variant. Study: Booster vaccination protection against SARS-CoV-2 infections in young adults during […]

People can’t buy from you if they don’t know your brand exists. That’s the purpose of brand awareness — to help people recognize and recall your business when they need you. Making sure people know and remember your brand is where to use content marketing to build brand awareness. Understanding Brand Awareness Brand awareness is […]

Emergencies happen anywhere, anytime, and sometimes physicians find themselves in situations where they are the only ones who can help. Is There a Doctor in the House? is a new Medscape series telling these stories. Dr Jesse Coenen It started as a mountain biking excursion with two friends. When we drove into the trailhead parking […]

Early retirement can accelerate cognitive decline among the elderly, according to research conducted by faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York. Plamen Nikolov, assistant professor of economics, and Shahadath Hossain, a doctoral student in economics, both from Binghamton University, examined China’s New Rural Pension Scheme (NRPS) and the Chinese Health and Retirement Longitudinal […]