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The FDA has issued draft guidance detailing how it will evaluate the public health importance of food allergens that are not among those currently identified by law in the United States.“This draft guidance is part of the FDA’s efforts to evaluate evidence about non-listed food allergens ... in a consistent and transparent manner, which can inform potential future FDA actions to

Significant mental health benefits arise for adults who engage in regular physical activity, even at levels below public health recommendations, according to a systematic review published in JAMA Psychiatry.“Estimating the dose-response relationship between physical activity and any health outcome using meta-analysis is challenging because of the diversity of assessment and inconsistent

Use of angiotensin receptor blockers was associated with less need for ventilation and vasopressors among men hospitalized with COVID-19, but not in women, according to research presented at the Society of Critical Care Medicine Congress.Research to date has demonstrated that men have worse COVID-19 outcomes than women, with a similar number of cases and no difference in mortality between sexes,

Fewer than half of academic family medicine departments surveyed reported having a diversity officer and only 26% of departments with an officer provided protected time or resources for them, according to data published in Family Medicine.The lack of investment “calls the question whether departments truly prioritize diversity, inclusion and health equity (DIHE),” Christine K. Jacobs,

Dialyze Direct has completed its acquisition of Compass Home Dialysis, a regional dialysis provider in Pennsylvania, according to a press release.“We are thrilled to welcome Compass and its highly skilled staff to the Dialyze Direct team, and to be able to extend our cutting-edge services to their already exceptional level of patient care,” Josh Rothenberg, president and co-founder of

The rate of pregnancy 5 years after either hysteroscopic or laparoscopic sterilization was five times greater than previously thought, according to a retrospective cohort study in Fertility and Sterility.

A novel PD-1/CTLA-4 bispecific checkpoint inhibitor demonstrated antitumor activity and tolerability among patients with advanced solid tumors, according to study results.Preliminary data from the first-in-human study of MEDI5752, presented at American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting, showed evidence of T-cell activation and clonal expansion at higher phamacodynamic levels than

Orthopedics Today | Since its emergence in health care, private equity investment in physician practices has steadily increased in specialties that provide outpatient services, have high reimbursement rates and have access to ancillary services revenue.Although primarily occurring in specialties such as ophthalmology, dermatology, gastroenterology and dentistry, private equity firms began entering into agreements

Orthopedics Today | WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — MRI can be used to determine the chronicity, severity and location of abnormalities in patients with traumatic shoulder instability, according to a presenter at Orthopedics Today Hawaii.With labral tear as the “hallmark of instability on MRI,” previously published research has shown 1.5 or 3 Tesla MRI alone provides good sensitivity and specificity for

The presence of respiratory muscle wasting in patients with severe COVID-19 was associated with increased in-patient mortality, according to a study presented at the Society of Critical Care Medicine Congress.“Sarcopenia, or the state of generalized muscle wasting and dysfunction, has been demonstrated to be associated with poor outcomes across various patient populations,” Connor J.