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Published results showed pediatric patients with severely displaced distal radius and forearm fractures may have fewer complications with bioresorbable intramedullary implants compared with Kirschner-wire osteosynthesis.In the retrospective study, researchers categorized data for 94 pediatric patients with severely displaced distal forearm or metaphyseal radial fractures into groups based on

The Indian Health Service has announced it will allocate $5 million in funding toward resources to address Alzheimer’s disease among tribal communities. This is the first time the IHS has allocated funding toward Alzheimer’s disease.

The American Kidney Fund announced its support for the passing of The Giving the Gift of Life Act, which protects living organ donors in the state of Georgia.The act, H.B. 275, was designed to keep life insurers from denying or canceling coverage of living organ donors. Additionally, the act increases tax credits available for living donors to $25,000.

In this Healio video exclusive, Elizabeth Fagan, MD, an independent hepatologist and consultant in Texas, discusses global concerns about cases of acute, severe hepatitis in children and what caregivers should be aware of. According to Fagan, there are now nearly 300 cases of severe hepatitis in children worldwide, as reported by the WHO and the CDC. Symptoms include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea

Weekly motivational text messages did not improve self-reported medication adherence among patients who experienced ACS vs. usual care alone, but they may have helped to improve certain lifestyle-related risk factors, researchers reported.The results of the TEXTMEDS trial were published in Circulation.

A session at the Society of Critical Care Medicine Congress spotlighted the impact of medical misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic in the ICU, ED, rural areas and on social media.The impact of medical information is widespread. In the ICU, medical misinformation can result in “false hope for families, loss of trust in the care team, loss of attention to physicians’ words,

SAN DIEGO — Among women undergoing hysterectomy for benign indications, those with endometriosis had a higher rate of postoperative complications compared with women without endometriosis, according to a presentation here.

SAN DIEGO — The prevalence of gestational diabetes among women who delivered at a single academic center during the COVID-19 pandemic was 38.9% higher than among women who delivered before the pandemic, according to data presented here.

Vivalink announced the availability of the first multimodal wearable patch for remote BP monitoring for use in commercial research and development. According to a company press release, the patch, which weighs 7.5 g and is the size of a small bandage, uses electrical signal-based technologies to capture ECG trace, heart rate, respiratory rate and systolic and diastolic BP on a single device.

Heath officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo this week confirmed a third case of Ebola in an ongoing outbreak that has killed two people.