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Infectious Disease News | The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on medicine in the past 2-plus years. We asked Nancy S. Reau, MD, Richard B. Capps Chair of Hepatology and professor in the department of internal medicine, division of digestive diseases and nutrition at Rush University, if it has changed the perception of the hepatitis C virus care cascade.

Xenon-VR is launching a medical grade virtual reality headset, Xenon-1, to improve visual field assessments for optometrists and their patients, according to a press release from the company.

By combining dose-reduction strategies, investigators found IV contrast use for CT scans could be reduced by approximately 80%.“Contrast is essential in any situation where we need to assess the blood vessels — for example, for some trauma patients or those with a suspected acute gastrointestinal bleed — and it is also needed for evaluation of certain cancers, such as in the

Prevalence of clinically significant anxiety and depression among adults in the United States increased during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic compared with prior years, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. “Concerns about adverse mental health effects of COVID-19 have been raised since the beginning of the pandemic,” Ronald C. Kessler, PhD, of the department

Black patients were less likely to receive quality oncologic treatment for gastrointestinal tract cancers compared with white patients, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

After a nearly 3-year hiatus, the International Liver Congress 2022 will resume as a hybrid experience with an expansive scientific program that emphasizes the importance of technology-driven research and development.

Compared with patients who had urgent-start temporary hemodialysis, patients who underwent urgent-start peritoneal dialysis during the transition of kidney failure to chronic dialysis showed fewer complications up to 6 weeks after dialysis.“The transition from chronic kidney disease to dialysis commencement is both crucial and challenging. Unfortunately, more than half of kidney failure

Diagnostic mammography performance appeared to vary across racial and ethnic groups, according to study results published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.Some of these disparities may be reduced through interventions that address characteristics associated with imaging facility and access instead of personal characteristics, researchers noted.

Researchers from the National Eye Institute found TIMP3 variants cause atypical presentations of Sorsby fundus dystrophy, potentially indicating a different type of macular dystrophy not previously classified.

Digital health company EarliTec Diagnostics Inc. announced it has received FDA clearance for its evaluation tool to diagnose autism spectrum disorder in children aged 16 to 30 months. According to a press release from EarliTec, EarliPoint Evaluation was granted clearance based on positive results from two studies, a clinical trial as well as a repeatability and reproducibility study, in which