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Recent, albeit limited, data indicate SARS-CoV-2 infection can have a temporary effect on a man’s fertility. The finding is based on a review of available medical literature investigating the impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection on testes, inflammation and oxidative stress. Researchers also examined how the infection impacts the mechanisms of normal testosterone production.

Findings from a study conducted at one infectious disease clinic suggest that telemedicine consultation for infectious diseases could significantly reduce patient and environmental costs, researchers said. In addition to those benefits, the researchers found that most patients were willing to try telemedicine.

Healio’s Women in Oncology and the Women in Medicine nonprofit organization — both initiatives that I help lead — have partnered to provide a written platform that will elevate women who work in medicine and share their experiences.Here you will find blog entries published originally through Women in Medicine (WIM), as well as features published first on Healio’s Women in

Children with acute promyelocytic leukemia achieved survival benefit with an all-trans retinoic acid and arsenic trioxide chemotherapy-free regimen, according to study results published in JAMA Oncology. Researchers additionally reported efficacy of the regimen plus four doses of idarubicin during induction therapy only and no maintenance therapy among children with high-risk acute promyelocytic

Ocular Surgery News | To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Healio/Ocular Surgery News, the Associate Medical Editors are sharing what they think are the most important ophthalmic innovations of the 1980s. Leon W. Herndon Jr., MD: The history of glaucoma pharmacology begins in 1862 with the isolation of physostigmine from the West African Calabar bean, which caused pupils to constrict. It was initially used for

Older adults who took vitamin D with or without omega-3 fatty acid supplementation had a significantly lower rate of autoimmune disease over 5 years compared with those who took placebo, according to findings published in The BMJ.“This is the first direct evidence we have that daily supplementation may reduce [autoimmune disease] incidence, and what looks like more pronounced effect after 2

Mean FEV1 and FVC increased over time among European adults born from 1884 to 1996, researchers reported in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. “These increases appeared to exceed the expected impact of increasing height and have led mean population FEV1 and FVC to progressively deviate from, and be underestimated by, currently predicted values. By contract, the mean FEV1/FVC ratio decreased

Adding duloxetine to usual care fails to result in any “clinically relevant effect” in patients with chronic hip or knee osteoarthritis pain, compared with usual care alone, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology. “Several placebo-controlled trials have examined the efficacy of duloxetine for patients with OA and found effect sizes of 0.4 to 0.5 for pain and

A multiyear initiative increased and reduced racial inequities, according to a study led by Boston Medical Center researchers. The Communities and Hospitals Advancing Maternity Practices (CHAMPS) program also increased rates of skin-to-skin contact immediately after birth and rooming-in practices, which keep mother and baby together in the same hospital room.

Screening tools that use questionnaires and peak expiratory flow were feasible for identifying COPD in low- and middle-income countries, researchers reported in JAMA. “In low- and middle-income countries, where the majority of burden of COPD can be found, simple screening tools — like the ones we tested — can have an important impact in identifying people with COPD, and then