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Anti-vaxxers and Covid data
In a misleading video that recently went viral on Facebook, a man narrates as he scrolls through possible Covid-19 vaccine side effects reported in the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, or VAERS, a U.S. government-run clearinghouse for potential issues with vaccines.
“See that? All of them are dead people! Dead people!” he exclaims. “Why does nobody talk about them dying from the vaccine? Much less Covid itself.”
The video has been viewed on Facebook more than 21,000 times since late March. In the final episode of “Doubt,” a Prognosis podcast that explores vaccine hesitancy, we look at how VAERS has become a favored tool of anti-vaccine groups, and how to combat their misinformation.
Banfield
ELKINS A new study shows that nearly half of women with urinary tract infections are prescribed the wrong antibiotics. Dr. Anne Banfield, FACOG, was interviewed by the Lily (a publication of the Washington Post) about the study which was published in the Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology journal.
According to the study, women in rural areas were particularly impacted.
“The proper use of antibiotics has become a much more relevant topic in the last decade,” said Banfield, who is the Director of Women’s Health Services for Davis Medical Center. “Antibiotics have been a sort of panacea for all things. They are effective in treating simple but potentially deadly infections and have been prescribed for a variety of conditions. We wouldn’t consider antibiotics for some of these conditions now.”
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Dental practice welcomes new dentist
Dr. Megan Taylor
The office of Dr. Annette Bauer and Dr. Justin Beck announced the addition of an associate dentist, Dr. Megan Taylor, a Xenia native who received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology and a Certification of Clinical Laboratory Science from Wright State University.
Dr. Taylor moved to Morgantown, West Virginia, in 2010, where she worked as a Medical Technologist until obtaining her Doctor of Dental Surgery Degree from West Virginia University School of Dentistry in 2016. Upon graduation, she chose to stay in West Virginia and serve rural communities for a few years.
Recently, she moved back to Ohio to be close to her family and practice dentistry. She enjoys seeing patients of all ages and strives to be as current as possible with new technology and materials by regularly attending continuing education courses. She is a member of the Academy of General Dentistry and the American Academy of Facial Esthetics.
How Physical Therapy Could Help Prevent, Treat Opioid Use Disorder
Anne Swisher–professor at the West Virginia University School of Medicine–is working to address opioid misuse in an unconventional way: through physical therapy.
She and her colleagues have enhanced physical therapy instruction at WVU to emphasize the profession’s role in preventing and treating opioid use disorder, WVU notes in a media release.
“Students have different interests and passions within the profession, and they find their niche. No matter what their passion is, there is a way they can make a difference, whether it’s by preventing people from starting down the road of opioids–by minimizing pain medication and doing movement interventions–or whether it’s by helping people in the recovery process become healthier overall.”