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A high degree of social anxiety was reported among Lebanese adolescents and was attributed to factors such as parental separation, neglect and child abuse, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. “Social anxiety disorder is a growing problem among adolescents in different communities, with a high prevalence in Lebanon, an early age at onset, and some
Erik Knudsen, PhD, has been appointed associate director of basic science research at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center.Knudsen — a faculty leader at Roswell Park since 2018 — will continue to serve as chair of molecular and cellular biology.
Infants aged younger than 6 months were better protected from serious COVID-19 outcomes if their mothers received two doses of the vaccine while pregnant, according to researchers. Maternal vaccination during pregnancy reduced the infant’s risk for COVID-19-related hospitalization by more than 50%, Natasha B. Halasa, MD, MPH, a professor of pediatrics at Vanderbilt University, and
Lower BMI at the time of surgery was associated with increased functional improvements for patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty, thus patients should focus on optimizing preoperative BMI, according to published results.To determine the effect of postoperative weight change on outcomes after TJA, Laura A. Stock, MS, and colleagues retrospectively analyzed data on 988 patients who underwent
LONDON — Although the annual incidence of acute hepatitis C virus has decreased over the past 10 years in Frankfurt, Germany, the prevalence of HCV genotype 4 increased in men who have sex with men, according to research.