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• COVID in Pregnancy May Affect Boys' Neurodevelopment: Study March 24, 2023
  Boys -- but not girls -- born to mothers infected with SARS‐CoV‐2 during pregnancy were more likely to have a neurodevelopmental disorder by age 12 months, but the risk appeared to wane over time. Medscape Medical News
• Managing Inflammatory Rheumatism With Diet and Nutrition March 24, 2023
  Patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases often change their diets. A rheumatologist recently reviewed the data about this approach to disease management. Medscape Medical News
• Lebanon's Healthcare System Is at Breaking Point March 24, 2023
  Since the Beirut port explosion of 2020, skyrocketing inflation has made healthcare unaffordable for a greater proportion of the population. Medscape Medical News
• Elon Musk, WHO Chief Spar on Twitter Over UN Agency's Role March 24, 2023
  Twitter CEO Elon Musk said on Thursday in a tweet that countries should not 'cede authority' to the World Health Organization, and the UN health agency's chief quickly rejected his comments. Reuters Health Information
• Osteoporosis Drugs May Extend Life After Fracture March 24, 2023
  Large database study shows lower mortality within 5 years after a fracture among individuals using longer acting, antiresorptive osteoporosis medications, such as bisphosphonates. Medscape Medical News
• Cases of Invasive Group Strep A Rising in Parts of Country March 24, 2023
  The number of invasive strep A illnesses in children in this country is back to where it was before the pandemic, higher in some places. WebMD Health News
• Exercise Capacity and QOL Linked to Significant Survival Benefit With Endobrachial Valves March 24, 2023
  Benefits were independent of reduction in target lobe volume or complete lobar atelectasis. MDedge News
• COVID Pandemic Erased Gains in Early Autism Identification -US Report March 24, 2023
  US gains in the early identification of children with autism were largely wiped out by disruptions in evaluations in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, US health officials reported on Thursday. Reuters Health Information
• Botulism Cases Linked to Intragastric Injections for Obesity March 24, 2023
  Many cases were linked to two hospitals in Turkey, which is among the countries that perform the most cosmetic procedures, including those in which the botulism neurotoxin was used. Medscape Medical News
• Transplant Rethink Urged After Brain Tumor Donors Found Safe March 24, 2023
  The risk for cancer transmission from organ donors with primary brain tumors is lower than previously thought, and organ usage from such donors could be expanded to tackle shortages, say UK researchers. Medscape Medical News
• Best Shot First: Two ICIs Upfront for Advanced Melanoma March 24, 2023
  With no biomarkers to say who can safely delay dual therapy, an editorialist said that two checkpoint inhibitors in the first line might be "prudent." Medscape Medical News
• New State Bill Could Protect Docs Prescribing Abortion Pills Out-of-State March 24, 2023
  Proposed legislation could shield California physicians and pharmacists who provide abortion care through telemedicine from criminal or civil penalties by states restricting abortion. Other pro-choice states have enacted similar laws. Medscape Medical News
• New JAK Inhibitor Study Data Confirm Benefit in Alopecia Areata March 24, 2023
  The investigational drug deuruxolitinib is effective for hair regrowth in patients with alopecia areata, putting it in line to become second approved JAK inhibitor. Medscape Medical News
• Does New Heart Transplant Method Challenge Definition of Death? March 23, 2023
  Heart donation after circulatory rather than brain death increases donor hearts available to save lives, but some of the processes involved raise ethical concerns about how death is defined. Medscape Medical News
• Dapagliflozin's HFpEF Benefit Tied to Lower Filling Pressure March 23, 2023
  Patients with HFpEF who took dapagliflozin significantly cut their pulmonary capillary wedge pressures, a likely mechanism of benefit. MDedge News
• Expert Shares Her Tips for Diagnosing, Treating Onychomycosis March 23, 2023
  "We need to be antifungal stewards, because resistant dermatophytes are coming," says Dr Boni E. Elewski. MDedge News
• Recalled Eye Drops Lead to More Deaths, Removals of Eyes March 23, 2023
  Three people have now died, eight people have suffered vision loss, and four people have had their eyeballs surgically removed. WebMD Health News
• Dabigatran Recalled Over Potential Carcinogen March 23, 2023
  Ascend Labs issues voluntary nationwide recall of dabigatran etexilate capsules (75/150 mg) after detection of unacceptable levels of a nitrosamine impurity. News Alerts
• Alarm Bells Ring for Eye Issues in Kids With Type 2 Diabetes March 23, 2023
  Annual screening with fundus photography could allow for early detection and treatment of diabetic retinopathy in children diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Medscape Medical News
• COVID Infection Before Vax May Weaken Some T Cells: Study March 23, 2023
  Researchers find reduced functionality for CD8+ T Cells in people who got infected before they got vaccinated. But CD4+ T cells, perhaps more important in protection, were boosted by vaccination. Medscape Medical News