September 17, 2021
(Medscape) – Research suggests vision problems increased among Chinese schoolchildren during pandemic restrictions and online learning, and eye specialists think the same may have happened in U.S. kids. A report published Thursday in JAMA Ophthalmology is the latest to show … Read More
September 16, 2021
(Associated Press) – A new study ties the COVID-19 pandemic to an “alarming” increase in obesity in U.S. children and teenagers. Childhood obesity has been increasing for decades, but the new work suggests an acceleration last year — especially in … Read More
September 16, 2021
(Wall Street Journal) – Many parents across the U.S. are racing to put their children in Covid-19 vaccine trials to try to protect them from the virus sooner rather than later. The shots haven’t been proved to work safely for … Read More
September 16, 2021
Clinical Ethics (vol. 16, no. 1, 2020) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Do Moral Development Levels of the Nurses Affect their Ethical Decision Making? A Descriptive Correlational Study” by Sümeyye Arslan, Sinem Türer Öztik and Nevin Kuzu … Read More
September 14, 2021
Nursing Ethics (vol. 28, no. 1, 2021) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Ethical Dilemmas, Perceived Risk, and Motivation among Nurses during the COVID-19 Pandemic” by Daniel Sperling “Self-Care Strategies in Response to Nurses’ Moral Injury during COVID-19 … Read More
September 13, 2021
Genetics in Medicine (vol. 23, no. 2, 2021) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Clinical Sites of the Undiagnosed Diseases Network: Unique Contributions to Genomic Medicine and Science” by Kelly Schoch, et al. “(Un)Standardized Testing: The Diagnostic Odyssey … Read More
September 10, 2021
(Axios) – The Food and Drug Administration said on Friday that it is “working around the clock” to support the process of making the coronavirus vaccine available for children under the age of 12. Why it matters: The number of … Read More
September 10, 2021
Genetics in Medicine (vol. 23, no. 1, 2021) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Enhancing Rare Variant Interpretation in Inherited Arrhythmias through Quantitative Analysis of Consortium Disease Cohorts and Population Controls” by Roddy Walsh, et al. “Evidence in … Read More
September 8, 2021
BMC Medical Ethics has new articles available online. Articles include: “Health Data Research on Sudden Cardiac Arrest: Perspectives of Survivors and Their Next-of-Kin” by Marieke A. R. Bak, et al. “Grounds for Surrogate Decision-Making in Japanese Clinical Practice: A Qualitative … Read More
September 7, 2021
(New York Times) – Pediatric hospitalizations for Covid-19 have soared over the summer as the highly contagious Delta variant spread across the country, according to two new studies from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. From late June to … Read More
