New Reports Help Nail Down Myocarditis Risk With COVID-19 Vaccine New Reports Help Nail Down Myocarditis Risk With COVID-19 Vaccine
With new insights, they still suggest myocarditis linked to the two mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccines is rare, usually mild and self-limited, and a lot less likely than the usually more severe cases seen in COVID-19.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - October 8, 2021 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news

Cardiac MRI is 'technique of choice' for imaging suspected heart tumors
Cardiac MRI is the "technique of choice" for imaging suspected cardiac tumors...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: Are radiologists regaining control of cardiac imaging? New MRI method detects heart injuries in COVID-19 patients Some children develop myocarditis after COVID-19 mRNA vaccine Does the COVID-19 vaccine cause myocarditis? 4D MRI shows cardiac blood flow differences in prematurely born adults (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 8, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Covid Vaccines and Children: Is One Dose Better Than Two?
Myocarditis, a rare side effect, occurs mostly after the second dose. So in some countries, officials are trying out single doses for children. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - October 7, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Apoorva Mandavilli Tags: your-feed-science Coronavirus Risks and Safety Concerns Disease Rates Vaccination and Immunization Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Children and Childhood Heart Teenagers and Adolescence New England Journal of Medicine Great Britain United Stat Source Type: news

Researchers find a higher than expected risk of myocarditis in young men after full vaccination.
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Source: NYT Health - October 6, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart Vaccination and Immunization Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Men and Boys Moderna Inc Pfizer Inc New England Journal of Medicine Source Type: news

Sweden Halts Moderna Vaccine For Young People Over Possible Rare Side Effects
Sweden ’s health agency cited an apparent increase in cases of myocarditis and pericarditis, but highlighted the risk of being affected was very small. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
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Risk for myocarditis after COVID-19 vaccination among adults very low, study finds
The risk for developing heart-related complications after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine among adults is very low, particularly for women, according to the authors of a study published Monday by JAMA Internal Medicine. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - October 4, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Second vaccine doses raise the risk of myocarditis in young men, but the condition remains very rare.
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Source: NYT Health - October 4, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Apoorva Mandavilli Source Type: news

Use of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine After Reports of Myocarditis Use of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine After Reports of Myocarditis
ACIP has determined that the benefits of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine outweigh the small risk of developing myocarditis, a rare adverse event which has been reported predominantly in young men.Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - September 24, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health & Prevention Journal Article Source Type: news

New MRI method detects heart injuries in COVID-19 patients
French researchers have developed a new high-resolution cardiac MRI techniqu...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: Does the COVID-19 vaccine cause myocarditis? High-resolution MRI illuminates fetal white-matter tracts Cardiac complications are common in COVID-19 cases Russian group pursues high-resolution MRI coils MRI reveals brain changes caused by space travel (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - September 23, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

COVID Vaccine Preprint Study Prompts Twitter Outrage COVID Vaccine Preprint Study Prompts Twitter Outrage
The authors ' conclusions about rates of myocarditis after COVID vaccine in boys 12 to 17 years of age are attacked for supposedly stoking anti-vaccine sentiment.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - September 15, 2021 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news

Cardiac Involvement in Athletes Recovering From COVID-19 Cardiac Involvement in Athletes Recovering From COVID-19
While early studies suggested increased risk of myocarditis in athletes who ' ve recovered from COVID-19, a new study assessing the likelihood of cardiac complications in athletes is more encouraging.Circulation (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - September 14, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology Journal Article Source Type: news

Boys more at risk from Pfizer jab side-effect than Covid, suggests study
US researchers say teenagers are more likely to get vaccine-related myocarditis than end up in hospital with CovidCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageHealthy boys may be more likely to be admitted to hospital with a rare side-effect of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid vaccine that causes inflammation of the heart than with Covid itself, US researchers claim.Their analysis of medical data suggests that boys aged 12 to 15, with no underlying medical conditions, are four to six times more likely to be diagnosed with vaccine-related myocarditis than ending up in hospital with Covid over a four-month period.C...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 10, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Ian Sample Science editor Tags: Coronavirus Health Vaccines and immunisation Society Children Young people Medical research US news UK news Source Type: news

CMR Imaging Ups Detection of Myocarditis in Big Ten Athletes With COVID-19 CMR Imaging Ups Detection of Myocarditis in Big Ten Athletes With COVID-19
In a study of 1597 college athletes, researchers found CMR imaging led to a 7.4-fold increase in detection of myocarditis.ACC.org (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - September 8, 2021 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology Article Source Type: news

Myocarditis After COVID-19 Vaccination May Resolve Quickly for Youth
FRIDAY, Sept. 3, 2021 -- Myocarditis has been reported in children following receipt of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, according to a case series published online Aug. 10 in JAMA Cardiology. Audrey Dionne, M.D., from Boston Children ' s... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
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