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Lymph node mapping in gastric cancer: a pilot study in Western patients
Can J Surg. 2022 Sep 21;65(5):E630-E634. doi: 10.1503/cjs.019821. Print 2022 Sep-Oct.ABSTRACTSummaryIn East Asia, the role of lymph node (LN) mapping in assisting surgical lymphadenectomy, which is integral to the management of gastric cancer, has been explored. We sought to evaluate its safety and utility in Western patients. Thirteen patients with nonmetastatic gastric adenocarcinoma received endoscopic, peritumoural, submucosal indocyanine green fluorescence (ICG) injections before surgery, and ICG was assessed intraoperatively using a laparoscopic detection system. All patients underwent a laparoscopic subtotal gastrec...
Source: Canadian Journal of Surgery - September 21, 2022 Category: Surgery Authors: Akie Watanabe Trevor D Hamilton Source Type: research
Allergic to the world: can medicine help people with severe intolerance to chemicals?
Whether it ’s organic or psychosomatic or something in between, multiple chemical sensitivity can cause chronic illness, and its sufferers often feel abandonedSharon calls herself a universal reactor. In the 1990s, she became allergic to the world, to the mould colonising her home and the paint coating her kitchen walls, but also deodorants, soaps and anything containing plastic. Public spaces rife with artificial fragrances were unbearable. Scented disinfectants and air fresheners in hospitals made visiting doctors torture. The pervasiveness of perfumes and colognes barred her from in-person social gatherings. Even step...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 20, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Xi Chen Tags: Health & wellbeing Allergies Environment Air pollution Science Source Type: news
These Environmental Factors Increase the Risk of IBD
During the past 60 years, experts have documented a steep rise in the incidence of both ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease—the two medical conditions that make up most cases of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). For decades, this rise was confined to North America, Western Europe, and other industrialized nations. While there’s some evidence that the rise in IBD has slowed down or even plateaued in those places, IBD is becoming increasingly common in newly industrialized countries in Asia and other parts of the world.
There’s no question that genetic factors play a part in a person’s risk f...
Source: TIME: Health - September 2, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Markham Heid Tags: Uncategorized Disease freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Use of a penicillin allergy clinical decision rule to enable direct oral penicillin provocation: an international multicentre randomised control trial in an adult population (PALACE): study protocol
Introduction
Penicillin allergies are highly prevalent in the healthcare setting and associated with the prescription of second-line inferior antibiotics. More than 85% of all penicillin allergy labels can be removed by skin testing and 96%–99% of low-risk penicillin allergy labels can be removed by direct oral challenge. An internally and externally validated clinical assessment tool for penicillin allergy, PEN-FAST, can identify a low-risk penicillin allergy without the need for skin testing; a score of less than 3 has a negative predictive value of 96.3% (95% CI, 94.1 to 97.8) for the presence of a penicillin alle...
Source: BMJ Open - August 8, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Copaescu, A.-M., James, F., Vogrin, S., Rose, M., Chua, K., Holmes, N. E., Turner, N. A., Stone, C., Phillips, E., Trubiano, J. Tags: Open access, Immunology (including allergy) Source Type: research
A Fourth COVID-19 Vaccine, From Novovax, Passed a Key Stage in the Authorization Process
American adults who haven’t yet gotten vaccinated against COVID-19 may soon get another choice, as advisers to the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday backed a more traditional type of shot.
Next, the FDA must decide whether to authorize the protein vaccine made by latecomer Novavax as the nation’s fourth coronavirus shot for adults. It’s made with more conventional technology than today’s dominant Pfizer and Moderna shots and the lesser-used Johnson & Johnson option.
Novavax shots are already available in Australia, Canada, parts of Europe and multiple other countries, either for initial va...
Source: TIME: Health - June 8, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: LAURAN NEERGAARD / AP Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news
Improving Intrapartum Group B Streptococcus Prophylaxis in Patients with a Reported Penicillin or Cephalosporin Allergy: A Quality Improvement Project
CONCLUSIONS: Implementation of standardized allergy-guided prophylaxis safely improved appropriate β-lactam antibiotic use in obstetric patients requiring GBS prophylaxis who reported penicillin and cephalosporin allergies.PMID:35338006 | DOI:10.1016/j.jogc.2022.02.128
Source: Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada : JOGC - March 26, 2022 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda X Li Cyndy Oliver Stefania Ronzoni Arthur Zaltz Jerome A Leis Marion Elligsen Philip W Lam Source Type: research
Within city spatiotemporal variation of pollen concentration in the city of Toronto, Canada
Environ Res. 2021 Dec 16:112566. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.112566. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: The exacerbation of asthma and respiratory allergies has been associated with exposure to aeroallergens such as pollen. Within an urban area, tree cover, level of urbanization, atmospheric conditions, and the number of source plants can influence spatiotemporal variations in outdoor pollen concentrations.OBJECTIVE: We analyze weekly pollen measurements made between March and October 2018 over 17 sites in Toronto, Canada. The main goals are: to estimate the concentration of different types of pollen across the seaso...
Source: Environmental Research - December 19, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Sara Zapata-Marin Alexandra M Schmidt Scott Weichenthal Daniel S W Katz Tim Takaro Jeffrey Brook Eric Lavigne Source Type: research
Allergies to vaccine ingredients shouldn't stop patients from getting COVID-19 shots: experts
Allergists say they are seeing a flood of new patients with concerns about potential allergic reactions to ingredients in COVID-19 vaccines but insist virtually everyone can still get a shot safely.
Source: CBC | Health - September 1, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Manitoba Source Type: news
