COVID Vaccine Study Finds Small Signal of Seizure Risk in Young Kids
(MedPage Today) -- Only myocarditis/pericarditis and seizures occurred at higher rates in adolescents and children vaccinated for COVID-19 when compared with historical rates of those outcomes, according to an analysis of safety data from the FDA... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 24, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Largest COVID Vax Safety Study; Kratom Deaths Rising; Gov. Threatens Hospital Chain
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An analysis based on 99 million people globally who received COVID-19 vaccines confirmed previously established safety signals for myocarditis, pericarditis, Guillain... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - February 21, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Covid Vaccines Linked To Small Increase In Heart And Brain Disorders, Study Finds —But Risk From Infection Is Far Higher
Patients who took some coronavirus vaccines faced a slightly higher risk of medical conditions like myocarditis and pericarditis —but people who contract the coronavirus face a greater risk. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - February 19, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Arianna Johnson, Forbes Staff Tags: Innovation /innovation Healthcare /healthcare Breaking breaking-news Trending Explainer Trending-Explainer topline Source Type: news
PET/MRI may help diagnose fevers of unknown origin
PET/MRI imaging shows promise in diagnosing fevers or inflammation of unknown origin and may have advantages over PET/CT, according to a study published January 3 in the European Journal of Radiology.In a study that included 104 patients, PET/MRI provided high sensitivity and specificity for determining underlying causes, especially in patients with elevated C-reactive protein, a blood biomarker of inflammation, according to lead author Tomas Rohan, MD, of University Hospital Brno in Brno, Czechia.“To make the indications more specific to and improve the overall diagnostic performance, F-18 FDG-PET/MRI should be indicate...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 8, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Molecular Imaging Source Type: news
When Should We Consider A Rickettsial Disease?
Discussion
Rickettsioses are “small, obligate intracellular, gram-negative, aerobic coccobacillary α-proeobacteria” from the genuses Rickettsia, Anaplasma, Coxiella, Ehrlichia, and Orientia genuses. Often they cause limited health problems but can cause severe disease and death. They present with a fever and other non-specific signs and symptoms, usually with a rash and lymphadenopathy. Other problems can include:
Cardiac – endocarditis, myocarditis, pericarditis
Gastrointestinal – abdominal pain, acute abdomen, cholecystitis, hepatitis, pancreatitis
Heme/Lymph – hemophagocytosis, lymph...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - December 18, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Colchicine: the good, the bad, the ugly, and how to minimise the risks - Stamp LK, Horsley C, Karu LT, Dalbeth N, Barclay M.
Colchicine has an important role in managing various conditions, including gout, familial Mediterranean fever, amyloidosis, Behcet's syndrome, recurrent pericarditis, and calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease. The adverse effect profile of colchicine is... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 3, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
What Are Some Radiographic Signs of Congenital Heart Disease?
Discussion
Total anomalous pulmonary venous return causes snowman sign on a chest x-ray. The pulmonary veins fail to connect normally to the left atrium. Alternate pathways direct flow to the right atrium and then across an atrial communication. The admixture of blood at the atrial level and the right to left atrial shunt result in the cyanosis. It may present at birth because of obstruction to the pulmonary veins.
“Characteristic heart shapes in patients with congenital heart disease are often due to long standing hemodynamic changes and are therefore less commonly seen today on [chest x-ray] because patients with c...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - August 28, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Promising Early Results for Goflikicept in Pericarditis Promising Early Results for Goflikicept in Pericarditis
The novel IL-1 inhibitor goflikicept is effective and relatively safe in idiopathic recurrent pericarditis.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - June 26, 2023 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
COVID Vaccines Safe for Young Children, Study Finds COVID Vaccines Safe for Young Children, Study Finds
Kids younger than age 5 years experience no increased risk for complications like myocarditis, pericarditis, and seizures following vaccination.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - June 6, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news
Pfizer: Don't Bank On mRNA Vaccines
This report assesses Pfizer's (NYSE:PFE) pre-clinical data, and was available to…#pfizer #pfe #davedenton #cfo #angelalukin #fda #australian #pericarditis #mrna #lancet (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Regulatory approval of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19, MHRA (updated 6th December 2022)
Product information has been added for a new presentation of the vaccine for use in children aged 6 months to 4 years.
6 December 2022Product information has been added for a new presentation of the vaccine for use in those aged 6 months to 4 years.
9 November 2022Comirnaty 10 micrograms concentrate for dispersion for injection (one of the licensed Comirnaty vaccines produced by Pfizer/BioNTech) has b een approved for use as a booster for 5- to 11-year-olds. There has also been an update to the product information for the Comirnaty vaccines on myocarditis and pericarditis after a third dose and in the age group 5-...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - December 7, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Safety of the fourth COVID-19 BNT162b2 mRNA (second booster) vaccine: a prospective and retrospective cohort study
Prospective study (n=4,698) found 2nd booster induced significant changes in heart rate levels, with a peak day 2 and return to baseline by day 6. Retrospective study (n=250,000) found no association with 2nd booster and 25 events, incl no events of myocarditis or pericarditis. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - November 22, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Myocarditis Up After Second Dose of mRNA-1273 Versus BNT162b2
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 9, 2022 -- The rates of myocarditis and pericarditis are increased after receipt of the second dose of mRNA-1273 versus BNT162b2, according to a study published in the Nov. 15 issue of the Journal of the American College of... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - November 9, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Moderna vaccine linked to 'threefold' higher risk of heart inflammation compared to Pfizer
Cases of myocarditis and pericarditis were higher with the Moderna vaccine in both males and females between the ages 18 and 39, according to new research. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - November 9, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines Tied to Higher Risk for Myocarditis, Pericarditis
MONDAY, Nov. 7, 2022 -- A higher incidence of myocarditis or pericarditis occurs after COVID-19 vaccination, according to a review published online Sept. 25 in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Juan Gao, from Anhui Medical University in... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - November 7, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
