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#COVID news 3/31/23
#Pregnancy part 1
"... study shows that #mRNA COVID #vaccination was associated with a lower rate of several adverse pregnancy outcomes including perinatal death, preterm delivery, neonates with very low birth weight, and NICU admission. "
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#COVID news 3/31/23
#Pregnancy part 2
"A different study in JAMA shows that boys exposed to SARS-CoV-2 infection in utero may be at increased risk for neurodevelopmental disorders, but the same was not found in girls. Baby boys born to mothers with COVID infection in pregnancy had a significant increase of #neurodevelopmental diagnoses at 12 months, even when controlling for preterm delivery."
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#COVID news 3/31/23
#Pregnancy part 3
"It is not known if this could lead to an increased risk of #autism or #schizophrenia in boys born to mothers who had COVID infection in pregnancy. There is a known difference in placental immune responses to a COVID infection seen in placentas from boys versus placentas from girls which may be playing a role"
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#COVID news 3/31/23
"#Dexamethasone has been shown to help treat severe acute COVID infections and now we know how. A new study shows that dexamethasone affects ion channel-mediated immune cell function, including #cytokine production, to decrease risk of cytokine storm and death"
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General health news
"Last year’s severe #hepatitis outbreak in children that caused 7% to need #liver transplants appears to have been caused by Adeno-Associated Virus 2 (#AAV2). "
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General Health News 3/31/23
"FDA Clears Single-Use PCR Test That Rapidly Detects #STIs in Women https://buff.ly/3lNcZJl
30 minute point-of-care PCR test for #Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Trichomonas vaginalis in women."
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General Health News 3/31/23
ProPublica: How #Cigna Saves Millions by Having Its Doctors Reject Claims Without Reading Them https://buff.ly/3LRPQQK
“Van Terheyden was right to be suspicious. His claim was just one of roughly 60,000 that Dr. Dopke denied in a single month last year, according to internal Cigna records.”
The Cigna review system allows its physicians to instantly reject claims without opening patient files"
