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Use of Marijuana: Effect on Brain Health: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association #BrainHealth #ISC22 #AHAJournals https://t.co/LoGbVRfzf4 @American_Heart pic.twitter.com/DyNbFzA0Lw

— Stroke AHA/ASA (@StrokeAHA_ASA) February 10, 2022

Babies born during pandemic’s first year score slightly lower on a developmental screening test.

11 Feb, 2022 | 08:46h | UTC

News Release: Babies born during pandemic’s first year score slightly lower on a developmental screening test – Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Original Study: Association of Birth During the COVID-19 Pandemic With Neurodevelopmental Status at 6 Months in Infants With and Without In Utero Exposure to Maternal SARS-CoV-2 Infection – JAMA Pediatrics

Editorial: Understanding the Effects of the Pandemic on Infant Development—The Preterm Problem

Commentaries:

Covid-19: Babies born during the pandemic show slight development delays – The BMJ

Pandemic birth tied to poor development – CIDRAP

Community control strategies for scabies: A cluster randomized trial showed one dose of Ivermectin was noninferior to two doses (7 to 14 days apart) to reduce the prevalence of the disease at 12 months.

11 Feb, 2022 | 08:38h | UTC

Community control strategies for scabies: A cluster randomised noninferiority trial – PLOS Medicine

News Release: One dose of anti-parasite drug just as effective as two at reducing scabies – Murdoch Children’s Research Institute

Podcast: Chronic pelvic pain.

11 Feb, 2022 | 08:27h | UTC

Chronic Pelvic Pain – The Curbsiders

Discontinuing antidepressants: Pearls and pitfalls.

11 Feb, 2022 | 08:18h | UTC

Discontinuing antidepressants: Pearls and pitfalls – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Evaluation and management of orthostatic hypotension: Limited data, limitless opportunity.

11 Feb, 2022 | 08:21h | UTC

Evaluation and management of orthostatic hypotension: Limited data, limitless opportunity – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

M-A: The prevalence of loneliness across 113 countries.

10 Feb, 2022 | 10:08h | UTC

The prevalence of loneliness across 113 countries: systematic review and meta-analysis – The BMJ

Editorial: We need a public health approach to loneliness

News Release: Problematic levels of loneliness widespread in many countries – BMJ

Commentary on Twitter

https://twitter.com/robert_eres/status/1491663838013702144

Sweden ends COVID-19 testing as pandemic restrictions lifted – “only health care and elderly care workers and the most vulnerable will be entitled to free PCR testing if they are symptomatic, while the rest of the population will simply be asked to stay home if they show symptoms that could be COVID-19”.

10 Feb, 2022 | 10:07h | UTC

Sweden ends COVID-19 testing as pandemic restrictions lifted – Associated Press

How Denmark Decided COVID Isn’t a Critical Threat to Society – “The country became the first in the EU to lift all COVID restrictions despite leading the world in per capita infections”.

Covid: Europe set for ‘long period of tranquillity’ in pandemic, says WHO.

As Denmark scraps COVID restrictions, WHO urges caution.

Despite the ongoing spread of Omicron, some European countries have decided to lift Covid-19 restrictions.

Clinical practice guideline on tympanostomy tubes in children.

10 Feb, 2022 | 10:10h | UTC

Executive Summary of Clinical Practice Guideline on Tympanostomy Tubes in Children (Update) – Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery

A population-based study in Qatar showed previous infection provided robust protection against reinfection with the alpha, beta, and delta variants of SARS-CoV-2 (approximately 90%). However, protection against reinfection with the omicron variant was lower (around 60%).

10 Feb, 2022 | 10:04h | UTC

Protection against the Omicron Variant from Previous SARS-CoV-2 Infection – New England Journal of Medicine

Commentary on Twitter

Using a national database in Qatar, investigators found that previous #SARSCoV2 infection provided protection against reinfection that ranged from 85% to 92% for alpha, beta, and delta strains and was approx 60% protective against omicron. #COVID19 https://t.co/SGODYCmkP3 pic.twitter.com/OkgjCbyZBj

— NEJM (@NEJM) February 9, 2022