Learn AMA Morning Rounds®’ hottest tales in medication and public well being from the week of Jan. 23, 2023–Jan. 27, 2023.
Few adults in U.S. meet bodily exercise tips, CDC research finds
Few adults in U.S. meet bodily exercise tips, CDC research finds
Bloomberg (1/26, Meghjani) reviews, “Lower than a 3rd of U.S. adults meet urged benchmarks for cardio and muscle-building actions set out by well being officers, in response to a” research that “analyzed greater than 30,000 responses from” the CDC’s “Nationwide Well being Interview Survey.” The research discovered that “solely 28% of individuals within the U.S. are literally following these tips,” and simply “16% of individuals” dwelling in rural areas are. The findings had been revealed within the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
ABC Information (1/26, Kekatos) says the research “seemed on the proportion of American adults aged 18 and older who’re getting 150 minutes of average train and two days of muscle strengthening per week,” discovering that “simply 46.9% of adults throughout the nation are at the moment assembly a type of tips.”
Inadequate sleep throughout adolescence could also be tied to larger danger of creating MS in maturity
Inadequate sleep throughout adolescence could also be tied to larger danger of creating MS in maturity
HealthDay (1/25, Mozes) reviews, “Teenagers who often fail to get a very good night time’s sleep might face a better danger for creating a number of sclerosis (MS) as adults,” investigators concluded in a research that “centered on almost 2,100 grownup” sufferers with MS “and about 3,200 randomly chosen wholesome grownup friends as much as the age of 70.” The research revealed that “sleeping too little or experiencing poor sleep high quality [as a teen] elevated the danger of later creating MS by as much as 50%.” The findings had been revealed on-line within the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
VEXAS syndrome could also be extra widespread in U.S. than beforehand thought, research suggests
VEXAS syndrome could also be extra widespread in U.S. than beforehand thought, research suggests
CNN (1/24, Howard) reviews, “An estimated 1 in about 13,500 individuals in the USA might have VEXAS syndrome, a…research suggests, which suggests the mysterious and generally lethal inflammatory dysfunction could also be extra widespread than beforehand thought.” This research, revealed in JAMA, “means that about 1 in 13,591 individuals within the U.S. have mutations within the UBA1 gene, which develop later in life and trigger VEXAS syndrome.”
Healio (1/24, Martin) reviews that total, “disease-causing UBA1 variants had been” additionally found in “1 out of 4,269 males older than 50 years…and in 1 out of 26,238 girls older than 50 years.”
MedPage Right now (1/24, Fiore) reviews the inflammatory illness was first recognized “in a December 2020 report within the New England Journal of Medication.”
FDA proposes annual COVID-19 vaccine routine
FDA proposes annual COVID-19 vaccine routine
The Washington Submit (1/23, A1, McGinley) reviews, “People would obtain an annual vaccine to guard towards the coronavirus underneath a once-a-year routine akin to what’s used for influenza pictures, in response to a brand new technique outlined Monday by the Meals and Drug Administration.” The FDA, “in briefing paperwork launched prematurely of a gathering this week with its vaccine advisers, stated the aim is to find out within the spring which pressure will pose the best menace the next winter.” The Submit provides, “A vaccine concentrating on that pressure would then be administered within the fall, within the hopes {that a} streamlined effort would encourage vaccine uptake.”
Reuters (1/23, Leo) reviews the FDA “additionally requested its panel of exterior advisers to think about the utilization of two COVID vaccine pictures a 12 months for some younger youngsters, older adults and individuals with compromised immunity.” Reuters provides, “If the panel votes in favor of the proposal, Pfizer Inc and Moderna Inc’s bivalent vaccines, which goal each the Omicron and the unique variants, could be used for all COVID vaccine doses, and never simply as boosters.”
NBC Information (1/23, Lovelace) reviews these “proposals shall be put earlier than its Vaccines and Associated Organic Merchandise Advisory Committee on Thursday.”
RSV, flu, COVID-19 numbers proceed to say no throughout United States
RSV, flu, COVID-19 numbers proceed to say no throughout United States
The Washington Submit (1/22, A1, Nirappil) reviews that throughout the U.S., “the RSV wave has receded,” influenza “instances have quickly dwindled,” and COVID-19 “hospitalizations rose briefly after Christmas, solely to fall once more.” The “early waves of respiratory syncytial virus and influenza peaked earlier than the brand new 12 months, in response to new knowledge from the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention,” and “the anticipated winter uptick of coronavirus is nowhere near overwhelming hospitals.” Nonetheless, “consultants warning the nation may see extra will increase in flu, which generally has two peaks, and one other RSV season in spring,” and warn the Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 may proceed to unfold.
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