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Cranial Neuropathy in CIDP

Cranial nerves are infrequently involved in typical chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, but involvement is more common in multifocal acquired demyelinating sensory and motor neuropathy (about 50%). The facial nerve is the most commonly affected cranial nerve, often bilateral.

Neurotropism of COVID-19: What Is New?

SARS-CoV-2 may gain access to the brain via the olfactory epithelium. The olfactory epithelium and bulbs may serve as an entry point for SARS-CoV-2 infection into the central nervous system.

Fewer Diabetes Cases, Lower Blood Pressure Among Mediterranean Diet Adherents

Researchers continue discovering benefits of this healthy nutrition program.

Delayed Screenings Correlate with More Severe Lung Cancer Malignancies

COVID-19 led to canceled or delayed care in 2020 — with consequences.

A Prescription for Volunteering

This large, observational study of U.S. adults aged older than 50 years found that volunteering ≥ 100 hours yearly is associated with a reduced risk of mortality and several favorable psychosocial outcomes when compared with peers reporting 0 volunteer hours yearly.

A Proinflammatory Diet’s Association with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

An analysis of data from three large prospective cohort studies revealed a proinflammatory diet as a risk factor for incident Crohn’s disease, but not for ulcerative colitis.

Creating Healing Environments: Band-Aids and Beyond

Because normative messages affecting diversity and inclusion are conveyed by the application of a bandage and its color, healers are called to offer and employ newly available adhesive bandages in a multitude of skin tones.

HPV Vaccination Reduces the Risk of Invasive Cervical Cancer

In this retrospective cohort study of women in Sweden, receipt of human papillomavirus vaccination prior to age 17 years was associated with an 88% decrease in cervical cancer, and vaccination at ages 17 to 30 years was associated with a 53% decrease in cervical cancer.

Managing Appendicitis Medically

A multicenter, randomized trial showed that 10 days of antibiotics results in comparable outcomes as surgery. Three in 10 patients treated with antibiotics required surgery within 90 days.

Ceftriaxone-Resistant Gonorrhea Has Arrived in the United States

A man in Las Vegas with gonorrhea was infected with the first ceftriaxone-resistant strain of Neisseria gonorrhoeae identified in the United States.