Given that COVID-19 has been shown to be transmitted from person to person through things like droplet inhalation and direct contact and that the transmission often occurs through contact with oral and nasal membranes as well as eye mucus, dentists have been identified as a highly vulnerable healthcare population. Like some physicians and oral … [Read more...]
How Can Dentists Help Patients with Urgent Dental Needs?
Gene Therapy for Achromatopsia Improves Color Vision
A study published in JAMA Ophthalmology has shown that adults who have CNGA3-linked achromatopsia benefited from a gene therapy. Given that there is currently no treatment available for this condition, these new data will likely spur more research into how gene therapy can be used to address achromatopsia in this patient population. The … [Read more...]
Is Zoledronic Acid Useful for Knee Osteoarthritis?
Knee osteoarthritis – the most frequently diagnosed type of arthritis - is degenerative and commonly leads to disability in older men and women. As many as 40% of those over the age of 70 suffer from knee osteoarthritis, commonly diagnosed by hospital physicians, but unfortunately, the available interventions for this condition do not affect the … [Read more...]
How Changing Seasons May Eventually Affect the COVID-19 Infection Rate
Several weeks into the COVID-19 pandemic, people are looking for answers about how the virus will respond to changing seasons. Since the outbreak began, physicians and scientists have been speculating on how environmental conditions - including weather, may impact SARS-CoV-2. A new study, published in the Journal of Infectious Disease, is shedding … [Read more...]
Suicidal Acts are Increasing, Especially Amongst Certain U.S. Populations
A new study published in JAMA Psychiatry has found that while suicidal acts are generally increasing in the United States, much of the recent increase can be attributed to women, older adults, and adolescents. In addition to investigating the likelihood of engaging in suicidal acts based on sex and age, the researchers also examined the details of … [Read more...]