Lower Thyroid Hormone Levels a Red Flag for Elevated Suicide Risk?

Patients with comorbid anxiety and mood disorders who have reduced, albeit “normal,” serum levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) may be at increased risk for suicidal ideation, new research suggests. In a cross-sectional study, clinical data on diagnosis, medication use, and symptom scores were gathered, along with assessments of blood levels of thyroid axis hormones, in […]

11 States File Suit Against Biden’s Business Vaccine Mandate

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Attorneys general in 11 states filed suit Friday against President Joe Biden’s administration, challenging a new vaccine requirement for workers at companies with more than 100 employees. The lawsuit filed in the St. Louis-based 8th U.S. […]

Study looks at how lupus genetics intersects with COVID-19

Lupus can cause genetic changes that support type I interferon (IFN) pathway activation. But the reason behind people continue to have a high frequency of lupus-associated risk alleles in the immune system remains poorly understood. Timothy B. Niewold of the Colton Center for Autoimmunity at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine and colleagues hypothesized that […]

Nasal steroid sprays could be effective at preventing severe COVID

Nasal steroid sprays could be effective at preventing serious cases of COVID with patients who use them 22% less likely to be hospitalized study finds Patients who use nasal steroid sprays for allergies or asthma may be at a lower risk for severe COVID-19 symptoms, a recent study finds Cleveland Clinic researchers compared disease outcomes […]

Researchers identify new gene variants that may cause inherited retinal dystrophies

An international team of researchers, led by scientists at University of California San Diego and Shiley Eye Institute at UC San Diego Health, has broadened and deepened understanding of how inherited retinal dystrophies (IRDs) affect different populations of people and, in the process, have identified new gene variants that may cause the diseases. The findings […]