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Dry eye disease symptoms, incidence worsen during COVID-19 lockdown
There was an increase in the incidence of dry-eye disease (DED) during the lockdown for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a recent study has found. Such a spike may be related to the increase in use of visual display terminals (VDTs).
Dry eye disease symptoms, incidence worsen during COVID-19 lockdown
08 Jan 2022Does patient education improve influenza vaccination uptake?
Both individualized counselling (IC) and pamphlets have improved the uptake of influenza vaccination, but IC does not appear to be superior to pamphlets alone at improving vaccine acceptance, according to a Singapore study.
Does patient education improve influenza vaccination uptake?
07 Jan 2022COVID-19 vaccines promising in multiple myeloma patients
Vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 appears to lead to favourable outcomes in multiple myeloma (MM) patients who contract the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), even in the presence of negative prognostic factors, a recent study has found.
COVID-19 vaccines promising in multiple myeloma patients
05 Jan 2022Antiseptic mouthwashes insufficient against COVID-19
Despite encouraging in vivo evidence, antiseptic mouthwashes do not substantially reduce the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) viral load in saliva, a recent study has found.