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Aside from a longer operation time, endoscopic-assisted lateral neck dissection provides comparable efficacy and safety as conventional open lateral neck dissection and results in a more aesthetically pleasing incision and quicker postoperative recovery, a recent meta-analysis has found.

While rapid antigen test is less sensitive than conventional nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) such as RT-PCR* in detecting SARS-CoV-2 virus, “a test does not have to be perfect to be clinically useful,” said Professor Angela Caliendo during a session in IDWeek 2021 — echoing the maxim that perfect should not be the enemy of good in the pandemic era.

Broad spectrum (BS) antianaerobic therapy shows greater and even longer-lasting effect on the lung microbiome of patients with cystic fibrosis, without achieving recovery of pulmonary function noted with narrow spectrum (NS) therapy, reports a study.

Modulating brain oscillations through transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) seems to be ineffective at modulating experimental pain, autonomic response, or electroencephalography (EEG) oscillations, a recent study has found.

Individuals who receive supplementation with magnesium at higher concentrations show increased bone mineral density (BMD) at the hip and femoral neck, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Keeping a healthy diet protects patients with coronary heart disease against long-term disease recurrence by improving microvascular endothelial function, a recent study has found.