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Updating Covid Vaccines for the Future

Sep 6, 2022

When the first Covid vaccines became available in the U.S., they ushered in a new era of hope that pandemic days might soon be over. And, indeed, the introduction of vaccines largely saw a decrease in mortality rates, complication rates, hospitalization rates, and...

Propofol Injection Pain

Aug 2, 2022

Propofol is an intravenous anesthetic agent commonly used for procedural anesthesia, in which a patient is given a sedating medication along with an analgesic medication before an operation, and as an induction agent for general anesthesia.1 Propofol is an...

Anesthesiology in Emergency Medicine

Jul 7, 2022

As of 2021, the U.S. alone has approximately 70,000 actively practicing anesthesiologists and emergency medicine physicians 1,2. The intersection of these two clinical specialties remains a dynamic terrain with rapidly changing standards of training and clinical...

Blood Clots Due to Sedentary Lifestyle

Jun 6, 2022

Having a sedentary lifestyle is associated with a number of serious non-communicable diseases, including heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, and colon cancer [1]. One of the most acutely perilous conditions that results from a sedentary lifestyle is a venous...

Limited Benefit of Fourth Covid Vaccine Dose

May 2, 2022

In March, the FDA authorized a second booster dose of COVID-19 vaccines for those 50 years old or older and teens and adults who are moderately or severely immunocompromised, bringing the total count up to four doses for older adults and five doses for...

General Anesthetics on Immune System Cytokines

Apr 4, 2022

The immune response is the body’s biggest defense against external pathogens in the environment. However, the many mechanisms it employs may, when activated incorrectly, lead to deleterious autoimmune responses, such as tumor growth, rejection of organ...