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Two-Thirds of Survivors of the Most Severe COVID-19 Face Impairment at One Year
FRIDAY, April 26, 2024 -- Nearly two-thirds of survivors of severe COVID-19 discharged to long-term acute care hospitals have persistent impairments at one...
Births in the United States Declined in 2023
FRIDAY, April 26, 2024 -- In 2023, birth rates in the United States were down, according to an April Vital Statistics Rapid Release provisional report, a...
Serum Biomarkers Predict Knee OA Before Radiographic Abnormalities
FRIDAY, April 26, 2024 -- Serum biomarkers can predict knee osteoarthritis before radiographic abnormalities, according to a study published in the April 26...
Antenatal Corticosteroids Do Not Negatively Impact Offspring
FRIDAY, April 26, 2024 -- Administration of antenatal corticosteroids to persons at risk for late preterm delivery is not associated with adverse childhood...
Use of Acid-Suppression Therapy Linked to Migraine, Severe Headache
FRIDAY, April 26, 2024 -- Use of acid-suppression therapy is associated with higher odds of migraine or severe headache, according to a study published online...
Electroconvulsive Therapy Safe, Effective for Range of Serious Mental Illnesses
FRIDAY, April 26, 2024 -- Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a safe and effective treatment for serious mental illness, according to a study presented at the...
PECARN Prediction Rules for CT Imaging Show High Accuracy
FRIDAY, April 26, 2024 -- The Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) intra-abdominal injury and traumatic brain injury rules show a high...
Nursing Home Staff Shortages Tied to More Inappropriate Antipsychotic Use
FRIDAY, April 26, 2024 -- Nursing homes with staffing shortages have higher inappropriate antipsychotic medication use, particularly among nursing homes in...
Gains in Heart Failure Mortality Have Been Erased
FRIDAY, April 26, 2024 -- Declines in heart failure-related mortality from 1999 to 2012 were entirely reversed from 2012 to 2021, according to a research...
AI Shows Good Clinical Knowledge, Reasoning for Eye Issues
FRIDAY, April 26, 2024 -- Large language models (LLMs) are approaching expert-level knowledge and reasoning skills in ophthalmology, according to a study...
Vosoritide Safe, Effective for Children With Hypochondroplasia
FRIDAY, April 26, 2024 -- Vosoritide is safe and effective in increasing growth velocity in children with hypochondroplasia, according to a study published...
Cabozantinib Promising for Advanced Adrenocortical Carcinoma
FRIDAY, April 26, 2024 -- For patients with advanced adrenocortical carcinoma, cabozantinib shows promising efficacy, according to a study published online...
FDA Approves Anktiva for BCG-Unresponsive, Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer
FRIDAY, April 26, 2024 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Anktiva (N-803, or nogapendekin alfa inbakicept-pmln) plus Bacillus Cal...
Antibiotics Not Helpful for Cough Due to Lower Respiratory Tract Infection
THURSDAY, April 25, 2024 -- Antibiotics have no measurable impact on the severity or duration of cough due to acute lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI)...
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Raise Risk for Postpartum Mortality for One Year
THURSDAY, April 25, 2024 -- Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDPs) are strong risk factors for pregnancy-associated mortality due to cardiovascular...
Occurrence of Low-Birth-Weight Babies Heightened in Active-Duty Servicewomen
THURSDAY, April 25, 2024 -- Active-duty servicewomen in the United States appear to have an increased occurrence of low-birth-weight babies compared with...
Differences ID'd in Tau Burden in Down Syndrome, Alzheimer Disease
THURSDAY, April 25, 2024 -- The spatial distribution, timing, and magnitude of tau burden differs for people with Down syndrome and those with...
AI Model Reduces False Positives in Screening Mammograms
THURSDAY, April 25, 2024 -- A semiautonomous breast cancer screening system reduces false positives with screening mammograms, according to a study published...
COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Show Great Global Variance
THURSDAY, April 25, 2024 -- There is significant global variation in COVID-19 treatment recommendations and disease severity stratifications, according to a...
Most Moms-to-Be Interested in RSV Vaccination During Pregnancy
THURSDAY, April 25, 2024 -- More than half of women who are pregnant or planning to become pregnant are very likely to get vaccinated against respiratory...
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