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Deep Learning Model Using Transthoracic Echocardiograms Can ID A-Fib
TUESDAY, May 14, 2024 – A deep learning model using transthoracic echocardiograms (TTEs) can predict patients with active or occult atrial fibrillation (AF), according to a study published online...
Large Language Models May Aid Emergency Department Triage
TUESDAY, May 14, 2024 – Large language models (LLMs) could enhance emergency department triage workflows, according to a study published online May 7 in JAMA Network Open. Christopher Y.K. Williams, ...
Neighborhood Inequity Tied to More People Living With Vision Difficulty, Blindness
TUESDAY, May 14, 2024 – Residential measures of inequity are associated with a greater number of individuals living with vision difficulty and blindness (VDB), according to a study published online...
U.S. Drowning Deaths Rising Again After Years of Decline
TUESDAY, May 14, 2024 (HeathDay News) – Following decades of declines, drowning deaths are once again climbing in the United States, new government data shows. More than 4,500 people died from...
Yoga Can Help Heart Failure Patients Stay Strong
MONDAY, May 13, 2024 – Yoga can help improve the long-term health of people with heart failure, a new study has found. “Patients who practiced yoga on top of taking their medications felt better, w...
Test Might Predict Which Kids Will Outgrow Peanut Allergy
MONDAY, May 13, 2024 – About a third of young children who are allergic to peanuts will outgrow the allergy by the age of 10, and an antibody test might predict who those kids might be. Fluctuations...
Microneedle Patches Might Reverse a Form of Hair Loss
MONDAY, May 13, 2024 – Early research in mice suggests a new path forward to restoring hair growth in people affected by a form of alopecia. Alopecia areata is an autommune disorder that affects an ...
Could Having 'Skinny' Fat Cells Encourage Weight Gain?
MONDAY, May 13, 2024 – “Skinny” fat cells might actually make it harder to lose weight and easier to pack on extra pounds, a new study says. Researchers say it’s possible to predict if someone’s goin...
Lesbian, Bisexual Women More Likely to Die Early Than Straight Peers
MONDAY, May 13, 2024 (HealthDay news) – Could being a lesbian or bisexual shorten your life? New research that analyzed decades of data on women suggests it might. What's driving the trend?...
Virtual Reality Therapy Can Augment Depression Treatment
MONDAY, May 13, 2024 – Extended reality-enhanced behavioral activation (XR-BA) may be a feasible, noninferior, and acceptable enhancement to traditional BA for major depressive disorder (MDD),...
Study Identifies Factors Associated With Hydroxychloroquine Retinopathy
MONDAY, May 13, 2024 – Factors associated with an increased risk for hydroxychloroquine retinopathy have been identified and include female sex, older age, and chronic kidney disease stage 3 or...
Adding Cardiovascular Biomarkers to Established Risk Factors Increases Risk Prediction
MONDAY, May 13, 2024 – The addition of cardiovascular biomarkers to established risk factors leads to a small improvement in risk prediction of cardiovascular disease, according to a study published...
Survival Possible for Some With TBI for Whom Treatment Was Withdrawn
MONDAY, May 13, 2024 – A substantial proportion of patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) who undergo withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment (WLST) could have survived and regained at least...
Breakthrough Gene Therapy Enables Infant Born Deaf to Hear
FRIDAY, May 10, 2024 – Significant hearing improvements have been achieved in an infant with profound hearing loss due to a biallelic otoferlin gene (OTOF) mutation, according to the results of a...
Sociodemographics Tied to Rehab Use During Critical Illness Hospitalization
FRIDAY, May 10, 2024 – For older adults hospitalized with a stay in the intensive care unit (ICU), social determinants of health (SDOH) are associated with use of skilled rehabilitation, according...
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