Stranger Than Halloween: Rare, Perplexing Conditions
This October 31, many around the world are enjoying the thrill of ghost stories and fear-inducing legends associated with Halloween. ...
HCA Nurses Score Win Against AI; Docs Use ChatGPT in Clinic; New AI-Powered EHR
Welcome to MedAI Roundup, highlighting the latest news and research in healthcare-related artificial intelligence each month. Nurses who work for ...
AI Colonoscopies: More Benign Lesion Removals, Potentially Higher Costs
Use of artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted colonoscopy led to a greater removal rate of exclusively benign lesions compared with colonoscopies that ...
Vote: Your Health and Your Patients’ Health Depend on It
Bowman is a statistician and dean of a school of public health. Ayers is the director of a public health ...
Enjoying Festivities With Diabetes in Mind
Diwali is being celebrated in many communities across the UK this week. The festival of lights represents new beginnings, but ...
Tricuspid Valve Replacement Finds Surer Footing With TRISCEND II’s 1-Year Report
The Evoque transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement (TTVR) system continued to show significant benefits 1 year after implant, according to an ...
Hormone Therapy and Dementia: What Do We Know?
Estrogen exerts neuroprotective effects on the brain, and the reduction in endogenous estrogen after menopause increases women’s risk for Alzheimer’s ...
Early Smoking Cessation After Cancer Diagnosis Tied to Better Survival
Smokers who quit after a cancer diagnosis had increased survival, with the greatest benefit for those who initiated smoking cessation ...
Does Vitamin D Affect Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea?
TOPLINE:Vitamin D deficiency is common in children with severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and is associated with increased OSA severity. ...
Breast surgeon Ian Paterson tells inquest it would be crazy to leave behind tissue
It would be "crazy" to leave breast tissue behind during a mastectomy, a disgraced breast surgeon has told an inquest ...
First U.S. Case of Bird Flu in a Pig Raises Concerns Over Threat to Humans
A pig at an Oregon farm was found to have bird flu, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Wednesday. ...
Six Networking Strategies for Introverted Healthcare Professionals
Networking is a professional skill that healthcare professionals, such as physicians, can learn. Although extroverts may seem more naturally suited ...
Ex-Gov. May Face Charges Over COVID; Autism Dx Up 175%; Can Fasting Help Kidneys?
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. The Republican-led House COVID panel referred former New York Gov. Andrew ...
Warning tax rises could force care homes to close
Getty ImagesThe Liberal Democrats have called on the government to exempt social care from the rise in National Insurance. The ...
Oncologist Charged With the Illegal Sale of Cancer Drugs
In late October, a federal grand jury charged a Detroit-area medical oncologist Naveed Aslam, MD, in an indictment for his ...
Organ Preservation Riskier in Rectal Cancer
TOPLINE:Patients with rectal cancer managed by watch and wait and subsequent local regrowth have a higher risk for distant metastases ...
Walking Pneumonia Is on the Rise
Young children are increasingly being infected with bacteria that can lead to the illness known as walking pneumonia. A hallmark ...
US Autism Diagnoses Rose 175% From 2011 to 2022
TOPLINE:US diagnosis rates of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) increased by 175% from 2011 to 2022, a new study shows. Prevalence ...
Mother says NHS failed to give daughter safe care
PA MediaDonna Ockenden says the NHS failed to provide safe care for her daughter Phoebe when she was rushed to ...
Coinfection Fails to Affect Babesia Outcomes
Adults with Babesia who were coinfected with tick-borne zoonoses showed no increased risk for mortality or disease severity than those ...
