A patient navigation program is effective for increasing receipt of follow-up colonoscopy among adults with an abnormal stool test result, according to a study published online April 1 in the Annals of Internal...
Thu, Apr. 03, 2025
There is a notable gap in public awareness and knowledge of dysphagia compared with other conditions, according to a study published online March 27 in Dysphagia. Sonja M. Molfenter, Ph.D., from New York University in New...
Thu, Apr. 03, 2025
Use of hormonal contraceptives postpartum is associated with an increased risk for developing postpartum depression, according to a study published online March 31 in JAMA Network Open. Søren Vinther Larsen, Ph.D...
Thu, Apr. 03, 2025
Zoster vaccination seems to have a dementia-preventing or dementia-delaying effect, according to a study published online April 2 in Nature. Markus Eyting, Ph.D., from Stanford University in California, and colleagues...
Thu, Apr. 03, 2025
A machine learning algorithm can diagnose celiac disease from duodenal biopsies with accuracy comparable to pathologists, according to a study published online March 27 in the New England Journal of Medicine AI. Florian...
Thu, Apr. 03, 2025
Use of the NeuroSAFE technique, a standardized frozen section analysis that enables accurate real-time detection of positive surgical margins during nerve sparing in robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP), improves...
Thu, Apr. 03, 2025
Maternal influences have a persistent effect on offspring obesity through age 42 years, according to a study published online March 26 in PLOS ONE. Glenna Nightingale, Ph.D., from the University of Edinburgh in the United...
Thu, Apr. 03, 2025
Early-life ozone (O3) exposure is associated with asthma and wheeze outcomes at 4 to 6 years of age, according to a study published online April 2 in JAMA Network Open. Logan C. Dearborn, M.P.H., from the University of...
Thu, Apr. 03, 2025
Stroke survivors with a higher education level have a steeper decline in executive function, according to a study published online March 26 in JAMA Network Open. Mellanie V. Springer, M.D., from the University of Michigan...
Thu, Apr. 03, 2025
Whole and 2 percent milk may be coming back to school lunch trays, more than a decade after being removed to help reduce childhood obesity, The Associated Press reported. Federal lawmakers have reintroduced bills to...
Wed, Apr. 02, 2025
Microplastic exposure may increase the risk for chronic diseases, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology, held from March 29 to 31 in Chicago. Sai Rahul Ponnana, from...
Wed, Apr. 02, 2025
Despite increased participation in U.S. long-distance running races, cardiac arrest incidence remains stable, according to a study published online March 30 in the Journal of the American Medical Association to coincide...
Wed, Apr. 02, 2025
From 1999 to 2022, there was a considerable increase in maternal mortality due to cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology, held from March...
Wed, Apr. 02, 2025
In a living clinical practice guideline issued by the American Gastroenterological Association and published in the April issue of Gastroenterology, no recommendation -- for or against -- is made for the use of...
Wed, Apr. 02, 2025
For patients with symptomatic peripheral artery disease and type 2 diabetes, semaglutide use is associated with increased walking distance, according to a study published online March 29 in The Lancet to coincide with the...
Wed, Apr. 02, 2025
Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fINRS) can classify pain, and virtual reality (VR) can reduce cancer-related pain, according to a study published online March 15 in Scientific Reports. Somayeh B. Shafiei, Ph.D...
Wed, Apr. 02, 2025
Engaging in physical activity concentrated within one to two days is associated with a similar reduction in mortality risk as active regular physical activity, according to a study published online April 2 in the Journal...
Wed, Apr. 02, 2025
The digital remote AROMHA Brain Health Test (ABHT) can discriminate cognitively normal (CN) older adults from those with cognitive impairment, according to a study published online March 24 in Scientific...
Wed, Apr. 02, 2025
Some commonly prescribed photosensitizing drugs increase skin cancer risk, according to a study published online March 18 in Photodermatology, Photoimmunology & Photomedicine. Gustav Boelsgaard Christensen, from...
Tue, Apr. 01, 2025
For patients with prostate cancer, isodose and dose-escalated moderately hypofractionated radiotherapy (MHFRT) have similar efficacy as conventionally fractionated radiotherapy (CFRT), but bowel toxicity is seen in...
Tue, Apr. 01, 2025