AI model detects atrial fibrillation risk based on subtle ECG variations
A new artificial intelligence (AI) model designed by Scripps Research scientists could help clinicians better screen patients for atrial fibrillation (or AFib)-;an irregular, fast heartbeat that is...
View ArticleSmartwatches help physicians to diagnose arrhythmias in children
Smartwatches can help physicians detect and diagnose irregular heart rhythms in children, according to a new study from the Stanford School of Medicine.
View ArticleDigital algorithm ePOCT+ successfully reduces antibiotic prescriptions in...
Study demonstrates how the ePOCT+ digital algorithm effectively guides healthcare providers in prescribing antibiotics for children, significantly reducing unnecessary antibiotic use and addressing...
View ArticleAmerica’s health system isn’t ready for the surge of seniors with disabilities
The number of older adults with disabilities — difficulty with walking, seeing, hearing, memory, cognition, or performing daily tasks such as bathing or using the bathroom — will soar in the decades...
View ArticleAI-driven algorithm accurately predicts death, complications after...
When a person has one or more blocked arteries, providers may choose to conduct a minimally invasive procedure known as percutaneous coronary intervention, or PCI.
View ArticleWearable blood pressure monitoring for assessing remote blood pressure...
The prevalence of controlled hypertension using a wearable blood pressure (BP) device.
View ArticleStudy addresses knowledge gap of clinical features and outcomes of Black...
Researchers identified patient- and tumor-level melanoma features in black individuals.
View ArticleNewer clot-buster may offer a safe, effective way to treat ischemic stroke in...
Compared with the standard clot-busting medication alteplase, the newer clot-buster tenecteplase may offer a safe, effective and simpler way to treat ischemic (clot-caused) stroke in mobile stroke...
View ArticleStudy: Most stroke survivors can safely take two types of common antidepressants
Most stroke survivors were able to safely take two types of common antidepressants, according to a preliminary study to be presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference...
View ArticlePharmacists join doctors and patients to slash medication-related errors in...
Pharmacists will partner with patients and doctors in a new national project to reduce patient medication errors that frequently occur during hospital stays.
View ArticleSelection, optimization, and validation of genetic tests for 10 common diseases
By analyzing millions of small genetic differences across a person's genome, researchers can calculate a polygenic risk score to estimate someone's lifetime odds of developing a certain disease.
View ArticleGenetic risk tool could aid early diagnosis and treatment of multiple...
Young people could be spared from going blind by a new genetic risk tool that could also help diagnose multiple sclerosis (MS) earlier, to start effective treatments.
View ArticleWhistleblower accuses Aledade, largest US independent primary care network,...
A Maryland firm that oversees the nation's largest independent network of primary care medical practices is facing a whistleblower lawsuit alleging it cheated Medicare out of millions of dollars using...
View ArticleHow AI can make a more patient-friendly hospital discharge summary for patients
Whether large language models (LLMs) might improve the understandability and readability of hospital discharge summaries.
View ArticleNew study reveals key differences in Parkinson’s disease progression using...
The differences in the progression of Parkinson’s disease (PD) between real-world and research populations.
View ArticleStudy suggests revising pregnancy weight gain guidelines for obese women
The guidelines for weight gain during pregnancy in obese women have long been questioned. New research from Karolinska Institutet supports the idea of lowering or removing the current recommendation of...
View ArticleStudy evaluates the feasibility of discontinuing CLL specialist care
A study published today in Blood Advances showed that among patients in Denmark who had slow-growing chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) with no symptoms and a low risk for ever needing treatment, those...
View ArticleWomen predominantly treated for anxiety and depression at psychiatric...
More than 75% of the patients treated at the psychiatric outpatient clinic of Hospital de Base in São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo state (Brazil), are women with a mean age of 45 and suffering from...
View ArticlePrenatal exposure to bisphenol and phthalate linked to increased child...
Researchers found links between higher prenatal exposure to bisphenols and high-molecular-weight phthalates with increased child weight and BMI from birth to age four in a New York cohort study.
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