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THURSDAY, Dec. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Several modifiable factors are associated with a higher risk for young-onset dementia (YOD), according to a study published online Dec. 26 in&nbs...

Dec 29, 2023

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For family surrogates who make decisions about life-sustaining treatments for stroke patients, psychological distress is common and is worse amo...

Dec 28, 2023

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For children with achondroplasia, vosoritide is associated with a gain in the change in height Z score from baseline and a mild adverse event pr...

Dec 28, 2023

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A Raspberry Pi device with a digital camera and a deep learning algorithm can detect facial palsy (FP) with high accuracy, according to a study ...

Dec 28, 2023

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For adults in the intensive care unit (ICU), there is a high probability that use of balanced crystalloids decreases in-hospital mortality compa...

Dec 28, 2023

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Machine learning (ML) model performance for diagnosing bacterial vaginosis (BV) varies among ethnic groups, according to a study published onlin...

Dec 28, 2023

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Predictive modeling in neonatal care can identify very preterm infants at risk for developing cognitive impairment at 2 years of age, according ...

Dec 28, 2023

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- At least 251 cases of lead poisoning linked to tainted fruit puree pouches have now been reported in 34 states, U.S. health officials said.That'...

Dec 28, 2023

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The quality of low-carbohydrate diets (LCDs) is associated with weight change among U.S. adults, according to a study published online Dec. 27 i...

Dec 28, 2023

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- After accounting for measurable confounders, the risk for miscarriage is increased in association with benzodiazepine use during pregnancy, acco...

Dec 28, 2023

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Hispanic and American Indian or Alaska Native (AI/AN) individuals diagnosed with breast, colorectal, lung, and prostate cancer have been underca...

Dec 28, 2023

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Virtual care with an outside physician is associated with more emergency department visits, compared with virtual visits with a regular care phy...

Dec 28, 2023

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- ChatGPT can be a useful and convenient tool for people who want to know nutritional information of specific food items, according to a research ...

Dec 28, 2023

TUESDAY, Dec. 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A mental health risk screening tool can predict which hospitalized patients will have later mental health issues, while an in-hospital interventio...

Dec 27, 2023

TUESDAY, Dec. 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Immediate parent skin-to-skin contact (SSC) after very preterm birth is beneficial for the mother-infant relationship, according to a study publis...

Dec 27, 2023

TUESDAY, Dec. 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For young children with febrile urinary tract infection (fUTI), a five-day amoxicillin-clavulanate course is noninferior to a 10-day course for re...

Dec 27, 2023

TUESDAY, Dec. 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Adoption of the Milestone ratings system in 2014 was associated with improvement in internal medicine (IM) residency knowledge ratings bias in Bla...

Dec 27, 2023

TUESDAY, Dec. 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For older adults, negative wealth shock is associated with accelerated cognitive decline and increased risks for dementia, according to a study pu...

Dec 27, 2023

TUESDAY, Dec. 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- More than half of U.S. medical interns report experiencing sexual harassment, according to a research letter published online Dec. 26 in JAMA...

Dec 27, 2023

TUESDAY, Dec. 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Hospital-acquired adverse events are increased in association with private equity acquisition of hospitals, according to a study published in the ...

Dec 27, 2023