Medical
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New Mobile App Uses AI To Diagnose Skin Conditions With A Snapshot
The app allows a physician to take a photo of the patient's skin condition and then displays an array of images showing similar skin presentations.
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COVID Drives Down U.S. Life Expectancy For The Second Straight Year: CDC Data
Disparity in life expectancy between men and women also widened last year to the highest in over two decades.
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3.85 Billion At Risk Of Infection Due To Healthcare Facilities Sans Basic Hygiene Services: WHO
The World Health Organization found that about half of healthcare facilities worldwide do not have basic hygiene services.
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Routine Vaccines For Travelers: What The CDC Wants You To Know
The CDC has updated its guidance for international travel to and from the United States.
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Why Do We Experience Rapid Eye Movements When We Sleep? Study Finds An Answer
To circumvent the difficulties of studying the rapid movement of our eyeballs beneath their lids -- termed as saccades -- in humans, the...
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Pneumatic Assistive Device for People with Disabilities
Researchers at Rice University have developed a pneumatic assistive device for people with disabilities. The technology includes an air...
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AI Device Monitors Breathing to Diagnose Parkinson’s
Researchers at MIT have developed an AI system that can diagnose Parkinson’s disease and track its progression, simply by monitoring...
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Fingertip Sensor Measures Lithium Levels in Sweat
Researchers at UCLA have developed a fingertip sensor that can rapidly provide data on the levels of lithium in the body. Used as a...
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Smart Socks Help Prevent Falls Among At-Risk Patients
Researchers at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center have tested the PUP (Patient is Up) Smart Socks, developed by a medtech...
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Mining Ultrasound Data to Improve Liver Diagnostics: Interview with Beth Rogozinski, CEO at Oncoustics
Oncoustics , a medtech company based in Ontario, Canada, developed the OnX Liver Assessment Solution, an AI-powered ultrasound-based...
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Walking Intensity and Step Count Are Linked to Health Benefits
A study published in JAMA Internal Medicine found that walking may avert serious illness and death. Medscape Medical News
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ESC Updates Guidelines for Ventricular Arrhythmia, Sudden Death
ESC guidelines for the management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death have undergone an important...
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Continuous Cuffless Monitoring May Fuel Efforts to Lower BP
Persistent BP monitoring with a wrist device was associated with a significant and sustained reduction in systolic BP among hypertensive patients....
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EU Panel Backs New Drug for Infant Immunization of RSV
What could be the first vaccine for infants to prevent illness caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has received a nod from the European...
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Severe COVID: Tracheostomy Linked to Lower In-Hospital Mortality
Tracheostomy was associated with better in-hospital survival of intubated patients with severe COVID-19 infection compared with intubated patients...
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FDA Okays Terlipressin (Terlivaz) for Hepatorenal Syndrome
The synthetic vasopressin analogue is an injectable medication indicated for patients with hepatorenal syndrome who are experiencing rapid...
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German Survey on Assisted Suicide
The criteria for physicians to consider assisted suicide are unclear, and not all patients are able to take responsibility, says the German Society...
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Adderall Shortage Reported by Pharmacies, Patients
Several drugmakers have had brand-name and generic versions of Adderall on back order for months, WebMD Health News
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WPATH Removes Age Limits From Transgender Treatment Guidelines
Depending on interpretation, the latest version of the WPATH standards of care (SOC) 8 for transgender youth could be seen to have abandoned age...
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TAVR Now Used in Almost 50% of Younger Severe AS Patients
TAVR rates in patients with aortic stenosis increased in all age groups since 2016, including those younger than 65, even though 2020 valve...
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Elections in Italy: Will Italy Escape From 'Miracle Mode'?
Regardless of the proposed changes, the new government will need to increase public investments in the National Health Service. Medscape...
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Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch Tied to Increased Mortality in TAVR
Although it is known that prosthesis-patient mismatch causes worse outcomes in surgical aortic valve replacement, a new meta-analysis shows this is...
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Hope Shines Bright for Hidradenitis Suppurativa Treatments
Secukinumab and the investigational drug brepocitinib were shown to alleviate the effects of the chronic and painful skin condition in separate,...
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Brain Resiliency: When Boxers Retire, Cognition and Memory Improve
Boxers and mixed martial arts fighters may see some recovery in brain function and structure after they retire and stop taking repetitive hits to...
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NCI Proposes $10 Billion Budget Plan for 2024 Fiscal Year
The budget proposal represents a notable increase from last year's $7.77 billion. Medscape Medical News