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A growing number of states are opening taxpayer-funded health insurance programs to immigrants, including those living in the U.S. without authorization, even as Republicans assail President Joe Biden over a dramatic increase in illegal crossings of the southern border. Eleven states and Washington, D.C., together provide full health insurance coverage to more than 1 million […]

The prevalence of clinically meaningful conjunctivitis in patients taking dupilumab for atopic dermatitis (AD) is likely about 2%, and it most often occurs in the first 16 weeks of therapy. Those are key findings from an analysis of published trials of dupilumab for AD and other conditions that study author Matthew Zirwas, MD, presented during […]

Artificial intelligence (AI) holds the promise of identifying premalignant and advanced malignant lesions during colonoscopy that might otherwise be missed.  Is it living up to that promise?  It seems that depends on where, how, and by whom it’s being implemented. Clinical Trials vs the Real World The majority of randomized clinical trials of AI use […]

In a Viewpoint article published Dec. 27, 2023, in JAMA Surgery, three Johns Hopkins researchers urge the medical community to dismiss a widely held, but scientifically unsupported belief that many people who are transgender and gender diverse (TGD), and undergo gender affirming surgery (GAS), later regret their decision to undergo such procedures. The researchers are: […]

TOPLINE: ChatGPT offers mostly accurate insights into cardiac arrest, benefiting laypeople, but cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)-related answers require improvement. METHODOLOGY: A list of 40 cardiac arrest- and CPR-related questions was prepared. ChatGPT responses to the questions were assessed and rated by 14 healthcare professionals and 16 laypeople on a scale of 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent). […]

A few years ago, the World Health Organization estimated that blood poisoning, or sepsis, is involved in one in five deaths in the world. 11 million people die from sepsis each year, of which nearly 3 million are children. This is also a problem in Norway, with thousands of people affected every year. Sepsis is […]

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an expanded label for the Barostim neuromodulation system in patients with heart failure (HF) that incorporates longer-term, postmarketing clinical data from the BeAT-HF randomized clinical trial, the manufacturer, CVRx Inc, has announced. The updated labeling for Barostim now states that the device is indicated for patients […]

A common type of brain bleed in older adults, known as subdural hemorrhage, is associated with the presence of amyloid deposits in cerebral blood vessels, according to a study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian and Yale School of Medicine. The study is the first to link cerebral vessel amyloid to subdural hemorrhages […]

Medical students often struggle with family planning goals and their potential implications for their career and workplace dynamics. This struggle can ultimately affect students’ choice of medical specialty and lead to delayed childbearing, according to a new study. Surgical specialties appear to offer particularly little support for family building, and medical residents with children are […]

A common stomach bacteria found in two thirds of the world population may be linked to a higher risk of Alzheimer’s disease, new research suggests. The study, published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association, investigated whether a clinically apparent Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection increased the risk of Alzheimer’s disease in […]