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The last time I stepped on a plane for vacation, for fun, was more than three years ago. I haven’t been able to visit California, whose coast I adore. Nor Rome, where my husband and I lived for some time. And yet, I’m told, I’ve been on a journey. Two journeys, actually: First, a “traumatic […]

If generative AI is the future of marketing (and media in general), how can you compete with other marketers if ALL OF US have access to the same tools? We can all create amazing images, videos (soon), and articles. We can all use the most amazing copywriter as a template to write our own copy. […]

The American Heart Association (AHA) has unveiled a new heart disease risk calculator that aims to estimate an individual’s long-term risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD). The new Predicting Risk of CVD Events (PREVENT) calculator is the first risk calculator that combines measures of cardiovascular, kidney, and metabolic health to estimate risk for CVD. It follows […]

In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, a group of researchers determined a distribution-based minimal clinically important difference (MCID) for the Diabetes Distress Scale–17 (DDS-17) and its four subscales. Study: Ascertainment of Minimal Clinically Important Differences in the Diabetes Distress Scale–17. Image Credit: goffkein.pro/Shutterstock.com Background  Clinical trials indicate that lowering hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels reduces […]

The cancer death rate for children and young people up to age 19 went down 24% from 2001 to 2021, the CDC reported. The death rate went from 2.75 per 100,000 to 2.10 per 100,000 over that time span.  Brain cancer was the most common type of cancer that caused death in this age group in […]

Small molecules called immunomodulators can help create more effective vaccines and stronger immunotherapies to treat cancer. But finding the molecules that instigate the right immune response is difficult -;the number of drug-like small molecules has been estimated to be 1060, much higher than the number of stars in the visible universe. In a potential first […]

Women with bipolar disorder were three times more likely than were healthy controls to experience polycystic ovarian syndrome, based on data from nearly 250 individuals. Previous studies suggest that the prevalence of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is higher in bipolar disorder (BD) patients compared with individuals not diagnosed with BD, wrote Jieyu Liu, PhD, of […]

Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide, and vision loss, due to the loss of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs), cannot currently be reversed with any treatment. Some studies have looked at replacing RGCs through cell transplants, but this process is still in the research and development stage and fraught with limitations that […]

TOPLINE: An international expert consensus offers guidance to diagnose, assess, and treat adult patients experiencing drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS). METHODOLOGY: Data on the evaluation, assessment, and treatment of the rare but potentially life-threatening drug hypersensitivity reaction are lacking. To support clinicians in diagnosing and managing DRESS, a steering committee conducted a […]

Infants prenatally exposed to cannabis are more likely to be born preterm, have a low birth weight, and require neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) care than infants without prenatal cannabis exposure, according to a study published today in the scientific journal Addiction. However, cannabis-exposed infants are not at greater risk of birth defects or death […]