In a recent study published in the American Journal of Roentgenology, researchers developed a deep learning (DL) model to estimate 30.0-day mortality risk among community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) patients using chest x-rays obtained for diagnosis as inputs.They also validated the model’s performance among patients from different institutions and periods. Studies: A Deep-Learning Model Using Chest Radiographs […]

Imagine this: You’re a marketer, and you’re constantly chasing the next big thing. You’re always on the lookout for the latest trend, the newest platform, the freshest idea. You’re running on a hamster wheel of “on-demand” marketing, and it’s exhausting. You’re always reacting, never planning. You’re always behind, never ahead. Sound familiar? Now, what if […]

(Reuters) – Four Georgia families sued the state in federal court on Friday to stop a law that bans transgender youth from receiving hormone therapy, joining a wave of challenges to similar laws across the United States. The plaintiffs, allowed to proceed anonymously to guard against reprisals, are seeking an injunction to stop Georgia’s Senate […]

In a recent study published in the Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases Journal, researchers utilized ambulatory blood pressure monitoring to evaluate the relationship between the degree of processed food consumed and blood pressure variability. Their results indicate that a high proportion of processed foods in the diet positively correlates with increased blood pressure variability and […]

Short-term and cyclical use of estrogen and progestin therapy for menopausal symptoms is linked to an increased risk of dementia, results of a large, observational study show. Investigators found that women in their 50s who took hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for menopausal symptoms had a 24% increased risk of developing dementia and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) […]

New Government figures show a higher than average number of deaths last month. Dementia was the biggest killer in England and heart disease in Wales. Covid deaths plummeted, however, prompting a testing expert to call for routine dementia and heart screening to match the success of the UK’s Covid testing campaign. It’s official: Covid’s disappearance […]

TOPLINE: Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) use lowers the risk for death, cardiovascular disease, decompensated cirrhosis, and liver failure in adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and compensated liver cirrhosis, new observational data show . METHODOLOGY: Population-based cohort study using data from the National Health Insurance Research Database of Taiwan. Propensity score matching was […]

Experiencing traumatic events such as natural disasters may have long-term consequences for the academic progress and future food security of youth -; a problem researchers said could worsen with the increased frequency of extreme weather events due to climate change. In a study using data from Peru, researchers from Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences […]

The US Food and Drug Administration approved the gene therapy valoctocogene roxaparvovec (Roctavian, BioMarin) for adults with severe hemophilia A. Valoctocogene roxaparvovec, a one-time, single-dose IV infusion, is the first gene therapy approved in the United States for severe hemophilia A and will cost around $2.9 million. BioMarin has said the price tag reflects “the […]

Researchers led by McMaster University professor Gregory Steinberg and postdoctoral research fellow Dongdong Wang have uncovered a key mechanism for promoting weight loss and maintaining the burning of calories during dieting. The research team studied a hormone called GDF15 that they had previously shown to reduce appetite in response to the type 2 diabetes drug […]