Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Cardiac amyloidosis is a rare condition defined by the abnormal production of proteins that bind together to form amyloid proteins. These amyloids can gather in different…
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Is thirst a good predictor of dehydration?
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Water is essential for daily functioning and health, and we can only survive a few days without it. Yet we constantly lose water through sweat, urination…
Why finding bird flu in a U.S. pig for the first time is raising new worries
At least one pig has picked up bird flu amid an outbreak in poultry on a backyard farm in central Oregon. While the infection appears limited to one farm so…
Daylight saving time ends this weekend. This is how to prepare for the potential health effects
In this Oct. 30, 2008, file photo, an Electric Time Company employee adjusts the color on a clock at the plant in Medfield, Mass., days before the switch to standard…
AI model predicts progression of breast cancer better than standard hospital tests, study claims
Multi-modal AI test for invasive breast cancer. Credit: arXiv (2024). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2410.21256 A team of AI and medical researchers at startup Ataraxis AI, who are also affiliated with a host…
Don’t get spooked by all that sugar
Sugar overload is a real danger on Halloween, as piles of candy prove a powerful temptation to both Trick-or-Treaters and the folks handing out the goodies. Too many sweet treats…
Physician discusses advances in minimally invasive kidney stone surgery
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Most small kidney stones can pass on their own. However, kidney stones that are too large to pass on their own or cause bleeding, kidney damage…
Overdose deaths are rising among Black and Indigenous Americans
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The recent decline in overdose deaths hides a tremendous disparity by race: Deaths have fallen only among white people while continuing to rise among people of…
Broader screening methods help prevent outbreaks of Candida auris in hospitals, study shows
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new study published in the American Journal of Infection Control describes the outcome of a shift in hospital screening protocols for Candida auris, a dangerous…
Large-bore mechanical thrombectomy yields better outcomes for intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Findings from the first international randomized controlled trial to compare patient outcomes following treatment with large-bore mechanical thrombectomy (LBMT) versus catheter-directed thrombolysis (CDT) for intermediate-risk pulmonary…
