Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The season of sniffles and coughs has come again. But while influenza and RSV activity is “moderate and increasing” around California, COVID activity is unusually low…
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Some doctors increasingly using artificial intelligence to take notes during appointments
Credit: Pavel Danilyuk from Pexels It was easy to miss Dr. Robert Gray’s quick movements, tapping the screen of his smartphone at the beginning and end of patient visits on…
These are some of the best diets for 2025, report says
Wondering which popular diet will help you shed extra weight in a healthy way this year? The Mediterranean diet tops the best diet categories in the U.S. News & World…
New guidelines for managing blood cancers in pregnancy
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new set of guidelines has been developed to assist with the diagnosis and expert management of serious blood cancers in pregnancy. About 12.5 pregnancies per…
FDA approves subcutaneous opdivo qvantig for most solid tumor indications
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Opdivo Qvantig (nivolumab and hyaluronidase-nvhy) injection for subcutaneous use for most previously approved adult, solid tumor Opdivo (nivolumab) indications. Opdivo Qvantig is…
Surprising ‘two-faced’ cancer gene role supports paradigm shift in predicting disease
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A genetic fault long believed to drive the development of esophageal cancer may in fact play a protective role early in the disease, according to new…
5 things we know and still don’t know about COVID, 5 years after it appeared
This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, pink,…
Most UK doctors suffer from ‘compassion fatigue’: poll
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Seven out of 10 UK family doctors are worn out and suffering from “compassion fatigue”, finding it hard to empathize with their patients, a poll published…
New test evaluates AI doctors’ real-world communication skills
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT have been touted for their promise to alleviate clinician workload by triaging patients, taking medical histories and even providing preliminary…
Milan says no to all outdoor smoking in Italy’s toughest ban
Milan’s tough new ban on smoking on city streets or crowded public areas does not apply to e-cigarettes. Smokers in Italy’s financial and fashion capital of Milan risk being fined…
