Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The first study evaluating Medicare patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) demonstrated good safety outcomes, such as mortality and adverse event…
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What causes RFK Jr.’s strained and shaky voice? A neurologist explains this little-known disorder
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has attracted a lot of attention for his raspy voice, which results from a neurological voice disorder called spasmodic dysphonia. Kennedy,…
As heated tobacco products reenter the US market, evidence on their safety remains sparse – new study
Heated tobacco products are often marketed by tobacco companies as less harmful than cigarettes, but they can pose health risks to users, according to a new review I co-authored in…
Gabapentinoids unlikely to be directly linked to self-harm risk, study finds
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Treatment with gabapentinoids—drugs such as gabapentin and pregabalin—is not directly associated with an increased risk of self-harm, finds a UK study published by The BMJ. However,…
Archaeologists discover burials from the Iron Age and Viking Era
Archaeologists from the State Historical Museums and Arkeologerna recently completed an investigation of a significant burial site in Linköping, Sweden. The excavation, conducted in advance of planned construction works, revealed…
Investigational gene therapy gives children with rare immune disorder a new lease on life
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain An investigational gene therapy has successfully restored immune function in all nine children treated with the rare and life-threatening immune disorder called severe leukocyte adhesion deficiency-I,…
Parents Often Miss Early Clues About How Kids Feel at School
Summary: Parents often misread how their children feel about school during their first year, usually taking a full year to align with their child’s actual experiences. While most parents believed…
Girls With ADHD Face Higher Risk of Anxiety
Summary: A new study reveals that in girls, symptoms of inattentive-type ADHD significantly increase the likelihood of developing anxiety during adolescence. Inattention and anxiety appear to reinforce each other in…
AI tools can make education materials more patient friendly
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Artificial intelligence (AI) tools significantly improve the readability of online patient education materials (PEMs), making them more accessible, a new study shows. Led by researchers at…
AI is giving a boost to efforts to monitor health via radar
If you wanted to check someone’s pulse from across the room, for example to remotely monitor an elderly relative, how could you do it? You might think it’s impossible, because…
