Upfront Pulsed Field Ablation Shows Efficacy in Persistent Afib
First-line treatment with pulsed field ablation (PFA) reduced the risk of recurrence of atrial arrhythmia among patients with persistent atrial ...
Sleep Aid Use: Like Mother, Like Toddler
Despite a lack of safety data, maternal sleep aid use is linked to increased use in young children. Medscape Medical ...
South Carolina’s Measles Outbreak Is Over After Sickening Nearly 1,000 People
South Carolina's measles outbreak -- the worst in the U.S. in more than 35 years -- is over, state health ...
Automated Insulin Delivery Cleared for Pregnant T1D Patients
The FDA has cleared Tandem’s Control-IQ technology as the first ever AID specifically for use in pregnancies complicated by type ...
We Designed an EHR Workflow to Help Identify Trafficked Kids. You Can Too.
Clinicians carry a heavy load, and we're not in the habit of making it any heavier. But we want to ...
One in 10 NHS Operations Cancelled on the Day of Surgery
A national snapshot study found 1 in 10 NHS operations in England were cancelled on the day, with 37% of ...
Smartphone Expands Options for Hearing Screening in Infants
Advantages include low cost and ease of use in diverse clinical settings. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/smartphone-expands-options-hearing-screening-infants-2026a1000ddb?src=rss Author ...
Mental Health Nurses Warn of Patient Harm From Caseloads
Half of UK community mental health nurses say patients are frequently harmed by excessive caseloads — as demand grows at ...
More Granular Risk Score May Improve Maternal Morbidity Prediction
Prominent existing models to predict severe maternal morbidity are binary and have a composite risk score.Researchers created a new tool ...
AltaValve System Shows Promise for Severe Mitral Regurgitation in 1-Year Results
The AltaValve transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) system had sustained effects among patients with severe mitral regurgitation out to 1 ...
Why the keto diet could be a revolutionary way to treat mental illness
In February, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the US secretary of health, made a characteristically bold claim. A doctor at Harvard University, he proclaimed, “has cured schizophrenia using keto diets”. If you ...
Coral reefs on a remote archipelago shrugged off a massive heatwave
The Houtman Abrolhos Islands, off Western Australia, where corals appear to be exceptionally heat-tolerantBill Bachman/Alamy Coral reefs on a chain ...
Bronchial Casts: An Unusual Complication of Wildfire Smoke Inhalation
A case study of an elderly man exposed to dense smoke from a forest fire in China revealed extensive black ...
Imaging Finding for AMD Precursor Not as Accurate as Commonly Believed
A prospective study found that the double-layer sign on optical coherence tomography (OCT) was an unreliable surrogate for non-exudative macular ...
EMA Broadens Use of Targeted Combinations in Blood Cancers
The EMA has recommended label expansions for Inaqovi, Opdivo, and Venclyxto, broadening treatment options in AML, Hodgkin lymphoma, and CLL. ...
Tick Season Seems to Be Off to a Fast Start
Tick season seems to be off to a fast start, with an unusually high number of bites already reported across ...
Pediatric Plaque Psoriasis Treatment Set to Expand in Europe
European regulators have recommended expanding use of the IL-23 inhibitor Skyrizi to treat moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis in children aged 6 ...
Grieving and Heart Attacks; Fatal Hospital Shooting; Trump Admin Wants Firing Squads
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Periods of bereavement were linked to higher risks of heart attack ...
EMA Backs mRNA COVID Shot From 6 Months of Age
The EMA has recommended updating Comirnaty 10 mg formulations, including JN.1, KP.2, and LP.8.1 versions, to allow COVID-19 vaccination in ...
Stopping RAS Inhibitors Linked to Worse CKD Outcomes
Patients with chronic kidney disease are often taken off RAS inhibitors after declines in kidney function, but the risks may ...
