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(MedPage Today) -- The Mediterranean diet improved cardiometabolic health among kids and teens, a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials affirmed. Interventions following the diet's characteristic emphasis on fruit, vegetables, olive oil.
Researchers have developed a groundbreaking method for analysing heart MRI scans with the help of artificial intelligence, which could save valuable time and resources, as well as improve care for patients.
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(MedPage Today) -- About a third of people with Parkinson's disease reported cognitive symptoms early in the disease course, a large cross-sectional study showed. Of 25,000 Fox Insight study participants who had a Parkinson's diagnosis for a median.
Individuals diagnosed with prediabetes can reduce their long-term risk of death and diabetes-related health complications if they delay the onset of diabetes for just four years through diet and exercise, according to new findings.
Researchers have developed a method for analyzing heart MRI scans with the help of artificial intelligence, which could save valuable NHS time and resources, as well as improve care for patients.
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In this episode: recognition, risk stratification, decision tools, indications for lumbar puncture in the febrile pediatric patient, tips and trick on performing LPs in children, and ED management of pediatric meningitis. We answer such questions as: what are the test characteristics of the various clinical features of meningitis across various ages?
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Nature Reviews Cardiology, Published online: 10 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41569-024-01056-4 In this Review, Wu and co-workers describe the consequences of radiation exposure on the cardiovascular system, drawing insights from individuals exposed to whole-body radiation (including nuclear and medical workers) and from patients with cancer undergoing radiation therapy.
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Clinical introduction A woman in her 60s with non-obstructive coronary artery disease, aortic valve replacement and aortic arch repair, chronic diastolic heart failure and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) and flutter (AFL), presented with 3 days of sustained palpitations that felt similar to prior episodes of AF/AFL. She was euvolemic, haemodynamically stable, with a regular rhythm.
Administrative claims database analysis revealed a lower AMD incidence in patients treated with JAK inhibitor therapy versus non–JAK-based immunotherapy.
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This post hoc analysis of a randomized clinical trial investigates if patients 80 years and older with atrial fibrillation benefit from lower-dose anticoagulants even in the absence of prespecified dose-reduction criteria.
The decision of whether or not to order a CT head for an older patient who falls is one I need to make on almost every shift. The Canadian CT Head Rule does not apply to older patients. Does the recently derived Falls Decision Rule give us an answer to the question of which older patients can safely forego a CT head after a fall? Dr. Rohit Mohindra reviews the latest evidence in this EM Cases Journal Club.
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11th July 2024 As regular readers will know, Zoë Harcombe and I sued the Mail on Sunday (Associated Newspapers) and Barney Calman for libel. This is a saga that began over five years ago. Which has explained much of my recent silence on this blog, following a hearing in July last year. We won on almost all points. Some of them very technical. The entire judgment can be seen here [link] Here is one part, section 509 “Before turning to the remaining issues, I should repeat that the exercise of det
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