Weight loss drugs and surgery improve body composition in patients with obesity
Both the new weight loss drugs and bariatric (weight loss) surgery improve body composition in patients with obesity by inducing ...
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Patients are consulting AI. Doctors should, too AI needs to be part of doctor training
Ask most physicians today, and they’ll describe some version of this scene: In the middle of an appointment, a patient ...
Hospital-at-Home Bodes Well for Rural Patients, Research Shows
New research published this month shows that hospital-at-home models do a good job of lowering costs and improving patient outcomes ...
Study supports de-escalation of broad-spectrum antibiotics in certain sepsis patients
New research suggests that de-escalating patients with community-onset sepsis but no indication of a multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO) from broad-spectrum antibiotic ...
Interventions to treat valvular heart disease in cancer patients significantly improve survival
Valvular heart disease, identified through cardiovascular imaging, is common in cancer patients. Interventions to treat valvular heart disease significantly improved ...
‘Deductible Season’ Dilemma: Do Patients Really Need to Pay Those Past Due Bills?
A recent Reddit thread on r/HealthInsurance opens with a blunt question: “There’s no more credit reporting on medical debt of ...
New targeted alpha therapy shows promise for patients with radioiodine-refractory thyroid cancer
A new targeted alpha therapy is showing promise for patients whose thyroid cancer no longer responds to radioactive iodine, the ...
COVID patients have higher rates of depression, anxiety, headache, and fatigue before diagnosis, study suggests
A large, case-control study from Sweden finds that people with long COVID have higher rates of depression, anxiety, fatigue, and ...
Patients are already using AI. How can the health care system help?
You’re reading the web edition of STAT’s AI Prognosis newsletter, our subscriber-exclusive guide to artificial intelligence in health care and ...
Personalized brain stimulation approach shows promise for patients with drug-resistant epilepsy
Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a new, personalized approach to deep brain stimulation (DBS) for people with drug-resistant epilepsy. By mapping each patient's unique ...
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