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AI-Assisted Screening Tool Speeds Trial Eligibility Determination
MONDAY, Feb. 24, 2025 – Compared with manual screening, an artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted patient screening tool can improve the rate of eligibility determination and enrollment for...
Smoking Linked to Cryptogenic Ischemic Stroke in Young Adults
MONDAY, Feb. 24, 2025 – Smoking and high-intensity smoking are associated with cryptogenic ischemic stroke (CIS) among adults aged 18 to 45 years, according to a study published online Feb. 19 in...
Physical Activity Linked to Attenuation of Colon Cancer Survival Disparity
MONDAY, Feb. 24, 2025 – For patients with stage III colon cancer participating in clinical trials, physical activity is associated with an attenuation of the survival disparity relative to the...
Higher Calcium Intake Linked to Reduced Colorectal Cancer Risk
FRIDAY, Feb. 21, 2025 – Higher calcium intake is associated with reduced colorectal cancer (CRC) risk across tumor sites and calcium sources, according to a study published online Feb. 17 in JAMA...
Dangerous Blood Clot Sidelines NBA Star Victor Wembanyama for the Season
FRIDAY, Feb. 21, 2025 – One of the NBA's most exciting rising stars will spend the rest of the 2024-2025 season on the bench. Victor Wembanyama, the San Antonio Spurs' 7-foot 3-inch phenom, was...
More Than Two-Thirds of U.S. Counties Do Not Have a Gastroenterologist
FRIDAY, Feb. 21, 2025 – About 69 percent of U.S. counties do not have a gastroenterologist, according to a research letter published online Feb. 6 in Gastroenterology. Xiaohan Ying, M.D., from Weill...
Black Patients With Cancer Still Have Higher Mortality Rates Than Whites
FRIDAY, Feb. 21, 2025 – Cancer mortality has decreased among Black Americans, but they still have elevated mortality rates compared with White Americans, according to a study published online Feb....
Postpandemic Hospital Occupancy Up to 73.5 Percent, Sparking Concern
FRIDAY, Feb. 21, 2025 – Postpandemic hospital occupancy is higher than prepandemic and is expected to continue increasing without changes in the hospitalization rate or staffed hospital bed supply,...
Walking Exercises Improve Stroke Rehab
FRIDAY, Feb. 21, 2025 – Stroke patients leave the hospital with better prospects if they’re forced to hoof it more during recovery, a new study suggests. Adding a half-hour of progressive walking e...
Black Cancer Death Rate Declining, But Higher Risk Remains
FRIDAY, Feb. 21, 2025 – Cancer deaths among Black men and women in the U.S. have declined during the past decade in the United States, a new American Cancer Society (ACS) report says. The cancer...
Diabetes, Dyslipidemia Screening Rates Low After Pregnancy, Even for Those With HTN, GDM
FRIDAY, Feb. 21, 2025 – Patients with pregnancy-related hypertension (HTN) or diabetes are more likely to be screened for diabetes and dyslipidemia after delivery, but screening rates remain low for...
American Stroke Association, Feb. 5-7
The annual International Stroke Conference of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association was held from Feb. 5 to 7 in Los Angeles and drew participants from around the world, i...
U.S. Facing Critical Hospital Bed Shortage
THURSDAY, Feb. 20, 2025 – U.S. hospitals could face a bed shortage as early as 2032, with occupancy remaining elevated even as the country recovers from the COVID pandemic, a new study suggests....
Younger People Open to Self-Collected Testing for Sexually Transmitted Infections
THURSDAY, Feb. 20, 2025 – Self-collected testing for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) appears to be acceptable to adolescents and young adults, according to a study published online in the...
Student Athletes Don't Know How To Fuel With Food, Study Says
TUESDAY, Feb. 18, 2025 – High school athletes often hit the field improperly fueled for the competition ahead, because they haven’t been taught important basics of nutrition, a new study says. In s...