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Can AI Help Make IVF More Successful?
THURSDAY, Jan. 9, 2025 – AI might be able to boost the success rates of in vitro fertilization among hopeful families. An AI program can help doctors analyze ultrasound scans to determine the best...
Exercise Prior to Cancer Diagnosis May Help Slow Disease Progression
THURSDAY, Jan. 9, 2025 – Exercising now can increase your chances of successfully fighting cancer in the future. Even low levels of exercise provided protection against cancer, a new study published...
Sauna Misuse May Lead to Heat Stroke, Data Suggests
THURSDAY, Jan. 9, 2025 – Basking in a sauna can be a nice way to relieve stress or relax muscles following a workout. But soaking too long can increase a person’s risk of heat stroke, particularly i...
Can Exercise Ease Knee Pain? Here's What the Research Shows
THURSDAY, Jan. 9, 2025 – Movement is medicine, or so they tell people with knee osteoarthritis – but are they right? A recent evidence review calls into question just how helpful exercise can be...
Fitness Matters More Than Weight for Longevity, Study Says
THURSDAY, Jan. 9, 2025 – When it comes to living a longer life, staying active may matter far more than what the scale says. Per the largest study yet on fitness, body weight, and longevity...
Early-Life Infection Burden Linked to Risk for Later Infections
THURSDAY, Jan. 9, 2025 – Early-life infection burden is associated with an increased risk for later moderate-to-severe infections and systemic antibiotic treatments to age 10 or 13 years, according...
Nonadherence to Cancer Screening Varies by Screening Type
THURSDAY, Jan. 9, 2025 – Nonadherence to cancer screening varies by screening type and sex, according to a study published online Jan. 3 in JAMA Network Open. Ami E. Sedani, Ph.D., M.P.H., from the...
PSMA-PET Provides Additional Risk Stratification in High-Risk Prostate Cancer
THURSDAY, Jan. 9, 2025 – Among patients with high-risk prostate cancer and no evidence of metastatic disease on conventional imaging, prostate-specific membrane antigen-positron emission tomography...
AI-Driven Detection of Ovarian Cancer Surpasses Human Expert-Level Accuracy
THURSDAY, Jan. 9, 2025 – Transformer-based neural network models exhibit strong generalization and surpass diagnostic performance of expert and nonexpert examiners for detecting ovarian cancer in...
Drinking Coffee in Morning More Strongly Linked to Lower Mortality Risk
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 8, 2025 – Coffee drinking timing is associated with all-cause and cardiovascular disease-specific mortality risk, according to a study published online Jan. 8 in the European Heart...
Let's Address Tomorrow's Antivax Arguments Today: Pediatrics Expert
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 8, 2025 – Public health officials must prepare to counter ongoing anti-vaccine sentiment in coming years, argues a leading pediatrician-scientist. “Antivaccine activism became a m...
Multilingualism May Aid Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 8, 2025 – A multilingual experience may aid executive function and reduce symptoms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children, according to a study published in the December issue ...
One in Four Older U.S. Veterans Report Cardiovascular Disease Diagnosis
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 8, 2025 – One in four older U.S. veterans report being diagnosed with cardiovascular disease (CVD) in their lifetime, according to a study published online Dec. 18 in PLOS Mental ...
Medicare Patients Wait Average of 34 Days to See Neurologist After Referral
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 8, 2025 – After being referred by their physician, Medicare patients wait an average of 34 days to see a neurologist, according to study published online Jan. 8 in Neurology. Chun...
Immunocompromised Have Heterogeneous Antibody Response to RSV Vaccines
TUESDAY, Jan. 7, 2025 – For immunocompromised individuals, antibody response to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines is heterogeneous and about 40 percent do not seroconvert, according to a...