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Fertility Rate Decreased 1 Percent From 2023 to 2024
THURSDAY, July 24, 2025 -- From 2023 to 2024, there was a 1 percent increase in the number of births and a 1 percent decrease in the general fertility rate...
Seniors With RSV-Linked Hospitalization Have Increased Cardiovascular Outcomes
THURSDAY, July 24, 2025 -- In older adults, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular outcome, especially...
More Than Half of Infants Diagnosed With HIV Did Not Receive Postnatal HIV Prophylaxis
THURSDAY, July 24, 2025 -- Although the rate of perinatal HIV infection is low, more than 50 percent of HIV infections in infants before age 1 year occurred...
CKD May Be Tied to Higher Risk for Tooth Loss
THURSDAY, July 24, 2025 -- Chronic kidney disease (CKD) appears to be associated with a higher risk for tooth loss, with a higher prevalence of CKD seen among...
GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Use Linked to Lower Mortality in Seniors With Cancer, T2D
THURSDAY, July 24, 2025 -- For older patients with cancer and type 2 diabetes (T2D), glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) use is associated with...
A-Fib Linked to Worse Outcomes for Patients With Heart Failure, MR Undergoing Valve Repair
THURSDAY, July 24, 2025 -- For patients with heart failure and severe mitral regurgitation (MR) undergoing transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (M-TEER), baseline...
Guselkumab Efficacious for Moderately to Severely Active Crohn Disease in Adults
THURSDAY, July 24, 2025 -- Intravenous induction followed by subcutaneous maintenance therapy with guselkumab is efficacious for adults with moderately to...
Random Forest AI Model Superior for Inpatient Mortality Prognostication in Cirrhosis
THURSDAY, July 24, 2025 -- For inpatients with cirrhosis, a machine learning (ML) model using random forest (RF) analysis is superior for prediction of...
Alopecia Areata Associated With Severe Psychosocial Impact
THURSDAY, July 24, 2025 -- Alopecia areata (AA) has a severe psychosocial impact, which is linked to illness perceptions and stigma more strongly than disease...
Inflammation and Nutrition-Based Scores Tied to Prognosis of Low-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndrome
THURSDAY, July 24, 2025 -- The Prognostic Nutritional Index (PNI) and systemic oxidative stress (SOS) score are independently associated with poorer prognosis...
Adherence to Healthy Lifestyle Linked to Lower Risk for Overactive Bladder
THURSDAY, July 24, 2025 -- Adherence to a combination of healthy lifestyle factors is associated with a lower risk for overactive bladder (OAB), according to a...
Few School Principals Report District-Mandated Mental Health Screening
THURSDAY, July 24, 2025 -- Few school principals report district-mandated mental health screening in schools, according to a study published online July 18 in...
Physicians Exiting Traditional Medicare Accelerated From 2010 to 2023
WEDNESDAY, July 23, 2025 -- From 2010 to 2023, physician exit rates from traditional Medicare increased, according to a study published online July 18 in JAMA...
Study Compares Benefits, Harms of Treatments for Chronic Hives
WEDNESDAY, July 23, 2025 -- Omalizumab and remibrutinib may be the most effective treatments for reducing hives, itch, and swelling with chronic urticaria...
Cancer Anxiety Impacts Family Members of Those Diagnosed With Cancer
WEDNESDAY, July 23, 2025 -- A cancer diagnosis places an emotional burden on the loved ones of those diagnosed, according to the results of a survey released...
GLP-1 Receptor Agonists Tied to Decrease in T2DM-Related Dementia Risk
WEDNESDAY, July 23, 2025 -- Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) are associated with reduced type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM)-related dementia...
USPSTF Guidelines of Little Value for Estimating Preeclampsia Risk in Those at Moderate Risk
WEDNESDAY, July 23, 2025 -- Moderate U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) preeclampsia risk factors have little value for estimating the risk for...
Endocrine Society, July 12-15
The annual meeting of the Endocrine Society (ENDO 2025) was held from July 12 to 15 in San Francisco, attracting more than 7,000 participants, including...
Mental Health Hospitalizations Common in Adults With Autism
WEDNESDAY, July 23, 2025 -- Mental health hospitalizations are more common among adults with autism, with more than one-third of all admissions tied to mental...
Standardization Needed for Dialysis Initiation in Pregnancy
WEDNESDAY, July 23, 2025 -- The initiation of dialysis in women with chronic kidney disease during pregnancy varies by clinical practice, signaling a need for...
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