EHR Reminders, Outreach Improve Follow-Up for Abnormal Cancer Screening
FRIDAY, Oct. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A multilevel primary care intervention including electronic health record (EHR) reminders and patient outreach improves timely follow-up of overdue cancer screening test results, according to a study published…
Learn MoreHospitals Struggling to Reach Time-Related Treatment Goals for STEMI
FRIDAY, Oct. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic are creating longer door-to-balloon (D2B) times for heart attack patients, according to a study presented at the annual American College of Cardiology Quality Su…
Learn MoreAbnormal Result on a Cancer Screen? Your Family Doctor Could Be Key to Follow-Up
FRIDAY, Oct. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Extra efforts by primary care doctors to reach out to patients who need follow-up after an abnormal cancer test result leads to better results in getting that care, a new clinical trial shows.The trial involve…
Learn MoreLatest AI Has 100% Success Rate in Spotting Melanomas
FRIDAY, Oct. 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The ability to detect skin cancer using artificial intelligence (AI) software has rapidly improved.New research presented Wednesday at a medical conference in Berlin shows that this AI technology now has a 100…
Learn MoreED Visit Rate for Assault 4.5 Visits Per 1,000 People Per Year
THURSDAY, Oct. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The emergency department visit rate for assault was 4.5 visits per 1,000 people per year during 2019 to 2021, according to an October data brief published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevent…
Learn MoreLavage + Steroid No Benefit in Calcific Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy
THURSDAY, Oct. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For patients with calcific rotator cuff tendinopathy of the shoulder, there is no benefit for ultrasound-guided lavage with a corticosteroid injection or for sham lavage with a corticosteroid injection versu…
Learn MoreNew Clues to How Inflammation in Young Children’s Brains Might Spur Autism
THURSDAY, Oct. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Severe inflammation very early in childhood might hamper the development of key brain cells, perhaps setting the stage for conditions such as autism or schizophrenia, new research suggests.The origins of man…
Learn MoreDaily Oral PrEP Has Highest Preference Ranking Among Young Men
THURSDAY, Oct. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Daily oral preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has the highest preference ranking among young men who have sex with men, according to a study recently published in the Journal of the International AIDS Society.Ka…
Learn MoreDexamethasone No Benefit in HIV-Positive With Tuberculous Meningitis
THURSDAY, Oct. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For HIV-positive adults with tuberculous meningitis, adjunctive dexamethasone does not confer a benefit with respect to survival, according to a study published in the Oct. 12 issue of the New England Journa…
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