iPhone Automated Audiogram Image Recognition Has Low Accuracy
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The automated audiogram image recognition feature in the iPhone has low accuracy, according to a research letter published online Jan. 5 in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.Janet S. Choi, M.D., from the …
Learn MoreRecommendations Developed Relating to Cannabis Use Before Surgery
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — In consensus guidelines issued by the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine and published online Jan. 5 in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine, recommendations are presented for the perioper…
Learn MoreNew Hope Against ‘Incurable’ Liver Disease That Kills Children
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Patients with an incurable, genetic liver disease have new hope after an animal study showed that a single drug could reverse its effects.Alagille syndrome is caused by a mutation that prevents the formation an…
Learn MoreRecommendations Developed for Managing Neuromuscular Blockade
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — In practice guidelines issued by the American Society of Anesthesiologists and published in the January issue of Anesthesiology, recommendations are presented for reducing residual neuromuscular blockade after …
Learn MoreThe Naked Ape: Science Unravels How Humans Lost Their Body Hair
FRIDAY, Jan. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) – In the mammalian world, there are the hairy, the less hairy and the hairless. But why that is has remained a mystery.Until now.In a new study that compared the DNA of 62 animals, researchers found that while hum…
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Could weight-loss surgery in teens lead to alcohol abuse? The rise in risk is partly due to quicker absorption of alcohol into the bloodstream after these procedures, which causes more rapid impairment, researchers believe. Read moreExercise, sports c…
Learn MoreUnderserved Patients Report Positive Experience With Telehealth
THURSDAY, Jan. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Most patients seen at a primary care clinic for underserved minority patients report positive experiences with telemedicine, according to a study published online Dec. 14 in Cureus.Heather N. Abraham, M.D., f…
Learn MoreLos cibersecuestros contra hospitales de EE. UU. se han duplicado desde 2016
MIÉRCOLES, 4 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Los cibersecuestros de datos contra los sistemas de atención de la salud de EE. UU. se han multiplicado por más de dos en los últimos años, lo que ha afectado a la atención médica necesaria y ha expues…
Learn MoreDeclaran culpable a un hombre de Pensilvania de un fraude con ‘curas’ falsas para el cáncer de perros
MIÉRCOLES, 4 de enero de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Un hombre de Pensilvania que persuadía a los dueños de mascotas desesperados de que podía ayudar a curar el cáncer de sus perros fue condenado por un jurado federal de fraude electrónico y de envío int…
Learn MoreAI Promising for Detecting Adenomas in Patients With Lynch Syndrome
THURSDAY, Jan. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For patients with Lynch syndrome (LS), artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted colonoscopy is promising for detecting adenomas, especially flat adenomas, according to a study published online Dec. 26 in the Uni…
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