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Americans Have Mixed Feelings About AI in Health Care, Poll Finds

Aug 23, 2024

THURSDAY, Aug. 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Most Americans believe artificial intelligence should be used to improve health care, a new national survey reports.However, many are still a little queasy...

Surgery Effective for Thoracic Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament

Aug 23, 2024

THURSDAY, Aug. 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with thoracic ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (T-OPLL), surgical treatment is effective for improving neurological functio...

E-Scooter-Related Injuries Occurring More Frequently and Increasingly Costly

Aug 22, 2024

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Electric scooter-related injuries are increasing in frequency and treatment costs and occur most commonly during nighttime and weekend hours, according to...

AI May Aid Diagnosis of Marfan Syndrome

Aug 22, 2024

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 21, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Artificial intelligence (AI) is able to distinguish Marfan from non-Marfan facial images using ordinary online photographs with an extremely high degree o...

More Than Half of Older Adults Very Concerned About Medical Costs

Aug 21, 2024

TUESDAY, Aug. 20, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Ahead of the 2024 election, more than half of older U.S. adults report being very concerned about the costs of medical care, according to a research letter ...

Women's Fracture Rates, Risk Vary by Race, Ethnicity

Aug 16, 2024

THURSDAY, Aug. 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Racial and ethnic differences exist in fracture rates and risk among women, according to a study published online Aug. 15 in the Journal of Bone ...

Clinicians Are Interested in Climate Change Education

Aug 15, 2024

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Most clinicians show positive attitudes toward education in climate change, according to a study published online Aug. 8 in JAMA Network Open.Wynne A...

Posterior Surgery Noninferior to Anterior for Cervical Radiculopathy

Aug 13, 2024

MONDAY, Aug. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with cervical radiculopathy, posterior surgery is noninferior to anterior surgery with respect to success rate and reduction in arm pain, accord...

BoNT-A Does Not Affect Gross Energy Cost of Walking in Cerebral Palsy

Aug 13, 2024

MONDAY, Aug. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- For children with cerebral palsy (CP), a single injection of botulinum neurotoxin A (BoNT-A) into the calf muscles does not affect the gross energy cost of w...

Clinical efficacy of two vertical soft tissue augmentation techniques for peri-implant crestal bone level stability: A randomized clinical trial.

Aug 12, 2024

This study aimed to compare the efficacy of two techniques-acellular dermal matrix (ADM) grafting and tenting technique (TT)-for soft tissue height (STH) augmentation simultaneous to implant placement...

ChatGPT Only Gets Diagnoses Correct Half of the Time

Aug 09, 2024

THURSDAY, Aug. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- ChatGPT is not accurate as a diagnostic tool, but does offer some medical educational benefits, according to a study published online July 31 in PLOS O...

Multi-color two-laser super-resolution structured illumination microscopy for the visualization of multi-organelle in living cells.

Aug 05, 2024

In this study, we introduced a novel dual-laser multi-color imaging system. Integrated with a multi-channel filter wheel, this system compared three spectral decontamination algorithms (nonnegative ma...

Methotrexate Beneficial for Reducing Pain, Stiffness in Knee Osteoarthritis

Aug 01, 2024

WEDNESDAY, July 31, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA), methotrexate added to usual medication is associated with a significant reduction in pain and improvement in ...

Preop Lab Values May ID Risk of Postarthroplasty Joint Infection in Morbid Obesity

Jul 26, 2024

THURSDAY, July 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Certain preoperative laboratory values may predict risk of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) among individuals with morbid obesity undergoing arthroplas...

Depression, Anxiety, Fibromyalgia Common With Rheumatoid Arthritis, Osteoarthritis

Jul 25, 2024

WEDNESDAY, July 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Approximately four in 10 patients with osteoarthritis (OA) or rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have anxiety, depression, or fibromyalgia, according to a study pu...

Patients Report Positive Outcomes for Nonsurgical Treatment of Thumb OA

Jul 25, 2024

THURSDAY, Nov. 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- At five years, patients report positive outcomes for nonsurgical treatment of thumb carpometacarpal (CMC-1) osteoarthritis (OA), according to a study publis...

Link Between T2DM, Spinal Degenerative Disorder May Be Method-Dependent

Jul 24, 2024

TUESDAY, July 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- The association between type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and spinal degenerative disorders (SDDs) may be method-dependent, according to a study published onl...

Physical Activity Cuts Depression in People With Arthritis-Related Pain

Jul 24, 2024

Physical activity may be particularly important to manage depression symptoms in people with greater osteoarthritis-related pain, according to a study published online July 18 in PLOS Global Public He...

2016 to 2021 Saw Increase in Number of Periprosthetic Fractures

Jul 17, 2024

TUESDAY, July 16, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- The number of periprosthetic fractures of the hip and knee increased in recent years and is projected to continue increasing, according to a study published...

Mean Cost of Bringing New Drug to U.S. Market Is $879.3 Million

Jul 03, 2024

TUESDAY, July 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- The mean cost of developing a new drug for the U.S. market is estimated to be $879.3 million when both drug development failure and capital costs are consider...

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