The results of the CORE trial, a prospective, randomized clinical trial, showed that a cardio-oncology rehabilitation model for cancer survivors at high cardiovascular risk (or those who received cardiotoxic cancer treatments) led to greater improvements in peak oxygen consumption (peak VO2) in comparison with usual care that encompassed an exercise…
Multi-faceted implementation strategy significantly lowers blood pressure in low-income patients
Reviewed Uncontrolled hypertension, the leading preventable risk factor for cardiovascular disease and premature deaths worldwide, disproportionately affects low-income populations. Now, a new strategy that trains healthcare providers to deliver more comprehensive, team-based care has been found to significantly lower blood pressure in low-income patients compared to the "usual care" approach….
Study shows beach signage education could save lives this summer
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GastroGPT Outperforms General Models in GI Clinical Tasks
COPENHAGEN — GastroGPT, a novel specialty-specific, clinically-oriented artificial intelligence model, demonstrates superiority in overall utility and in key clinical tasks of gastroenterology when compared with leading general-purpose large language models (LLMs), show findings from a proof-of-concept study. In the first head-to-head systematic comparison in gastroenterology, the researchers found that overall,…
Lactate-producing intratumoral bacteria drive resistance to radiation therapy
Reviewed Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered that lactate-producing intratumoral bacteria drive resistance to radiation therapy, suggesting that lactic acid-producing bacteria present in various cancers may serve as novel therapeutic targets. The study, published today in Cancer Cell, reported that a particular bacterial species,…
Pediatric neurogenic bladder cases are not fully evaluated
Pediatric neurogenic bladder (NGB) cases are not fully evaluated in routine clinical practice, according to a study published online Oct. 16 in Advances in Therapy. Naoko Izumi, from Pfizer Japan in Tokyo, and colleagues conducted a retrospective cohort study involving patients aged 17 years and younger with NGB to examine…
Study finds rapid blood pressure reduction with low-sodium diet
Reviewed Reducing daily sodium intake by around 4,000 mg/day significantly lowered systolic blood pressure in more than 70% of adults, ages 50 to 75, in as little as one week compared to their usual diet, according to late-breaking science presented today at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2023. The…
Doctors in talks to put an end to NHS strikes
About time! Doctors in talks with the Department of Health to put an end to NHS strikes In July, Health Secretary Steve Barclay said they would get a rise of 6 per cent Junior doctors have agreed to talks with the Department of Health in an effort to bring strikes…
Bowel cancer becomes THIRD most common type of cancer
Bowel overtakes lung to becomes THIRD most common type of cancer amid UK’s obesity crisis NHS stats show bowel cancer overtook lung cancer for the first time since 1995 More than 41,000 patients in England were diagnosed with the disease in 2021 READ MORE: Six warning signs of bowel cancer…
Cold-Water Swimming for Your Health? These Docs Say Jump In
Adam Boggon, MBChB, was working at the Royal Free Hospital in North London during the city’s second wave of COVID-19. “I was effectively living in the hospital,” he recalls. “It felt like I was going 10,000 miles per hour, trying to corral hundreds of medical students and doctors.” Adam Boggon,…