Acupuncture after heart valve surgery is feasible and safe and has clinical benefit, according to a study recently published in JTCVS Open. Kim L. Feingold, Ph.D., from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, and colleagues randomly assigned (1:1) patients undergoing primary valve surgery via sternotomy to acupuncture (51…
Deep-learning models predict COVID-19 cases globally with high accuracy
In a recent study published in Scientific Reports, researchers developed and trained an artificial intelligence (AI) deep learning model to predict the number of COVID-19 cases 14 days into the future. Study: A novel bidirectional LSTM deep learning approach for COVID-19 forecasting. Image Credit: PopTika/Shutterstock.com Background This model uses a combination of…
Survey reveals 42% of primary care physicians are unfamiliar with biologics to treat asthma
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Dietitians warn 'portfolio diet' is no different from healthy eating
Is the ‘portfolio diet’ all it’s cracked up to be? We asked the experts The portfolio diet has made headlines for slashing the risk of heart disease Dietitians told DailyMail.com there is nothing unique about the plan READ MORE: ‘Portfolio diet’ is the silver bullet for health, top cardiologists say…
Cutting-edge 'precision medicine' shows great potential to improve diabetes care
Reviewed Cutting-edge “precision medicine” has great potential to advance the diagnosis, treatment and ultimate prevention of different forms of diabetes, an international coalition of scientists reports in a sweeping assessment of the state of the field around the world. A sweeping new international report looks at the potential of "precision…
Neuroscientists uncover important thinning mechanism that affects how the brain matures in adolescence
What determines how a teenager’s brain is structured and how it evolves? In a scientific first, researchers led by Université de Montréal neuroscientist Tomas Paus and postdoctoral fellow Zhijie Liao have established a close link between brain activity and a maturation process called cortical thinning. Their study is published in…
Genetic risks of autism and ADHD may be related to more screen time in children
A team led by Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine in Japan has investigated screen time in autistic (ASD) and ADHD children. Screen time refers to the amount of time a person spends on a device with a screen, such as a smartphone, computer, television, or video game system. The…
Biomarker discovery boosts long-COVID prediction accuracy to 78.5%
In a recent paper uploaded to the medRxiv preprint* server, researchers tested the hypothesis that altered regulation of the complement cascade might result in long-COVID, and the biomarkers of this dysregulation may predict disease presence and outcome. They analyzed plasma samples of patients with long-COVID and controls who did not…
Quick genetic test offers hope for sick, undiagnosed kids. but few insurers offer to pay.
Just 48 hours after her birth in a Seattle-area hospital in 2021, Layla Babayev was undergoing surgery for a bowel obstruction. Two weeks later, she had another emergency surgery, and then developed meningitis. Layla spent more than a month in neonatal intensive care in three hospitals as doctors searched for…
Canadian Wildfire Smoke Linked to ED Visits in New York
Canadian wildfires that sent smoke drifting into New York City between June 6 and June 8, 2023 were associated with significant increases in emergency department (ED) visits related to asthma syndrome compared with reference periods, a study suggests. The number of asthma syndrome ED visits, which were defined as having…