The annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology was held from March 29 to 31 in Chicago and attracted more than 12,000 participants, including clinicians, academicians, allied health professionals, and others interested in cardiology. The...

FRIDAY, April 4, 2025 -- Cervical artery dissection (CeAD) incidence increased from 2005 to 2019, with the increase in admissions particularly high in older, Black, and Hispanic populations, according to a study published online April 2 in...

FRIDAY, April 4, 2025 -- For patients with inadequately controlled type 2 diabetes receiving dulaglutide, switching to tirzepatide is associated with additional hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) reduction and weight loss compared with escalating treatment with...

FRIDAY, April 4, 2025 -- Greater wealth is associated with lower mortality, and the association seems stronger in the United States than in Europe, according to a study published in the April 3 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Sara...

FRIDAY, April 4, 2025 -- For patients with mainly mild posterior circulation ischemic stroke who do not receive thrombectomy, alteplase administered at 4.5 to 24 hours after onset results in higher frequency of functional independence at 90 days...

FRIDAY, April 4, 2025 -- Patients with T1 tumors undergoing breast-conserving therapy/radiation therapy (BCT/RT) may lose about 20 percent of breast volume at one year, according to a study published in the April issue of Plastic and Reconstructive...

FRIDAY, April 4, 2025 -- In older patients undergoing surgery, preoperative macular thickness may be a marker for vulnerability to developing postoperative delirium, according to a study published online April 1 in General Psychiatry. Zhongyong...

FRIDAY, April 4, 2025 -- For patients with myelofibrosis undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT), machine learning (ML) enhances risk stratification, according to a study published online March 27 in Blood. Juan Carlos...

FRIDAY, April 4, 2025 -- From 2008-2011 to 2020-2023, there was an increase in the prevalence of obesity among youth and adults with type 1 diabetes, and glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) prescriptions also increased for this group...

THURSDAY, April 3, 2025 -- A patient navigation program is effective for increasing receipt of follow-up colonoscopy among adults with an abnormal stool test result, according to a study published online April 1 in the Annals of Internal...

THURSDAY, April 3, 2025 -- There is a notable gap in public awareness and knowledge of dysphagia compared with other conditions, according to a study published online March 27 in Dysphagia. Sonja M. Molfenter, Ph.D., from New York University in New...

THURSDAY, April 3, 2025 -- Use of hormonal contraceptives postpartum is associated with an increased risk for developing postpartum depression, according to a study published online March 31 in JAMA Network Open. Søren Vinther Larsen, Ph.D...

THURSDAY, April 3, 2025 -- Zoster vaccination seems to have a dementia-preventing or dementia-delaying effect, according to a study published online April 2 in Nature. Markus Eyting, Ph.D., from Stanford University in California, and colleagues...

THURSDAY, April 3, 2025 -- A machine learning algorithm can diagnose celiac disease from duodenal biopsies with accuracy comparable to pathologists, according to a study published online March 27 in the New England Journal of Medicine AI. Florian...

THURSDAY, April 3, 2025 -- Use of the NeuroSAFE technique, a standardized frozen section analysis that enables accurate real-time detection of positive surgical margins during nerve sparing in robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP), improves...

THURSDAY, April 3, 2025 -- Maternal influences have a persistent effect on offspring obesity through age 42 years, according to a study published online March 26 in PLOS ONE. Glenna Nightingale, Ph.D., from the University of Edinburgh in the United...

THURSDAY, April 3, 2025 -- Early-life ozone (O3) exposure is associated with asthma and wheeze outcomes at 4 to 6 years of age, according to a study published online April 2 in JAMA Network Open. Logan C. Dearborn, M.P.H., from the University of...

THURSDAY, April 3, 2025 -- Stroke survivors with a higher education level have a steeper decline in executive function, according to a study published online March 26 in JAMA Network Open. Mellanie V. Springer, M.D., from the University of Michigan...

WEDNESDAY, April 2, 2025 -- Whole and 2 percent milk may be coming back to school lunch trays, more than a decade after being removed to help reduce childhood obesity, The Associated Press reported. Federal lawmakers have reintroduced bills to...

WEDNESDAY, April 2, 2025 -- Microplastic exposure may increase the risk for chronic diseases, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology, held from March 29 to 31 in Chicago. Sai Rahul Ponnana, from...

WEDNESDAY, April 2, 2025 -- Despite increased participation in U.S. long-distance running races, cardiac arrest incidence remains stable, according to a study published online March 30 in the Journal of the American Medical Association to coincide...

WEDNESDAY, April 2, 2025 -- From 1999 to 2022, there was a considerable increase in maternal mortality due to cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology, held from March...

WEDNESDAY, April 2, 2025 -- In a living clinical practice guideline issued by the American Gastroenterological Association and published in the April issue of Gastroenterology, no recommendation -- for or against -- is made for the use of...

WEDNESDAY, April 2, 2025 -- For patients with symptomatic peripheral artery disease and type 2 diabetes, semaglutide use is associated with increased walking distance, according to a study published online March 29 in The Lancet to coincide with the...

WEDNESDAY, April 2, 2025 -- Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fINRS) can classify pain, and virtual reality (VR) can reduce cancer-related pain, according to a study published online March 15 in Scientific Reports. Somayeh B. Shafiei, Ph.D...