Both skeptics and proponents of healthcare AI cite necessity of human-centered approach in new reports
By
Aaron Dorman
Oct 24, 2023
AI needs to help patients to be useful in healthcare, and the necessary guardrails involve human intervention, two recent reports state.
Dementia, stroke risk linked with diet soda consumption
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 23, 2017
People who drink at least one artificially sweetened beverage a day could have almost three times the risk of developing dementia or stroke compared with those who drink such beverages less than once a...
Endocrine Society, June 1-4
Jun 20, 2024
The conference highlighted recent advances in the diagnosis and management of obesity, endocrine disorders, diabetes, and growth hormone and thyroid diseases.
Racial differences seen in receipt of lifesaving stroke treatments
Dec 19, 2023
Black patients were less likely to receive tissue plasminogen activator and endovascular thrombectomy than were white patients.
Shift work tied to later frailty
Apr 03, 2023
THe association was strongest for women working shift work versus those only working daytime.
Acupuncture tied to improvements in poststroke motor aphasia
Jan 26, 2024
Significant benefits were seen at both week 6 and six months.
Postop, nonoperative a-fib carry similar risks for stroke or TIA
Jul 26, 2022
Patients with postoperative and nonoperative atrial fibrillation also have similar risks for cardiovascular-related death and all-cause death.
Sitting tai chi program benefits subacute stroke survivors
Apr 07, 2022
A tailored sitting tai chi program in the subacute phase can improve recovery outcomes in stroke survivors.
Moderate weight training tied to fewer strokes and heart attacks
By
John O'Connor
Nov 28, 2018
How can you help your residents reduce their chances of a heart attack or stroke by up to 70%? Just have them participate in one hour a week of weightlifting, a new study suggests.
Bridging therapy may be better for large vessel occlusion stroke
Feb 18, 2022
Better outcomes are associated with IV thrombolysis followed by mechanical thrombectomy versus mechanical thrombectomy alone.