MR-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy beneficial for essential tremor
Aug 05, 2024
Improvement was seen in the mean tremor/motor score from 17.4 to 6.4 at three months with the use of MR-guided, focused ultrasound thalamotomy.
Palliative telecare team aids QOL, health status for chronic conditions
Jan 23, 2024
The findings were for veterans with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart failure or interstitial lung disease.
AI outperforms glaucoma, retina specialists for diagnostic accuracy
Feb 28, 2024
Trainees and specialists rated a chatbot’s accuracy and completeness more favorably than those of their specialist counterparts.
Chatbots generate mostly accurate information to medical queries
Oct 04, 2023
Chatbot-generated answers had high accuracy and completeness scores for physician-developed medical queries.
AI chatbots can generate quality, empathetic, readable responses
May 17, 2024
Chatbots can generate quality responses to cancer patient questions, comparable to physician responses.
In-hospital wearable activity trackers tied to improved outcomes
Jun 16, 2023
Patients using wearable trackers had higher physical activity and functioning.
mHealth-delivered coaching cuts blood glucose levels in patients with diabetes
Oct 03, 2023
The authors say such interventions may reduce racial and ethnic disparities in diabetes outcomes.
Telehealth programs benefit obese adults with knee OA
Nov 30, 2021
An education and exercise program, with and without dietary intervention, was better than education only for knee osteoarthritis.
Tau PET performs well in predicting dementia in individuals with MCI
Jun 12, 2024
Tau positron emission tomography predicts all-cause dementia and Alzheimer disease dementia
Drop in ED visits, admissions seen in hospitals targeted by ransomware
May 30, 2024
A transient decrease was seen, with a return to preattack levels within eight weeks; an increase was seen in emergency department visits at nearby hospitals.