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If you own a smart watch and have ever wondered whether it could catch a silent health threat lurking in your arteries, the answer is: maybe, but don’t rely on it.

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This tick season is already setting records.
According to the CDC’s Tick Bite Data Tracker, out of every 100,000 ED visits during the fourth week of April, 114 were for a tick bite — the highest rate for this time of year since 2017.
In a statement sent to the media, the CDC said ED visits for tick bites “are higher than normal in many parts of the country.” The greatest spike is happening in the Northeast, followed by the Midwest, according to the tracker.
Past CDC data show that tick bites that send people to the ED normally peak in May.
“Tick season is here and these tiny biters can make you

When it comes to myopia, most parents are aware that it is not just about getting a new pair of glasses every year. There are things we can do to help with myopia progression.
When I have a conversation with these parents, I usually start with what is globally beneficial for the child. We know that outdoor time is protective against the prescription increasing year after year at a faster rate than is considered normal. I talk about trying to hit 90 minutes of outdoor time per day. It helps that I am a mom in the community, and we can talk about how much time children are getting with recess

Two papers published in The New England Journal of Medicine highlight the potential of gene editing for treatment of sickle cell disease.
In one study, renizgamglogene autogedtemcel (Editas Medicine) led to normalization of total hemoglobin levels and a higher level of fetal hemoglobin. In the other investigation, ristoglogene autogetemcel (Beam Therapeutics) resulted in rapid engraftment and durable expression of fetal hemoglobin.
“I truly think what we are seeing truly amounts to a functional cure,” Rabi Hanna, MD, chairman of the division of pediatric hematology/oncology and bone marrow

The FDA approved Breztri Aerosphere, a single-inhaler triple therapy, as a maintenance treatment for patients aged at least 12 years with asthma, according to a press release from AstraZeneca.
The Breztri Aerosphere (AstraZeneca) inhaler combines 320 μg budesonide, an inhaled corticosteroid; 36 μg glycopyrrolate, a long-acting muscarinic antagonist; and 9.6 μg formoterol fumarate, a long-acting beta2-agonist, according to the release.
Notably, Breztri Aerosphere is already FDA approved as a maintenance treatment for patients with COPD.
The decision to approve the triple therapy in

Eugene Braunwald, MD, MACC, whose diverse body of work changed the practice of cardiology, died April 22 at age 96 years.
Among his many contributions to cardiology, Braunwald, who held the title of Distinguished Hersey Professor of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, was one of the first researchers to describe what came to be known as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, was founding editor of the influential textbook Braunwald’s Heart Disease and was founder of the TIMI Study Group at Brigham and Women’s, which developed the modern approach for large-scale CV

After having surgery for uveitis-associated cataracts, patients who had experienced more uveitis attacks required longer courses of topical steroids, according to a study published in Clinical Ophthalmology.
“Steroid-free recovery time is a clinically relevant metric because prolonged topical corticosteroid use increases the risk of intraocular pressure elevation, delays visual rehabilitation and may contribute to posterior capsule opacification,” Ata Baytarolu, MD, of the department of ophthalmology at Uak Training and Research Hospital, Turkey, and colleagues wrote.
Using data

SAN FRANCISCO — There are substantial gaps in access to care and screening for conditions like hepatitis B, diabetes and tuberculosis among Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities, a nationwide survey shows.
According to Rita K. Kuwahara, MD, MIH, FACP, Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AA and NH/PI) communities are disproportionally impacted by these chronic diseases.
For example, “about one in 12 AA and NH/PI adults have chronic hepatitis B, according to the CDC, and over half of AA adults with diabetes remain undiagnosed,” Kuwahara, a primary care

Interim results from two investigator-initiated trials revealed insights into the role of injectables to address the aesthetic changes that accompany menopause and medication-driven weight loss, according to an industry press release.
The first study, led by Andreas Nikolis, MD, PhD, FRCSC, associate professor of plastic surgery at McGill University, national medical director of Victoria Park Medispas and medical director of Erevna Innovations’ clinical research unit, demonstrated that the combination of Restylane Skinbooster (Galderma), a hyaluronic acid-based injectable, and Sculptra