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From MRIs to CT scans, modern healthcare relies on huge imaging files. Getting those files to the right place quickly and safely isn’t just a detail, it can mean the difference between delayed care and decisive action. If you’ve ever anxiously waited for test results, you know exactly how heavy the wait feels. What most […]

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One in five American seniors has an unsecured firearm in their home, according to a recent research letter in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine. While this is an alarmingly high number in its own right, the proportion rises to one in four when the elder in question says they have experienced some degree of cognitive […]

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Infectious disease experts on Thursday criticized U.S. health officials’ response to the hantavirus outbreak that killed three passengers on a cruise ship.
“I’m not overstating this, it is a travesty,” Infectious Diseases Society of America CEO Jeanne M. Marrazzo, MD, MPH, said in an IDSA press briefing.
According to WHO, three people aboard the MV Hondius have died and at least eight have been sickened by Andes virus, a type of hantavirus found in South America that can be transmitted person to person, but usually only through close contact, the CDC notes. There were 17 Americans onboard among

Atropine eye drops may lead to temporary changes in retinal perfusion, potentially giving a clue to their efficacy for myopia control, according to a study published in Eye and Vision.
“Atropine is widely used for myopia control, but its exact mechanism of action is still not fully understood,” study coauthor Lisa Ostrin, OD, PhD, FAAO, FARVO, associate professor at the University of Houston College of Optometry, told Healio. “We wanted to better understand the short-term functional, structural and vascular responses of the eye after a single dose of low-concentration atropine.”

Screening for asymptomatic meibomian gland dysfunction in candidates for refractive surgery is recommended due to a high prevalence of the condition, according to a study published in Journal of Refractive Surgery.
Shawn Sapir, MD, of the department of ophthalmology, Barzilai University Medical Center, Israel, and colleagues wrote that irregularities in the tear film, including those caused by meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD), can change baseline measurements critical to the success of refractive surgery.
“Although previous investigations have examined MGD in dry eye cohorts, few have

NEW ORLEANS — AI-drafted patient instructions in nephrology practices may be longer and harder to read, according to data presented at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings.
AI scribes are being used more frequently in clinical practices for documentation purposes, according to Kevin Shi, MD, a nephrology fellow at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and colleagues. However, the way patients may comprehend AI-drafted instructions is unknown.
“Although Al scribe use may increase documentation generation, the effect of the increasingly widespread utilization of such

An analysis of more than 250,000 older adults diagnosed with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer showed only about half received systemic treatment.
Treatment patterns did not change considerably over the 15-year study period, despite increasing availability of novel therapies shown to extend survival and improve quality of life.
“We were stunned,” senior author Gerard A. Silvestri, MD, MS, told Healio. “More than 50% of these patients either have some kind of targetable mutation for which there are FDA-approved targeted therapies — some of which are oral — or high PD-L1 expression and be

NEW ORLEANS — For Roslyn Mannon, MD, a single patient experience inspired her path to nephrology.
“The patient talked passionately about how transplantation changed his life and made things better,” Mannon told Healio.
Now, Mannon, professor of internal medicine and vice chair of research and associate chief of research in the division of nephrology at University of Nebraska Medical Center, received the Excellence in Kidney Transplantation Award at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings. Her career spans decades, with more than 250 peer-reviewed articles

CHICAGO — Black, Hispanic and female patients with ulcerative colitis were significantly less likely to undergo colectomy compared with white patients and men, according to data presented at Digestive Disease Week.
Residents from higher-income areas and those with private insurance were also more likely to undergo colectomy, hinting at systemic inequities in care pathways.
“Over the past 2 decades, the treatment landscape for ulcerative colitis has expanded significantly, but colectomy remains the definitive therapy for patients with medically refractory disease,” Vraj P. Shah, MD, an internal

The use of complementary and alternative medicines for dermatologic conditions has gained popularity among patients, despite a lack of rigorous data supporting their use, researchers reported.
National surveys indicate an increasing number of Americans are using some form of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), with a greater than average use observed among women, older adults, nonwhite and immigrant groups, according to a review published in the Journal of Clinical and Aesthetic Dermatology.
Researchers have found that multiple CAM agents can improve dermatologic conditions, including