Egg allergy prevalence falls after earlier introduction advice

The prevalence of egg allergy in Australian infants fell after an allergy prevention guideline update recommended earlier egg introduction, according to results published in JAMA Pediatrics.
“After adjusting for differences in population demographics to enable meaningful comparison, we estimated a relative decline in egg allergy of 17.7% after the guideline change,” Jennifer J. Koplin, PhD, principal research fellow in the Child Health Research Centre at The University of Queensland, and colleagues wrote.
In a cross-sectional study, Koplin and colleagues evaluated 5,276 infants from an

Ambient AI in the exam room: Friend or foe for physicians?

As the presence of ambient AI scribes to record clinical encounters in the exam room grows increasingly common, experts continue to debate over whether this new technology will ultimately be a friend or foe to physicians.
“Ambient AI has the potential to bring about significant changes in what has become the elephant in the room for many physicians: the electronic health record,” Leonard H. Calabrese, DO, chief medical editor of Healio Rheumatology, professor of medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, and RJ Fasenmyer chair of clinical