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When Clock's Ticking on Vision Loss, New Protocol Speeds Eye Stroke Diagnoses

Hospitals picked up pace by using OCT scanners and embracing virtual diagnoses

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More Patients Rely on Early Prenatal Testing as States Toughen Abortion Laws

But testing early in pregnancy may be inaccurate

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Late Tenecteplase Not Beneficial for Stroke Patients With LVOs

Lytic at least appeared safe in a selected population with many undergoing thrombectomy

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Before Stroke Thrombectomy, Keep the Bed Flat, Trial Says

Tilting the head of the bed up during early window in large vessel occlusion hurts outcomes

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Anticoagulant Falls Short for Secondary Stroke Prevention in Atrial Cardiopathy

Can atrial cardiopathy really be the cause of some cryptogenic strokes?

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Getting a Dental X-Ray? New Recommendation Says You Don't Need a Lead Apron

Advocacy and education needed to change more minds about the apron, according to an expert

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AI Diagnoses Deadly Disease; Radiology's New AI Guidance; WHO Tackles LMMs

A monthly roundup of healthcare-focused AI news and research

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Two-Stage Screening Strategy for Ovarian Cancer Continues to Show Progress

Large study shows stage shift, high specificity, increasing PPV over 21 years

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Is Adding an AI Readout to Mammography Worth It?

Women would have to pay out-of-pocket, as reimbursement is a long way off

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FDA Clears AI-Powered Non-Invasive Skin Cancer Detector

Intended for use in primary care, handheld device is first of its kind

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Breast Cancer Mortality Reduced by 58% Over Past Four Decades

Modeling study suggests advances in treatment played largest role, followed by screening

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Exercise ECGs Highly Specific for Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction

Reconsidering the humble testing modality's false-positive issue

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Opening Blood-Brain Barrier to Deliver Alzheimer's Drug Shows Promise

Focused ultrasound helped aducanumab reduce amyloid-beta levels

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Oral Factor XIa Inhibitor Disappoints for Secondary Stroke Prevention

Milvexian did not reduce strokes or covert brain infarcts in AXIOMATIC-SSP

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'Medicare for All' Candidate in 2024; Exploding MRI Machine; Doc Convicted of Murder

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51成人动漫 staff

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Explanations Don't Help Clinicians Spot Biased AI

Biased AI predictions tanked diagnostic accuracy, and model explanations didn't bring it back up

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Alzheimer's Blood Test Predicts Who Might Benefit Most From Anti-Amyloid Drugs

Novel two-cutoff approach may reduce need for confirmatory PET scans

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Breast Cancer Screening Frequency Makes a Big Survival Difference

Keeping those mammogram appointments is life-saving, study finds

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Deep-Learning Model Shows Promise for ADHD Diagnosis in Teens

AI algorithm identified significant differences in nine brain white matter tracts

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AI Model Can Predict Breast Cancer Risk Regardless of Patient's Race

Algorithm proved accurate where traditional risk models have failed, but needs more testing

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With an Old X-Ray, AI Can Detect High Risk of Lung Cancer in Never Smokers

Tool could identify nonsmokers most likely to benefit from low-dose CT screening

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Stronger Quads May Lower Risk for Knee Replacement Surgery

Higher quadricep-hamstring ratio associated with 82% lower odds in NIH cohort

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Common Headaches May Be Pains in the Neck

Imaging links inflammation to migraine and tension headaches

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COVID Tied to Changes in Brain Microstructure

Alterations seen in both long COVID patients and those who recovered from infection

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Diagnostic Imaging Not Yet Enough for Biopsy-Free Radical Prostatectomy

Study validates concerns about benign prostatic hyperplasia-related PSMA-PET false positives

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Uh-Oh, Is a Robot Coming for Your Radiographic Analysis Job?

Computer matches live expert in measuring joint space and erosions

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Hospitals Have Many Opportunities to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Experts Say

Radiology departments and operating rooms are good targets

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X-Rays Questioned for Diagnosing Early Rheumatoid Arthritis

Hardly any patients show abnormalities, so why do them?

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Lung Cancer Survival High at 20 Years With Screen-Detected Tumors

After two decades, lung cancer-specific survival remained at 81% in I-ELCAP program

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False-Positive Mammograms May Indicate Higher Breast Cancer Risk in the Future

Swedish cohort study shows a 61% increased risk over 20 years

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ACS: Millions More Should Get Lung Cancer Screening

Notably, new recommendations say it doesn't matter when a person quit smoking

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Primary Care Intervention Improved Follow-Up of Abnormal Cancer Screening Results

Follow-up testing within 120 days was improved with EHR reminders, patient outreach, navigation

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Risk of Contrast Media Causing Acute Kidney Injury Is Overblown, Study Finds

Despite restrictions on its use, an association with kidney injury hasn't been shown

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Use of Recent Diagnostic CT Scans for Palliative RT Planning Reduced Treatment Time

Time to treatment completion slashed by over 4 hours compared with CT simulation planning

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Mortality Risk From Damaged Bronchi Extends to People Without COPD

Findings support use of lung imaging for clinically defining bronchiectasis, study authors say

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Oktoberfest Doctor: Not the Wurst Job You Could Have

A Q&A with the head emergency physician at the world's largest beer festival

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AI Not Ready to Replace Radiologists Interpreting Chest X-Rays

Commercial tools show low sensitivity in some cases

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Diagnostic CV Procedures Rebounded After Dipping in 2020

U.S. procedural volumes exceeded March 2019 levels by 4% in April 2021

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Ultrasound May Help Early Breast Cancer Patients Avoid SLNB

No axillary surgery matches SLNB for patients with a negative ultrasound of axillary lymph nodes

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AI Has an Image Problem in Healthcare, Expert Says

Yes, it needs guardrails, but it also offers big opportunities, notes former Microsoft executive

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