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New AI Model May Predict Cancerous Lung Nodules
Model relies on CT features, demographics, clinical data, and improves on current methods
One-Month Regimen Noninferior for Preventing HIV-Related TB
One-month rifapentine, isoniazid noninferior to nine months of isoniazid alone
Troponin Assay Confusion May Cause Misdiagnosis of Acute MI
Overall, 5.4 percent of 20,000 patients had high-sensitivity troponin I concentration >40 ng/L
CDC: 2000 to 2017 Saw Increase in Mortality Due to Dementia
Age-adjusted death rate was 66.7 deaths per 100,000 U.S. population in 2017
AAOS: Underweight Status Increases Shoulder Arthroplasty Complications
Physicians, health care systems should pay more attention to this 'extremely at-risk population'
Knee Pain Not Tied to Activity Levels in Knee Osteoarthritis
Neither inverted KOOS-pain nor P4 pain scale tied to physical activity
Prenatal High-Dose Vitamin D Not Linked to Asthma at Age 6
No significant difference seen in asthma diagnoses for children in high-dose vitamin D, placebo groups
Having Affected Relatives Linked to Increased Alzheimer Risk
Increased Alzheimer disease risk seen with having affected first-, second-, or third-degree relatives
Complex Dosing, Polypharmacy Common With Interstitial Lung Disease
Patients receiving systemic corticosteroids are at high risk for drug-disease interactions
‘Brain Vital Signs’ Detect Concussion-Related Changes
Six brainwave metrics can detect even subclinical changes in nonconcussed hockey players
