Diabetes
Nonmedical interventions may improve type 2 diabetes outcomes
Addressing the social determinants of health may improve diabetes outcomes, according to a review published in the July issue of Health Affairs.
Jul 8, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Harnessing multiple data streams and artificial intelligence to better predict flu
Influenza is highly contagious and easily spreads as people move about and travel, making tracking and forecasting flu activity a challenge. While the CDC continuously monitors patient visits for flu-like illness in the U.S., ...
Jan 11, 2019
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Addiction
Nearly 108,000 overdose deaths in 2021 bear out a prediction from five years ago forecasting the devastating toll
A grim prediction made half a decade ago by University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health epidemiologists and modelers has come true: More than 100,000 people are now dying from drug overdoses annually in the U.S. The ...
May 25, 2022
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Diabetes
Conversion to type 2 diabetes declining
The number of people with pre-diabetes who go on to develop type 2 diabetes has been reducing over the past two decades, according to a study led by University of Manchester epidemiologists.
Sep 7, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Primary care physicians need optimized treatments and better support for patients with COPD
Researchers conducted a study to describe the demographic and clinical characteristics of patients receiving care for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the U.S. primary care setting. More than 17,000 electronic patient ...
Jul 26, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers find genetic cause of Raynaud's phenomenon
Researchers at Queen Mary University of London's Precision Healthcare Research Institute (PHURI) and the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) at Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin have identified the genetic causes of Raynaud's ...
Aug 18, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
More exercise linked to less-severe COVID-19 outcomes
Kaiser Permanente members who were more physically active prior to being diagnosed with COVID-19 had a lower risk of severe outcomes, according to research published Dec. 15, 2022, in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Dec 15, 2022
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Health
Artificial intelligence in medicine raises legal and ethical concerns
The use of artificial intelligence in medicine is generating great excitement and hope for treatment advances.
Sep 4, 2019
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Overweight & Obesity
Pediatric obesity is a complex condition with multiple subtypes
Approximately one third of children in the United States are overweight or obese. A study publishing August 4th in PLOS Digital Health by Elizabeth Campbell at Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, ...
Aug 4, 2022
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Pediatrics
The quest by parents and scientists to end pediatric epilepsy
Piper Wood had her first seizure in a setting meant for sunscreen, snorkels, shovels, and pails. The island was remote – that was the point of this family vacation. Six months old and turning blue, Piper finally calmed ...
Jan 16, 2017
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