December 17, 2024

AHA Updates Stroke Palliative Care Guidelines

Updated statement promotes integrated palliative care for all stroke patients.

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December 11, 2024

AI Detects Stroke Lesions on CT Scans

A deep learning algorithm achieved 72% accuracy in identifying ischaemic stroke lesions on brain CT scans. It showed higher accuracy for follow-up scans compared to baseline scans and could be a vital development in AI systems using routine clinical scans.

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December 10, 2024

Remove Tonsils, Raise Mental Health Risk?

A recent study in JAMA Network Open reveals that individuals undergoing tonsillectomy or adenoidectomy may face a 43% increased risk of developing stress-related disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder, with the risk persisting for decades post-surgery.

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December 09, 2024

Managing Pediatric Concussions: New Findings

A recent study reveals that symptom recovery in children aged 5 to 12 years is similar for sport-related and non-sport-related concussions, highlighting the need to consider activity characteristics in concussion management.

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December 05, 2024

Transgender Violence Revealed Through Medical Data

In a first-of-its-kind analysis of radiological data, researchers found transgender women sustained 141 injuries versus 98 in controls, with significantly higher rates of facial, cranial, and thoracic injuries.

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July 26, 2024

Healing and Owing: U.S. Health Workers' $150 Billion Debt Dilemma

A new study exposes the alarming levels of medical and educational debt burdening U.S. health care workers, with debt disproportionately affecting women, Black workers, and those in lower-paying fields.

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September 18, 2024

Do Hydrocephalus Shunts Pose Less Pregnancy Risk Than Once Thought?

A 2024 study of 85 pregnancies found no shunt malfunctions during pregnancy and only a 5.9% postpartum revision rate, contradicting decades of data on shunt failure risks for pregnant women.

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May 13, 2024

TBI: Study Challenges Early Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatments

New study reveals potential for recovery in TBI patients, urging reconsideration of early life-sustaining treatment withdrawal.

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June 03, 2024

Traumatic Brain Injuries Common in Older Adults, Study Finds

The study found that nearly 13% of older adults sustained a traumatic brain injury over an 18-year period, with factors like gender, socioeconomic status and medical care access potentially influencing both TBI incidence and diagnosis.

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