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PIER MARIA FORNASARI
2025-04-05

Artificial Intelligence Has Potential to Aid Physician Decisions During Virtual Urgent Care

Cedars-Sinai-Led Study of AI-Enabled Virtual Visits Found That AI Recommendations Were Graded Higher Than Physician Decisions Do physicians or artificial intelligence (AI) offer better treatment recommendations for patients examined through a virtual urgent care setting? A new Cedars-Sinai study shows physicians and AI models have distinct strengths. The late-breaking study presented at the American College

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PIER MARIA FORNASARI
2025-04-03

Blood test can predict dementia risk up to 10 years in advance, study shows

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have shown how some specific biomarkers in the blood of cognitively healthy elderly people can predict the development of dementia up to ten years before diagnosis. A new study published in Nature Medicine has examined the ability of specific biomarkers to predict dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, in cognitively healthy older adults up to

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PIER MARIA FORNASARI
2025-04-02

Being physically active, even just a couple of days a week, may be key to better health

A “weekend warrior” approach to physical activity — getting 150 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity over one to two days instead of throughout the week — improved health and lowered the risk of death, finds a new study in the Journal of the American Heart Association Research Highlights: Being physically active for one to two

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PIER MARIA FORNASARI
2025-04-02

Lowering bad cholesterol can reduce dementia risk by 26%, study suggests 

People with low levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) in their blood have a lower risk of dementia, including a lower risk of dementia related to Alzheimer’s disease, shows a study published online in The Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry . Statin use provided an additional protective effect for people with low LDL-C, specifically those with

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PIER MARIA FORNASARI
2025-04-01

Joint consensus highlights the role of bone turnover markers in osteoporosis diagnosis and management

A new consensus paper, published by the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (ESCEO), the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF), and the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC), provides an updated evaluation of reference bone turnover markers (BTMs) and newer markers in the diagnosis and management

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PIER MARIA FORNASARI
2025-03-24

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the incidence and prevalence of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome

After the COVID-19 pandemic, the incidence rate of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome increased significantly, according to new data published in the European Heart Journal – Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes. “Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is a chronic condition characterized by an abnormal increase in heart rate upon standing, often accompanied by symptoms such as dizziness, lightheadedness, fatigue

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PIER MARIA FORNASARI
2025-03-24

Body fat accurately predicted from AI-powered smartphone app

Researchers have developed a smartphone app that uses machine learning to accurately determine body composition – which is linked to a higher risk of heart disease, stroke and related conditions – from photographs. The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, developed the smartphone app called 3D BodyShape, which is currently a research prototype and will

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PIER MARIA FORNASARI
2025-03-23

New Juntendo University Study Shows Regular Exercise Pre-Hospitalization is Linked to Better Outcomes in Heart Failure

Researchers showed that older patients with heart failure who exercised regularly before hospitalization had better physical function and lower mortality Exercise is widely recognized as beneficial for patients with heart failure, with current guidelines relying on introducing exercise after heart failure diagnosis. This leaves a noticeable lack of research on the impact of habitual physical

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