Diabetic ketoacidosis is a common severe complication of diabetes, which develops when the body can’t produce enough insulin. During DKA the body starts breaking down fat, causing a buildup of acids in the bloodstream. The symptoms often include thirst, weakness, nausea and confusion. Concerningly, this condition accounts for more than 500,000 hospital days per year, … Read more
University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have created a computational tool to accelerate the development of new disease treatments. The tool goes beyond current artificial intelligence (AI) approaches by identifying not just which patient populations may benefit but also how the drugs work inside cells. The researchers have demonstrated the tool’s potential by identifying … Read more
Lifestyle and health factors that are linked with heart disease appear to have a greater impact on cardiovascular risk in women than men, according to a study being presented at the American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session (ACC.25). While factors such as diet, exercise, smoking and blood pressure have long been linked with heart … Read more
Could applying a little pressure to the head be a game changer for the treatment of traumatic brain injury? Virginia Tech’s Pamela VandeVord and Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Gunnar Brolinson recently received a $2.17 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to investigate how a technique called cranial osteopathic manual manipulation … Read more
Surgical removal of enlarged tonsils and adenoids in children with mild sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) appears to significantly reduce the frequency of medical office visits and prescription medicine use in this group, according to a clinical study supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The findings, published in JAMA Pediatrics, show that the surgery, called … Read more
In a recent, cross-institutional study partially funded by the National Institutes of Health, researchers report that healthy human airways are at higher risk for dehydration and inflammation when exposed to dry air, an occurrence expected to increase due to global warming. Inflammation in human airways is associated with such conditions as asthma, allergic rhinitis and … Read more
Pre-Hospitalization Exercise Improves Outcomes for Older heart Failure Patients Table of Contents Pre-Hospitalization Exercise Improves Outcomes for Older heart Failure Patients Japanese Study Highlights the Benefits of Pre-Hospitalization Physical Activity Study Details: Exercise and heart Health Implications for Clinical Practice and future Research The Broader Impact of Exercise on Heart Failure Exercise and Heart Failure: … Read more
Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine have developed a powerful AI tool, built on the same transformer architecture used by large language models like ChatGPT, to process an entire night’s sleep. To date, it is one of the largest studies, analyzing 1,011,192 hours of sleep. Details on their findings were reported in the March … Read more
Being born with a heart defect may be associated with an increased cancer risk for babies and their moms, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association’s flagship journal Circulation. According to the American Heart Association, the most common birth defects in the U.S. are forms of congenital heart defects (CHD). They range from structural … Read more
Fabian Falkenbach, MD Credit: Fabian Falkenbach on LinkedIn Chronic kidney disease (CKD) may be linked to worse in-hospital outcomes in patients with prostate cancer undergoing radical prostatectomy (RP), according to findings from a recent study.1 Leveraging data from the 2005–2019 National Inpatient Sample (NIS), the study found patients with prostate cancer and CKD experienced greater … Read more