Retrievable IVC filters in lung transplant recipients show 66% retrieval rate with low complications
Study examines safety and retrieval of blood clot filters in lung transplant patients
A retrospective single-center cohort of 95 lung transplant recipients who received retrievable IVC filters for venous thromboembolism found …
Doctors successfully removed clot-catching filters from two-thirds of lung transplant patients, with the procedure taking just eight minutes…
Chest radiograph-derived age acceleration shows modest association with lung cancer incidence in PLCO cohort
Can a chest X-ray show how fast your lungs are aging?
A retrospective cohort analysis of 23,213 PLCO trial participants found that higher chest radiograph-derived age acceleration was independen…
A routine chest X-ray can reveal if your lungs are aging faster than expected, a sign linked to a higher risk of developing lung cancer late…
Mini-review examines myocardial perfusion imaging advances across PET, SPECT, CMR, and CT modalities
Review examines advances in heart blood flow imaging techniques for various heart conditions
A systematic mini-review synthesizes evidence on myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) across PET, SPECT, CMR, and CT in patients with known or…
New imaging tech lets doctors measure exact blood flow to the heart muscle, improving how they diagnose heart problems and predict patient o…
Resistance training increases muscle volume and strength in postmenopausal women with hot flushes
Can lifting weights build muscle in postmenopausal women with hot flashes?
A secondary analysis of an RCT in 44 postmenopausal women with hot flushes and low activity found that 15 weeks of supervised resistance tra…
Postmenopausal women with hot flashes who lifted weights for 15 weeks grew their muscle volume by about 4% and got significantly stronger.
PSF after MCGR treatment improves radiographic parameters in early-onset scoliosis
Can a final spinal fusion help after magnetic growing rods for childhood scoliosis?
A systematic review and meta-analysis of 370 patients with early-onset scoliosis found posterior spinal fusion following magnetically contro…
A final spinal fusion surgery after magnetic growing rods significantly improves spine curves and helps children stand taller, according to …
AI Overestimates Behavioral Health Risks Compared to Human Advice in Experimental Study
When AI gives health advice, does it make us more cautious than people do?
A controlled experiment with 60 participants found AI-generated advice systematically overestimated behavioral health risks compared to huma…
AI health advice makes people more cautious than human friends, especially when risks feel high, and shifts beliefs more easily when it disa…
IPFP preservation versus resection in TKA shows no significant difference in 12-month KOOS scores
Study finds no clear benefit to preserving or removing knee fat pad during joint replacement
This RCT in patients undergoing TKA for knee osteoarthritis found no statistically significant difference in 12-month KOOS score improvement…
Whether to keep or remove the fat pad under your kneecap during knee replacement surgery makes no difference to your recovery or pain relief…
Mint-flavored PSP sleeves improved chemosensory experience for dental students during bitewing radiography
Mint-flavored dental X-ray sleeves improved taste and scent for dental students in study
A double-blind, randomized crossover trial in 74 dental students found mint-flavored photostimulable phosphor barrier sleeves significantly …
Mint-flavored dental X-ray sleeves made the taste and scent of the procedure much more pleasant for patients in a new study.
AI shows high accuracy for 3D upper airway segmentation in CBCT/CT scans versus manual methods
AI shows promise for analyzing airway scans, but more research is needed
A systematic review and meta-analysis of 11 studies found AI tools for 3D upper airway segmentation in CBCT or CT scans achieved precision, …
AI tools automatically create detailed 3D models of upper airways from scans with high accuracy, showing promise for dental and medical prac…
Intranasal vasopressin alters emotional and neural responses to social comparison in healthy males
Vasopressin nasal spray altered brain activity and emotions during social comparisons in men
A randomized controlled trial in 48 healthy male participants found intranasal vasopressin intensified contrastive emotional responses to st…
A single nasal spray of vasopressin made men feel more competitive toward strangers and blurred their brain's ability to distinguish between…
Early surgery reduces cardiovascular death risk in asymptomatic very severe aortic stenosis over 10 years
Should doctors operate before symptoms appear for a severe heart valve problem?
A 10-year RCT of 145 asymptomatic patients with very severe aortic stenosis found early surgery significantly reduced the composite of opera…
Waiting for symptoms in severe heart valve disease may double your risk of death, as early surgery saved lives in a new 10-year study.
Ensemble machine learning models show best discriminative performance for predicting DCI after aneurysmal SAH
Machine learning models show promise for predicting brain complications after aneurysm rupture
A systematic review and meta-analysis of 29 studies involving 10,000 patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage found that ensemble ma…
Machine learning models can predict dangerous brain complications after aneurysm rupture with moderate accuracy, but real-world testing is s…