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The clinical burden of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) is well-documented, but its economic burden is less well-described. A new study projects the global clinical, humanistic, and economic impact of MASH over the next two decades, highlighting the urgent need for national and global strategies to reduce its negative impact. The
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Research published in the Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery has investigated the effectiveness of a standardized approach to Ivor Lewis esophagectomy, a surgical procedure for treating esophageal cancer. The study, conducted by investigators at Thomas Jefferson University, involved a retrospective review of 145 patients who underwent the procedure between 2017 and
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Researchers from the Nanjing University of Science and Technology have made significant progress in addressing the finite-time consensus problem of nonlinear multi-agent systems (MASs) with intermittent denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. The study presents a novel finite-time stability standard for intermittent control systems, utilizing the piecewise Lyapunov function approach to derive sufficient
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Research on the association between cannabis and alcohol co-use and HIV prevention and care engagement in the Black sexual/gender minority (BSGM) population has yielded significant findings. A study conducted in Chicago between 2022 and 2024 found that daily use of cannabis, alcohol, and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and antiretroviral (ARV)
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Research has highlighted the need to improve quality of life for individuals with serious illnesses by addressing their mental health needs, which often remain under-addressed in palliative care. A study conducted at Weill Cornell Medicine explored patient and caregiver perspectives on the current delivery of mental health support in palliative
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Researchers at the University of Washington have assessed the performance of a publicly available large language model (LLM) in identifying documented goals-of-care discussions in clinical notes. The study compared the performance of the LLM, Llama 3.3, using zero-shot prompting, with a task-specific BERT-based model trained on manually annotated notes.
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Research on diabetic neuropathy in Greenland, conducted by Copenhagen University Hospital, has shed light on the prevalence of the condition among the population with diabetes and prediabetes. The study, conducted on 447 participants from the Greenland Population Survey 2018, found that diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) and cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN)
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Research has revealed a disproportionately high rate of chronic pain and suicide risk among veterans, highlighting a critical need for targeted interventions. A new study introduces Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Pain and Suicide (MBCT-P/S), a novel approach combining components of MBCT-Pain and MBCT-Suicide to address both chronic pain and
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Research published in the Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery has investigated the effectiveness of a standardized approach to Ivor Lewis esophagectomy, a surgical procedure for treating esophageal cancer. The study, conducted by investigators at Thomas Jefferson University, involved a retrospective review of 145 patients who underwent the procedure between 2017 and
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Research from the University of Waterloo has made new findings on machine learning, shedding light on the determinants of healthy ageing in middle-aged and older adults. The study used a retrospective cohort design to analyze the characteristics of 6332 participants aged 50 or older from the English Longitudinal Study of
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A team of researchers from the Laboratoire Hospitalier Universitaire de Bruxelles-Universitair Laboratorium Brussel (LHUB-ULB) in Brussels, Belgium, has published a new report on optimizing the diagnosis of pediatric group A streptococcus (GAS) pharyngitis. The study compared the sensitivity and specificity of rapid antigen detection tests (RADTs) and molecular tests with
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Researchers at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences in Iran conducted a clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of two different anesthesia techniques for the mandibular lateral incisor. The study compared the efficacy of lingual infiltration alone versus combined labial and lingual infiltration using 4% articaine with 1:100,000 epinephrine.
