Preventive Care
From the Journals
Shared decision making falls short for lung cancer screening
Patients tend to overestimate the benefits and underestimate the harms of screening tests.
From the Journals
Varied diet not necessarily a high-quality one
High dietary variety has been linked to poorer dietary quality and increased food intake.
Video
Incident heart failure linked to HIV infection
AMSTERDAM – Medical records from a large U.S. health system suggest that incident heart failure independently links to HIV infection.
Daily News Podcast
Antibody cleared amyloid plaques, slowed cognitive decline
And claims that cannabis relieves noncancer pain go up in smoke.
Daily News Podcast
Blood pressure meds cut cognitive impairment risk
And HIV infection may double patients’ stroke rate.
Conference Coverage
Mild cognitive impairment risk slashed by 19% in SPRINT MIND
Clinicians are calling blood pressure drugs the first disease-modifying therapy for MCI.
Daily News Podcast
Is fish oil’s heart benefit a fish tale?
And how pregnancy and childbirth affect dementia risk.
From the Journals
Diabetes, hypertension, smoking may raise risk for late-onset epilepsy
Race and geographic location also influenced the risk of late-onset epilepsy.
From the Journals
Omega-3 heart benefit: Just another fish tale?
Researchers find little if any evidence of cardiac benefit, but ALA may be “slightly protective.”
From the Journals
For smokers, the ends may not justify the ENDS
Smokers who used electronic nicotine delivery systems were more likely to try to quit but less likely to succeed.
News
Machine learning software boosts colonoscopists’ adenoma detection rates
Using more than 8,600 colonoscopy images researchers developed a software tool to aid colonoscopists in identifying adenomatous polyps.