[ Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbots respond to everyday health-related questions from general users with nearly 76% accuracy, which raises concerns about their trustworthiness in real-world client-facing applications, according to a new study led by Penn State researchers. Source link

[ New results from the Phase III SUNRISE clinical trial show that tezepelumab significantly reduced the need for long-term oral corticosteroid use in adults with severe oral corticosteroid-dependent asthma while maintaining asthma control and improving key clinical outcomes. The findings were published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. Source link

[ Chikungunya virus, which is transmitted to people by infected Aedes mosquitoes and characterized by high fever and intense joint swelling and pain, has made a resurgence in many countries around the world in recent years. Source link

[ Credit: Shu-Han Chen / St. Paul’s Hospital / National Taiwan University Osteoporosis is a silent disease where bone loss develops gradually before fractures occur. Current clinical screening recommendations mainly focus on older women and selected high-risk groups, leaving some men, younger adults, and individuals with normal body weight completely …

[ In 1959, a young doctor named David Sackett stumbled on a clinical trial that would change his life—and most of ours. The study showed that conventional wisdom on bed rest in medicine was wrong. And it helped lead Sackett and others to develop evidence-based medicine, in which doctors today …

[ Workflow for prediction of 177Lu-PSMA therapy absorbed dose using pre-therapy 18F-PSMA PET/CT. Credit: SNMMI. A new machine-learning approach for prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) could estimate radiation dose to tumors and healthy organs before therapy begins. Using data already available from pre-therapy PET/CT …

[ Credit: Satheesh Cholakkal from Pexels Health authorities in the Northern Territory have issued warnings for residents and visitors to avoid mosquito bites after two people from Alice Springs died from Murray Valley encephalitis. It’s a reminder that mosquitoes in many parts of Australia can be more than just a …

[ Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new study from Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve University has found that geographic location remains an important factor in access to donor lungs in the United States, even after recent updates to the national lung allocation system changed how donor lungs are distributed. …

[ You probably have at least one “super fit” friend. Maybe they’re a marathon runner, a footy player or a keen hiker. To keep themselves healthy, they may stick to a strict exercise regimen and only eat certain foods. But in most cases, these people would likely struggle to play …

[ Most breast cancer patients in Uganda and Ethiopia are diagnosed too late, and many lack access to life-saving treatment. Tove Ekdahl Hjelm defends her thesis “Early-onset breast cancer in East Africa: genetics, tumor characteristics and clinical management” on June 5, where she highlights deficiencies in access to adequate care, …

[ Mouse spermatocyte (left) and seminiferous tubule (right) visualized by high-resolution microscopy. Credit: Autonomous University of Barcelona A study led by researchers at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and the Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute (IJC) along with researchers from Rutgers University (U.S.) has identified the Sirtuin 7 (SIRT7) …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Researchers have found that consuming lower amounts of protein-rich foods may negatively affect physical functioning as people grow older, underscoring the vital function protein plays in preserving mobility and muscle strength in adulthood. In a large aging cohort study published in the journal Nutrients, the …

[ Many people living with dementia never receive an accurate diagnosis, in part because Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and related conditions are notoriously difficult to tell apart and often occur together. Now, a new tool based on artificial intelligence and a simple blood draw may provide clarity. Source link

[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Switching off an enzyme that plays an important role in sugar metabolism, glycolysis, would normally be expected to cause serious problems for cells. Surprisingly, the opposite is also true: Cells can become highly resistant to a specific form of cell death known as ferroptosis.⮐ Unexpectedly, …

[ Pediatric patients with obesity undergoing adenotonsillectomy (AT) face longer operating times, according to a study published online May 21 in the Ear, Nose & Throat Journal. Source link

In a memo released by the White House on Friday, Capt Sean Barbabella said Trump, who turns 80 next month, has “strong cardiac, pulmonary, neurological and overall physical function” and is “fully fit to carry out all duties of the Commander-in-Chief and Head of State”. BBC News

[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In an editorial published in the New England Journal of Medicine, University of Michigan Health hepatologist Anna S. Lok, M.D., hails newly announced results of the B-Well clinical trials as “a major step toward a functional cure for hepatitis B virus infection.” The results, published …

[ Dr. James Mu had braced for the call that came in late January. A patient from his rural Northern California county had measles, a disease so rare there that many physicians have never treated a case. While California has some of the strictest vaccine laws in the country, conservative …

[ by Antonio R. Moreno Poyato, Khadija El Abidi El Ghazouani, Sara Sanchez-Balcells, The Conversation Credit: kaboompics.com from Pexels Being admitted to a mental health unit can be one of the most vulnerable moments in a person’s life. They often arrive in the midst of a crisis, and are fearful, …

[ Having a preexisting autoimmune disease is an independent risk factor for poor outcomes with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), according to a study published in the June issue of Clinical Immunology. Ning Wu, from the Peking University Institute of Hematology and National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease in Beijing, and …