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health and medical technology
31 posts
Sleep-Wake Changes Flag Dementia Risk in Women
[ad_1] TOPLINE: Increasing 24-hour sleepiness in women in their 80s was associated with a doubling in risk for…
April 4, 2025
Mental Health AI Chatbot Rivals Human-Based Tx in Less Time
[ad_1] A generative artificial intelligence (Gen-AI)–powered therapy chatbot known as Therabot was associated with significant reductions in several…
April 2, 2025
New Smartwatch Metric Points to Overall Heart Health
[ad_1] Wearable technologies such as smartwatches are providing physicians with new ways to monitor their patients’ health and…
March 30, 2025
Midlife Diet Quality Linked to Brain Changes in Later Life
[ad_1] TOPLINE: Maintaining a healthy diet and a lower waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) throughout midlife was associated with improved…
March 27, 2025
Being Married May Increase Risk of Overweight, Obesity
[ad_1] TOPLINE: Married men and women experience higher risk for overweight and obesity in adulthood, although being married…
March 14, 2025
An ‘Epidemiologic Nightmare’: Microplastics and GI Health
[ad_1] This transcript has been edited for clarity. Hello. I’m Dr David Johnson, professor of medicine and chief…
February 4, 2025
Vitamin K Reduces Nighttime Leg Cramps
[ad_1] TOPLINE: Vitamin K supplementation significantly reduced the frequency, intensity, and duration of nocturnal leg cramps in older…
November 12, 2024
Can Weight Loss Drugs Also Treat Addiction?
[ad_1] A new study provides more evidence that glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) used to treat…
October 18, 2024
Induction Chemotherapy Boosts Survival in Cervical Cancer
[ad_1] TOPLINE: Induction chemotherapy followed by chemoradiotherapy improves 5-year overall survival rates in advanced cervical cancer from 72%…
October 17, 2024
How Are Ultra-Processed Foods Fueling the Obesity Epidemic?
[ad_1] TOPLINE: The consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) leads to weight gain and increased energy intake, perhaps in…
October 8, 2024