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2023

ChatGPT Equals Doctors in Diagnosing Emergency Department Patients

ChatGPT Equals Doctors in Diagnosing Emergency Department PatientsMONDAY, Sept. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Emergency medicine doctors someday might rely on consultation from artificial intelligence (AI) programs like ChatGPT to help them quickly and accurately diagnose patients’ ailments.A new study found that ChatGPT performed about as well as human doctors in diagnosing patients, when both are given the same set of clinical information.“In the end, they were pretty comparable,” said senior researcher Steef Kurstjens, a clinical chemist with Jeroen Bosch Hospital in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. “And as they're pretty comparable, [AI] might be helpful to speed up the process or enhance the amount of diagnoses at the emergency department.”For the study, two-doctor teams and the artificial intelligence program each reviewed physician’s...

Heavy Drinking Tied to Dangerous Buildup of Fat Around...

18 September 2023
Heavy Drinking Tied to Dangerous Buildup of Fat Around Heart, LiverMONDAY, Sept. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Before pouring another drink, consider this sobering new research: Heavy drinkers can develop fat around the heart, leading to heart failure and other cardiac problems.This so-called pericardial fat is associated with increased risk of heart disease. Researchers also linked heavy drinking to excess fat deposits around the liver and kidneys, which can result in diseases of these organs, too."The accumulation of fats in these areas, especially at the heart, has been linked to higher risk of heart disease like heart failure, atrial fibrillation as well as coronary heart disease, which is the major killer of U.S. adults," said lead researcher Dr. Richard Kazibwe, an assistant professor of internal medicine at Wake Forest University School of...

Older Americans' Finances Decline in Years Before...

18 September 2023
Older Americans` Finances Decline in Years Before Dementia DiagnosisMONDAY, Sept. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Perhaps succumbing to fraudsters or facing mounting bills, older Americans begin losing wealth in the years preceding a definitive dementia diagnosis, new research shows.For example, the median household net worth of the seniors in the study dropped by more than half in the eight years before they were diagnosed with dementia, but dipped much less for folks who retained their mental capacity, according to a team reporting Sept. 18 in the journal JAMA Neurology."Household wealth, especially financial wealth, declined much faster among people with probable [undiagnosed] dementia than [healthy] controls during the decade before dementia onset," concluded researchers led by Jing Li. She works at the Comparative Health Outcomes, Policy, and...

Kim Kardashian Just Got a Whole-Body MRI Scan. Should You?

18 September 2023
Kim Kardashian Just Got a Whole-Body MRI Scan. Should You?MONDAY, Sept. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Whole-body MRI scans are the latest health fad to be promoted by celebrities, with Kim Kardashian taking to Instagram last month to tout the practice.But doctors are warning that such whole-body scans, while tempting, are pricey and not all that accurate.In fact, the average person is more likely to be unnecessarily harmed by having a whole-body MRI than helped by catching a disease early, according to a recent report in the American Journal of Roentgenology.In her post, Kardashian said the whole-body MRI scan "has the ability to detect cancer and diseases such as aneurysms in its earliest stages, before symptoms arise."But about 15% to 30% of all imaging tests, and 20% to 40% of CT scans, detect abnormalities in a person’s body that...

ADHD Drug Errors Among Kids Have Quadrupled in 20 Years

18 September 2023
ADHD Drug Errors Among Kids Have Quadrupled in 20 YearsMONDAY, Sept. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Over 3 million American children now take medication for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but new research shows medication errors have spiked nearly 300% in the past two decades for these kids.The increase in ADHD medication errors parallels the increase in ADHD diagnoses, said study co-author Dr. Gary Smith, director of the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.“Because therapeutic errors are preventable, more attention should be given to patient and caregiver education, and development of improved child-resistant medication dispensing and tracking systems,” Smith suggested. “Another strategy may be a transition from pill bottles to unit-dose packaging, like blister...

Pediatricians' Group Warns Against Keto Diet for Kids With Diabetes

18 September 2023
Pediatricians` Group Warns Against Keto Diet for Kids With DiabetesMONDAY, Sept. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Low-carb diets may be all the rage, but they're not for kids with diabetes, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).In a new report, the AAP says that low-carbohydrate diets cannot be recommended for children or teenagers with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes. That's because there's little evidence they're helpful, but there are concerns about restricting kids' diets to that degree.Instead, the AAP encourages families to focus on cutting out "bad" carbs: sugary drinks, sweets and other processed foods that are low in nutrients. Just as important, kids should get enough healthy carbs, including vegetables, beans and fiber-rich grains.The "keto" diet and similar ones popular among adults can put very strict limits on carbs, with a...

1 in 4 Older, Low-Income Americans Are Uninsured

18 September 2023
1 in 4 Older, Low-Income Americans Are UninsuredMONDAY, Sept. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- As people age, health issues tend to mount, but roughly a quarter of low-income adults over 65 have no medical insurance.That’s the age when most Americans become eligible for Medicare, the federal health insurance for seniors. But many of the uninsured seniors are Hispanic Americans who aren't eligible for that coverage, or lower income people who may not be able to afford Medicare premiums.“It’s particularly concerning to think of older adults not having health insurance, given that the prevalence of disease and related complications increase with age,” said study first author Nathalie Huguet, an associate professor of family medicine at Oregon Health & Sciences University.“It’s more challenging to manage health conditions in the...

In Public Spaces, Women Less Likely to Get CPR If Cardiac Arrest Strikes

18 September 2023
In Public Spaces, Women Less Likely to Get CPR If Cardiac Arrest StrikesMONDAY, Sept. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- CPR could save your life if you suffer cardiac arrest in a public place, but you're less likely to receive it if you're a woman, a new study finds.The findings were presented Monday at the European Emergency Medicine Congress, in Barcelona.“In an emergency when someone is unconscious and not breathing properly, in addition to calling an ambulance, bystanders should give CPR. This will give the patient a much better chance of survival and recovery,” co-author Dr. Alexis Cournoyer, a researcher at Sacred Heart Hospital of Montreal, said in a meeting news release. Co-author Sylvie Cossette, a nurse researcher at the Montreal Heart Institute, said the study was meant to uncover factors that might discourage people from delivering CPR.“Our...

Study Debunks Notion That Antidepressant Might Ease...

MONDAY, Sept. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A clinical trial designed to test repurposed medications for their impact on fighting COVID-19 has found no benefit to taking the antidepressant...

Doctors Often Wary of Asking Patients About Guns in the Home

MONDAY, Sept. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- It's an important health topic, but both adult patients and their primary care doctors shy away from discussing firearms and gun safety, a new survey...
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