EpiWatch wins FDA clearance for Apple Watch seizure management app
EpiWatch, the Apple Watch-based epilepsy management company spun out from Johns Hopkins, announced it received FDA 510(k) clearance for its...
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Shaken baby syndrome can cause permanent brain damage, long-term disabilities or death
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In the early 1990s when I was a young pediatrician, I was responsible for evaluating children...
Those who’ve done it feel misunderstood, study finds
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Gender detransitioning—going back to living as the gender one was assigned at birth, or identifying differently—is...
Refined test could improve Parkinson’s disease diagnosis
Schematic diagram of end-point dilution (ED) RT-QuIC assay for quantifying pathological αSynD seeds. Credit: PLOS Pathogens (2024). DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012554 A...
Do eggs really make you constipated? A gut expert on what the evidence says
Credit: Julian Jagtenberg from Pexels You might've heard too many eggs make you constipated. Influencers on Instagram claim it too....
Statins linked to reduced liver cancer risk in major cohort study
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Harvard Medical School researchers have found that statin use significantly reduces the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma...
Chatbots show signs of anxiety, study finds
by I. Edwards Turns out, even artificial intelligence (AI) needs to take a breather sometimes. A new study suggests that...
Tribal Health Leaders Say Medicaid Cuts Would Decimate Health Programs
Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez As Congress mulls potentially massive cuts to federal Medicaid funding, health centers that serve Native American communities,...
3 Medications You Can’t Stop Suddenly; One Is Taken By Millions
It's not always easy to stop certain medications once you have started them. Abruptly discontinuing some common drugs can lead...
How might ACL surgery increase the risk of knee osteoarthritis?
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Some individuals who have had anterior-cruciate-ligament reconstruction (ACLR), the kind of surgery often performed on athletes'...
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