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1 month ago | 
healio.com | Moira Mahoney |Christine Klimanskis
Key takeaways:Researchers did not find evidence that treatment gains from dual-focus myopia control contact lenses were lost after treatment ceased. Myopia progression at year 7 was greater in younger patients. Regardless of duration of treatment, children who stopped wearing dual-focus contact lenses for myopia control maintained prior treatment gains, with eye growth rates similar to those of untreated myopic eyes, according to a study.
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1 month ago | 
healio.com | Moira Mahoney |Heather Biele
Key takeaways:The acuity circle-based transplant system generally improved LT waiting list mortality and dropout rates. Patients waiting for a LT in a low population size area were more likely to experience mortality/dropout. Critically ill patients with a high MELD score who were waitlisted for liver transplant at centers in low-population areas were more likely to die compared with patients listed in more populated regions, according to JAMA Network Open data.
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1 month ago | 
healio.com | Moira Mahoney |Shenaz Bagha
Key takeaways: Therabot users experienced reduction in symptoms for major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder and feeding and eating disorders. Participants rated the Therabot app similarly to a human therapist. Adults showed a significant reduction in their clinical-level mental health symptoms with unrestricted access to a generative AI-powered chatbot designed for mental health treatment, according to results of a randomized trial.
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1 month ago | 
healio.com | Moira Mahoney |Kristen Dowd
Through the power of the mind-heart connection and evidence-based strategies to reduce stress and manage emotions, Just One Heart: A Cardiologist's Guide to Healing, Health, and Happiness can help readers to live a fulfilling life.
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1 month ago | 
healio.com | Moira Mahoney |Shenaz Bagha
Key takeaways:Individuals with depression and anxiety who lived alone were significantly more likely to die by suicide. The association between suicide risk and living alone was greater among men. Adults in South Korea with depression or anxiety who were living alone were significantly more likely to die by suicide compared with adults without depression or anxiety who lived with others, according to a study.
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1 month ago | 
healio.com | Moira Mahoney |Shenaz Bagha |David Goodman
This comprehensive study delves into the profound influence of social media on information dissemination, public opinion formation and the increasing tendency of individuals to seek comprehensive psychiatric evaluations. In general, the public has difficulty accessing medical and psychiatric information from qualified sources. Any communication vehicle that disseminates information so broadly that is easily accessible at no cost will be quickly adapted as a source of information.
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1 month ago | 
healio.com | Moira Mahoney |Heather Biele
Key takeaways:A cutoff of three or more cardiometabolic risk factors with high alcohol use improved stratification for liver fibrosis risk. Diabetes, high waist circumference and hypertension were linked to liver fibrosis. Incremental cardiometabolic risk factors — particularly diabetes, hypertension and high waist circumstance — were linked to increased risk for advanced liver disease among individuals with heavy alcohol use, according to study results.
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1 month ago | 
healio.com | Moira Mahoney |Heather Biele
Key takeaways: Most patients with moderate to severe CD who did not initially respond to risankizumab achieved clinical response after extension. Delayed responders also demonstrated clinical and endoscopic benefits. Patients with moderate to severe Crohn’s disease who did not achieve clinical response to IV induction with Skyrizi benefitted from an additional 12 weeks of treatment, according to study results in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
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1 month ago | 
healio.com | Moira Mahoney |Shenaz Bagha
Key takeaways:Harmful hallucinogen use or hallucinogen poisoning were the most common reasons for acute care. Risk for mortality was greater among individuals who received acute care for hallucinogens vs. alcohol. Individuals in Canada who received hospital care for hallucinogen use had greater 5-year mortality risk, especially from suicide, compared with the general population, according to a study published in Canadian Medical Association Journal.
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1 month ago | 
healio.com | Moira Mahoney |Christine Klimanskis
ORLANDO — In this Healio Video Perspective from Vision Expo East, David Kading, OD, FAAO, discusses the current and future applications of AI in eye care, particularly contact lenses. Kading, CEO of Specialty Eye in Washington state, addresses the fear that AI will replace eye care professionals. “The reality is that we’ve been utilizing artificial intelligence in our practices and in our everyday lives for years and years,” Kading said, citing the use of OCT as an example.
