Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New research being presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Venice, Italy (12-15 May) has for the first time quantified the impact of different aspects of childhood obesity on long-term health and life expectancy. The modeling by stradoo GmbH, a life sciences consultancy in Munich, Germany, presented by Dr….
In a recent study published in the journal Nature Medicine, an international team of researchers evaluated the effects of semaglutide on weight and anthropometric outcomes, as well as safety and tolerability, in adults with obesity but without diabetes, across different baseline body mass index (BMI) categories. Study: Long-term weight loss effects of semaglutide in obesity…
TOPLINE: Skipping standard axillary lymph node dissection led to very low rates of axillary recurrence in patients with node-positive breast cancer who became node-negative following neoadjuvant chemotherapy, and these rates did not differ significantly between patients who underwent sentinel lymph node biopsy or targeted axillary dissection, new research suggests. METHODOLOGY: There are limited data on…
SmarterDx closed a $50 million Series B funding round on Tuesday, bringing the startup’s total funding to date to $71 million. The New York-based company is a healthcare AI startup that provides clinical review and quality audits for medical claims. The company was founded in 2020 after Dr. Michael Gao, who was a physician at…
A new mental health online tool aims to offer personalised advice and information on issues like stress, sleep, low mood and anxiety. ‘My Mental Health Plan’ provides people with a tailored mental health plan in response to a short questionnaire about how they feel. Advice offered ranges from information and self-help resources to clear signposting…
Seoul-based medical equipment maker Samsung Medison has recently agreed to fully purchase Sonio, a foetal ultrasound AI company in France, for 126 billion won ($92 million). The four-year-old French startup has been developing IT solutions for obstetrics and gynaecology ultrasound, assisting medical professionals in documenting and evaluating ultrasound examinations. Last year, it obtained the United States…
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Until recently, getting an MRI meant traveling to the hospital. But a new generation of more affordable and highly portable MRI (pMRI) devices are rapidly reshaping neuroimaging research and clinical care. The scanner will now come to you. That means the time is ripe for a related innovation: neuroimaging counseling. While portable MRI is emerging…
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The internationally recognized body-mass index (BMI) cutoff point for obesity may not be appropriate for middle-aged and older men and women (aged 40–80 years), according to research being presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Venice, Italy (12-15 May). Increased body-fat proportions in the over-40s suggest that a…
In emergency rooms and intensive care units across the country, clinicians make split-second decisions about which antibiotics to give a patient when a life-threatening infection is suspected. A new U-M study reveals that these decisions may have unintended consequences for patient outcomes. Beginning in 2015, a 15-month national shortage of a commonly prescribed antibiotic, piperacillin/tazobactam,…
