MedPage Today) — Rates of child sexual abuse (CSA) fell after a community-wide preventive intervention in five Pennsylvania counties, a population cohort study suggested. Within 1 year of intervention launch, CSA reports were significantly reduced…
Interpretation of the LIME explainability outputs for each group. Cortical projection of the total contribution of each ROI (left) and its association with one of the 7 resting-state networks. The Dorsal attention network is distinctively necessary to discriminate the presence of a lesion. Credit: IEEE Access (2025). DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3529179 Stroke is a leading cause of
MedPage Today) — The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) said no to an independent board for cardiology, according to an announcement by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) on Friday. The proposal for an American Board of Cardiovascular…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new study from the University of Missouri School of Medicine suggests putting weight on an ankle—also known as weight bearing—within three weeks of recovering from a surgically repaired fracture is safe. There are no set guidelines to follow on when patients can start putting weight on fractured ankle bones, and
Almost half of people who experience sudden cardiac death were never diagnosed with cardiovascular disease (CVD) before it was too late, warned investigators. “A substantial number of deaths happen in people we don’t see in the cardiac ward,” said Tobias Skjelbred, MD, a cardiologist at Copenhagen University Hospital and lead author of a new nationwide
MedPage Today) — Despite concerns, there was no significant increase in sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) among young athletes during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to national surveillance data. Comparing prepandemic and pandemic periods, the numbers…
A software robot has proved to be faster than doctors at detecting side effects during a drug treatment for cardiac arrhythmia, while also cutting unnecessarily frequent follow-up lab tests and controls, according to a study at the University of Gothenburg…
Sports-related sudden cardiac arrest (Sr-SCA) happens infrequently in Canada, though the incidents are widely witnessed and publicized, according to new data from five provinces. The high rate of survival (52%) was surprising and gratifying, coauthor Paul Dorian, MD, MSc, cardiologist at Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute at Unity Health Toronto…
A postpartum intervention that prescheduled an annual primary care provider (PCP) appointment for pregnant participants increased their likelihood of visiting their PCP within the year after delivery, according to research presented at the Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine 2025 Pregnancy Meeting. Prenatal visits during pregnancy often comprise a period of “high health activation and motivation for
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Several cardiovascular risk factors, such as advanced age and smoking history, are prevalent among lung cancer patients at the time of the diagnosis and increase their risk of future heart disease, according to a new study being presented at ACC’s Advancing the Cardiovascular Care of the Oncology Patient course. Comprehensive assessments