A team of researchers created a prognostic nomogram that accurately predicted risk factors associated with mortality in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 based on individual features, according to data published in Chest.“As the pandemic evolves, it is urgent that the risk factors associated with fatal outcomes be identified,” Ruchong Chen, MD, of the National Clinical Research
Precise diagnoses that target specific dog and cat allergens can improve treatment and enable people with pet allergies to spend long, happy lives together with…
Physician empathy was inversely associated with several health outcomes among adults with chronic low back pain, such as pain intensity and back-related disability, a study…
An investigational exosome-based liquid biopsy showed better than 90% accuracy for detecting early-stage pancreatic cancer among U.S.-based participants in a prospective multicenter study. When combined…
An investigation of mpox cases during a 2023 outbreak revealed that cases were likely due to frequent behaviors associated with mpox transmission despite most patients…
An investigational exosome-based liquid biopsy showed better than 90% accuracy for detecting early-stage pancreatic cancer among U.S.-based participants in a prospective multicenter study. When combined…
Among patients with bronchiectasis, disease severity was higher with a blood eosinophil count less than 50 cells/L or higher than 300 cells/L, according to results…
Among habitual waterpipe smokers, brachial and aortic blood pressure, as well as heart rate, rose after 30-minute outdoor use of the pipe, according to results…
Approximately 77,000 people in the U.S. have hypoparathyroidism due to absent or subphysiological levels of parathyroid hormone. About 75% of cases are the result of…
Patients receiving daily tofacitinib doses of 10 mg for rheumatoid arthritis demonstrate an increased risk for venous thromboembolism and pulmonary embolism, compared with those taking…
Among patients with tuberculosis in high-incidence countries, more than 80% did not report persistent cough and more than 60% did not report cough all together,…
