AAO: Machine Learning Outperforms Human Graders for Diagnosing Glaucoma
Human and machine learning vertical cup-disc-ratio explained 17 and 31 percent of glaucoma status variance in right eye, 20 and 35 percent of variance in left eye
Macrovascular Infiltration May Predict Cancer Mortality
Spikes in circulating tumor cell clusters identified immediately preceding death
Recommendations Issued for Surveillance of Barrett Esophagus
Conditional recommendation in favor of surveillance for nondysplastic BE, against surveillance for columnar-lined esophagus <1 cm
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Oct. 11-14
Hormone Tx Linked to Incidence, Risk for Autoimmune Disease Postmenopause
Significant increases in risk were observed for all autoimmune diseases except Graves disease and autoimmune hepatitis
Medicaid Expansion Tied to Smaller Declines in Early-Stage Cancer Detection
Smaller declines seen in early-stage cancer diagnosis during COVID-19 pandemic in adults aged 18 to 44 years, men, those with high comorbidity burden
Primary Care Physicians Spend 61.8 Hours/Week Caring for Patient Panel
For a full-time PCP, this translates to a median of 1.7 hours per patient per year
AAO: Office-Based Cataract Surgery Safe, Efficient With Oral Sedation
Intraoperative complication rate was 0.14 percent, with no sedation adverse events and no cases aborted after sedation initiation
Health Outcomes in Older Women Improved With 4,000 Steps Per Day a Couple Days...
4,000 steps tied to lower mortality and cardiovascular disease risk, while more steps were tied to even better outcomes
Metabolomics, Proteomics Improve Prediction of Elevated BP in Teens
Metabolite-, protein-based models with known risk factors outperformed risk factor-only models for predicting EBP reductions after bariatric surgery
