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A novel primary care optometry-based diabetic retinopathy service served as an efficient, safe alternative to hospital services and offered advantages over virtual clinics, according to a study conducted in the U.K. and published in Eye.

Low income corresponded with a higher risk for death among individuals with type 2 diabetes, a South Korean-based cohort analysis published in JAMA Network Open suggested.

Nearly half of adolescents who vape nicotine — and almost three-quarters of near-daily users — do so for relaxation, according to study findings published in Pediatrics.

ORLANDO — Primary prevention programs for substance abuse should use strategies like those aimed at stress management and navigation of group dynamics, according to a speaker the Lifestyle Medicine Conference.

NEW YORK — In this Healio Video Perspective from OSN New York Retina, Lejla Vajzovic, MD, FASRS, of Duke Eye Center in Durham, North Carolina, discusses the adoption of therapies for the treatment of geographic atrophy.

In families with genetic epilepsy and febrile seizures, relatives who showed higher polygenic risk scores were more likely to have an epilepsy diagnosis along with a more severe phenotype, according to new research.

Leqselvi demonstrated clinically meaningful improvements long-term in adults with alopecia areata, Sun Pharma announced in a press release.

Although reported cases remain high, there are signs the STI epidemic in the United States is slowing after years of record numbers, the CDC said Tuesday.

The American Joint Replacement Registry released its 2024 report on trends in arthroplasty, according to a presenter at the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Annual Meeting.

Significant barriers to divorce during pregnancy and reproductive health care led to serious health risks among pregnant or recently pregnant women in the U.S. between 2018 and 2021, according to results of a cross-sectional study.