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SAN DIEGO — Renal angina indices may help predict AKI risk in patients who are critically ill and hospitalized in the ICU, according to data presented at ASN Kidney Week.

Women who reported experiencing homelessness during the year before giving birth were more likely to have delayed prenatal care and develop hypertension, diabetes and postpartum depression vs. women who reported adequate housing, data show.

Time-restricted eating can improve the health of individuals with metabolic syndrome, who are on the precipice of type 2 diabetes, heart disease and other health complications, according to an expert.

ORLANDO — A survey found Black women were less likely to seek treatment for certain highly bothersome aesthetic concerns, according to a speaker at the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery Annual Meeting.

Suicide rates for individuals diagnosed with cancer increased over the past 2 decades, according to results of a retrospective study.

ORLANDO — Patients with breast cancer who participated in a program focusing on lifestyle medicine principles increased habits that could improve survivorship outcomes, according to a poster presented at the Lifestyle Medicine Conference.

CHICAGO — In this Healio Video Perspective from Eyecelerator@AAO, Sujay Jadhav, CEO of Verana Health, discusses two of the company’s new data collection modules which launched during the AAO meeting.

SAN ANTONIO — Access to GLP-1 medications is potentially impacted by care site, payer type and demographics, highlighting gaps in care that disproportionately affect certain patient subgroups, according to a presentation at ObesityWeek.

In this episode, guest Anthony Chang, MD, discusses the benefits of artificial intelligence and its potential to improve health care.

SAN ANTONIO — Petrelintide, a novel once-weekly amylin analog, was well-tolerated in a cohort of healthy people with overweight or obesity, while conferring up to 8.6% weight loss at 16 weeks, a speaker reported.