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AI tool shows ‘clinically significant impact’ on completion of cancer screening
Researchers at Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed an AI-based patient navigation tool that may increase completion of colonoscopies among individuals who canceled or did not show for an initial appointment.
New class of biomimetic TAVR valve safe, feasible for severe aortic stenosis
In a first-in-human study, a new class of transcatheter heart valve demonstrated good safety and restored aortic blood flow to levels similar to a healthy aortic valve at 1 year, a speaker reported.
First-line immunotherapy benefits patients of all races with NSCLC equally
Survival rates for patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated with first-line immunotherapy did not differ based on race or other socioeconomic determinants, according to a study in National Comprehensive Cancer Network.
Race, comorbidities impact mortality risk with severe hypercholesterolemia
Electronic records data show race, sex, age and comorbidities influence mortality risk for adults with severe hypercholesterolemia and that one in four of these high-risk patients is not prescribed statin therapy.
Socio-racial characteristics may affect outcomes in primary myelofibrosis
Study results presented at Society of Hematologic Oncology Annual Meeting highlight the potential effect that socio-racial characteristics may have on outcomes of patients with primary myelofibrosis.
New-onset hypertension more common after COVID-19 than after influenza
The incidence of new-onset persistent hypertension is greater in patients with COVID-19 than in those with influenza, researchers reported in Hypertension.
Valve repair helps in HF, severe mitral regurgitation, even in patients with malnutrition
In patients with HF and severe secondary mitral regurgitation, transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair reduced mortality and HF hospitalization regardless of whether patients had malnutrition, new data from the COAPT trial show.
Hearts from donors with COVID-19 at time of death may confer worse survival for recipients
Transplant recipients with donor hearts from people who had active COVID-19 at time of death had worse 6-month and 1-year survival outcomes than those who had hearts from donors recovered from or without COVID-19, researchers reported.
Delays in time to cancer treatment linked to demographic, socioeconomic disparities
Certain clinical and socioeconomic factors appeared to predict delays in time to treatment initiation among patients with various cancer types, according to study results published in JCO Oncology Practice.
VIDEO: How to overcome social determinants of health and improve diabetes care
In this video exclusive, Jonathan D. Leffert, MD, talks with Alyson K. Myers, MD, about disparities people with diabetes face and how those social determinants of health impact outcomes.