Yale School Of Medicine

Radionuclide bone scans may not correlate with other radiographic and clinical findings and are not warranted for the diagnosis of enchondromas of the humerus, according to published results.

Fetal estrogens, considered “weak” steroid hormones detectable only during pregnancy, may improve the risk-benefit profile for the treatment of menopausal symptoms compared with current therapies, according to a speaker.

Between 2003 and 2018, the United States recorded an average of eight cases of eastern equine encephalitis per year. Last year, there were 38 cases of the mosquito-borne disease, including 15 deaths.

An automated decision support tool for optimizing insulin pump settings was noninferior to intensive insulin titration provided by physicians from specialized academic diabetes centers, according to data from a randomized controlled trial.

Flavorings combine with solvents in electronic cigarettes to produce unstable chemicals that may cause respiratory effects in users, according to new data presented at the virtual European Respiratory Society International Congress.

Among patients with acute MI, cardiogenic shock and multivessel CAD, multivessel PCI was associated with elevated risk for in-hospital complications and mortality compared with culprit-lesion-only PCI, researchers reported.

People with diabetes who use a “hacked” hybrid closed-loop insulin delivery system continue to need clinical support to create initial settings, adjust settings over time and ensure such settings promote safety, according to a speaker.

Women with peripheral artery disease were more likely to have depressive symptoms compared with men, researchers found.

Chemotherapy is known to increase a woman’s risk for infertility, and women with BRCA mutations have lower ovarian reserves and higher risk for developing breast cancer.

Adults with heart failure assigned the SGLT2 inhibitor dapagliflozin had a 32% lower risk for new-onset type 2 diabetes over 18 months of follow-up vs. placebo, according to a planned analysis of DAPA-HF trial data.