SGLT2 Inhibitors Linked
Association of SGLT2 Inhibitor With Stroke in Type 2 Diabetes With Diabetic Retinopathy: A Multicenter Electronic Health Record Data Study https://t.co/AcdrF0K9sd https://t.co/Un3NeLFsGD
3D Retinal AI Beats 2D Models, Detects Six Diseases
A new AI system built for 3D retinal scans identified six of eight retinal diseases more accurately than a model trained on 2D images. The improvement held across multiple clinical sites and imaging methods. ophthalmology
CMS Contradicts Lawmakers' Promise to Shield Cancer Patients
Lawmakers promised cancer patients would be protected from Medicaid cuts. Now CMS says otherwise https://t.co/ssiinnHHWH via @statnews
Human‑augmented AI Screening Saves $1.3M, Adds 14.7 QALYs
A cost-effectiveness assessment of using AI in disease screening (modeling) "Implementing an annual ‘copilot’ strategy in all ages would save US$1.32 million while gaining 14.73 quality-adjusted life years over a lifetime [per 100,000 people]" "Our findings demonstrate the indispensable role of human...
Doctors Miss Celiac When Symptoms Aren’t Textbook
A healthy 19 year old lost 40 pounds and could barely think. Every doctor said it was anxiety. She diagnosed herself off a video, asked to be tested, and was told she probably did not have it because she had...
Most Cardiovascular Events Follow Poorly Managed Risk Factors
Very High Prevalence of Nonoptimally Controlled Traditional Risk Factors at the Onset of Cardiovascular Disease ⚡️"These results not only challenge claims that CHD events frequently occur without antecedent major risk factors but also demonstrate that other CVD events, including HF or...
Real-Time Health Tech Boosts Billings Clinic’s Vast Coordination
Delivering care across 200,000 square miles takes more than coordination. With @OracleHealth's real-time health system solutions, Billings Clinic is aligning operations, improving visibility, and helping teams respond faster across its vast network. https://t.co/Lr99v7SjqV
Air Pollution Accelerates Brain Aging, Boosts Dementia Risk
Accelerated biological aging and brain structural alterations linking air pollution to dementia risk: a prospective cohort study "Our findings support the association between air pollution and dementia, as well as a reduction in global and several regional brain volumes. Notably, biological...
EHR Adoption: Ongoing Journey, Not One‑Time Project
The biggest risk with EHR adoption? Treating it like a one-time project. The reality: it’s an ongoing journey. Explore how leading orgs are approaching it: https://t.co/38z6rNwA6Q @MedTechSolLLC #HIMSS26 #healthtech
Medicare Home Health Fraud Costs $520 Million in 2008
New @nberpubs: "Medicare Home Health Fraud: How Much, Where, and Who?" https://t.co/HN9dHRMwFB "We estimate that in 2008, 3.4% of Medicare home health spending — about $520 million — was billed by fraudulent HHAs." https://t.co/cOJO4vK56p
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New @nberpubs: "An Unfunded Mandate? Medicaid Continuous Coverage Requirements and State Fiscal Burdens During COVID-19" https://t.co/LEqAlzf02u "states’ share of the continuous coverage provision's costs was $139.2 billion, which is roughly $11.0 billion less than the revenues states received"
ACA Cuts Uninsured, Shifts Some to Public Coverage
New @nberpubs: "How Efficient was the Affordable Care Act at Reducing Uninsured Rates?" https://t.co/nj65PfrB3o "For adults with incomes between 151%–400% FPL, each percentage point increase in public coverage was associated with about a 0.6 percentage point decrease in uninsured and a...
Treatment Reactivates Sluggish Healing Genes in Aging Skin
The treatment seemed to wake up healing pathways that are normally sluggish in older tissue. Gene activity increased in areas tied to wound repair, including collagen production, blood vessel growth, tissue remodeling, and other processes needed to close and strengthen...
Novo Nordisk Backs Enobosarm, Canaccord Sets $25 Target
Canaccord note out on on $VERU (from earlier) - BUY rating and $25 Price TGT "Supply agreement with Novo Nordisk shows Big Pharma players in obesity are watching enobosarm play out clinically" We view this as...
Blood Test Predicts Lung Cancer Risk Years Early
A very impressive study for how we could prevent lung cancer more than 5 years before it is diagnosed. Using machine learning, discovery of a 14-plasma protein signature of risk that predicts responsiveness to an antibody therapy to interleukin, IL-1β Validated...