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AI scribes cut doctor paperwork but raise accuracy concerns18:36 Artificial intelligence tools are being touted as a solution for so-called pajama time – the time doctors inevitably spend compiling patient notes after working hours. Marital breakups can impact vulnerability decades later in old age18:36 Marital breakups do not only have immediate consequences, typical of the moment when cohabitation ends. High-nicotine vape use surged among young adults in the United States18:36 High-nicotine vape use surged by 80% among US 18-24 year olds between 2017 and 2022, and was associated with large increases in daily vaping and nicotine dependence, finds a data analysis published online in the journal Tobacco Control. Mayo Clinic surgeon explains the benefits of surgery for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy18:36 Hearing that someone you love may need heart surgery can be scary, especially when you're also trying to understand an unfamiliar heart condition. CHLA becomes first hospital on the West Coast to implant spring rods for children with scoliosis18:36 Children's Hospital Los Angeles recently became the first pediatric hospital on the West Coast to implant an innovative new system of spring-based rods in children with early onset scoliosis (EOS). Disease outbreak experience alters food safety behaviors in macaque monkeys18:04 In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, many households wiped down groceries with disinfectant before putting them away. Cold-water immersion lacks superiority for recovering muscle strength18:04 Cold-water immersion is a popular post-workout recovery strategy, but new research suggests it may offer no greater benefit to muscle strength recovery than heat-based methods. Biological framework tracks postpartum vulvar tissue recovery timelines18:04 A new biological model published in Sexual Medicine Reviews by Oxford University Press addresses why pain with sex after childbirth-reported by 60% of women at three months-persists for some long after hormones return to normal. ECOG-ACRIN opens trial testing ivonescimab for aggressive bile duct cancer18:04 The ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group (ECOG-ACRIN) announced today that it will open a randomized, registration-enabling phase 2/3 clinical trial to evaluate ivonescimab combined with chemotherapy as first-line treatment for patients with advanced biliary tract cancer (BTC). Earned Income Tax Credit expansion negatively affected child development outcomes16:58 As part of US welfare reforms in the 1990s to provide adequate financial support to low-income families while avoiding disincentivizing work, policymakers expanded the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). |