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<乌鸦传媒>Fewer False Positives With ECG for Young Athletes

SAN FRANCISCO -- When screening high school athletes for cardiac abnormalities, an electrocardiogram (ECG) interpreted using athlete-specific criteria had a lower false-positive rate than a history and physical examination, researchers found.

<乌鸦传媒>Cutting Sugar May Ease IBS in Kids

CHICAGO -- A diet low in foods with certain sugars known as FODMAPs appears to reduce symptoms in children diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome, researchers said here.

<乌鸦传媒>Dieting Shrinks Liver, Eases Gall Bladder Surgery

CHICAGO -- A 2-week-long restrictive diet appears to shrink obese patients鈥� livers enough to make gall bladder laparoscopic surgery quicker and easier, researchers reported here.

<乌鸦传媒>APA Meeting Highlights Mental Health Biology

NEW YORK CITY -- The biological basis for normal and abnormal mental function is emerging as a dominant theme in psychiatry research, and the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting that starts here Saturday won't be an exception.

<乌鸦传媒>Prime Time: No Annual Exams? No Way, SGIM Members Say

SAN DIEGO -- A recommendation from the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) to do away with annual checkups for asymptomatic adults evoked strong emotions in its membership.

<乌鸦传媒>How To Get Medicare To Cover A Spa Trip

Good news for doctors who think their patients need a trip to the spa: Medicare will reimburse, with only two catches.

<乌鸦传媒>Forget Glucometers, Use Voodoo Dolls Instead: That's Improbable!

A weekly report from our friends at Improbable Research.

<乌鸦传媒>White Boys More Likely to Be Color Blind

Color blindness is not colorblind, as it appears to afflict Caucasian boys at three times the rate of African-American boys, according to a new study.

<乌鸦传媒>Do Fat Teens Face an Early Death?

Life expectancy gains seen over the last half-century do not appear to extend to adults who were overweight or obese in adolescence, according to a large study spanning several decades.

<乌鸦传媒>Higher BMI May Be Better for Older Adults

Adults over 65 at the high end of the healthy body mass index range were at lower risk of mortality, and those at the low end were at highest risk, according to a recent meta-analysis.

<乌鸦传媒>Environmental Factors Tied to Autism Clusters

An analysis of an insurance claims database of 100 million patients has found clustering of autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability in counties across the U.S.

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Approves Headband Device for Migraine

A headband delivering electrical nerve stimulation can prevent onset of migraine headaches and can be marketed for that purpose in the U.S., the FDA said Tuesday.

<乌鸦传媒>Parent's Death Has Long-Term Effect on Kids' Grades

The death of a mother or father in childhood was associated with lower grades and school failure in adolescence, but the effect was less pronounced when such things as mental health were taken into account, researchers found.

<乌鸦传媒>Spiriva Cuts Flares in Heavily Treated Asthma

SAN DIEGO -- Tiotropium (Spiriva) Respimat improved lung function and cut exacerbations in severe asthma patients who had already maxed out other treatment options, pooled analysis of two phase III trials showed.

<乌鸦传媒>Patch May Be Safer Peanut Allergy Therapy

SAN DIEGO -- A skin patch offered peanut-allergy immunotherapy without risk of systemic reactions but also with questionable efficacy, a pilot trial showed.

<乌鸦传媒>Can You Get Paid For Prescribing Exercise?

How do doctors get reimbursed when they prescribe exercise? We asked Jordan Metzl, MD, author of the new book, "Exercise Cure."

<乌鸦传媒>Ob/Gyns Uneasy With AHA's Take on Stroke in Pregnancy

NEW ORLEANS -- Recent guidelines from the American Heart Association on the management of stroke risk in pregnant women differ significantly from those issued by the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, maternal-fetal medicine specialists said here.

<乌鸦传媒>Older Maternal Age Tied to Lower Risk of Fetal Anomalies

NEW ORLEANS -- Women 35 and older seemed to have a lower risk for major congenital abnormalities compared with younger women, researchers reported here.

<乌鸦传媒>Drug Combo Saves Kids' Tonsils in Mild OSA

The anti-inflammatory asthma drug montelukast (Singulair) plus corticosteroids was an effective initial alternative to surgery for mild obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in children, a retrospective study showed.

<乌鸦传媒>Prime Time: When Athletes Need Drugs

The governing bodies of elite sports keep a strict eye on the use of all kinds of substances to ensure a level playing field for competitive athletes. Here's what you need to know if one of them walks in to your practice in need of treatment.

<乌鸦传媒>Tandem Expands Leaky Insulin Cartridge Recall

Tandem Diabetes has expanded a recall of insulin cartridges for its t:slim Insulin Pump that run the risk of leaking, the company said in a statement.

<乌鸦传媒>Colonoscopies: The Longer the Better

Polyp and adenoma detection rates were highest when the colonoscopy withdrawal time was 9 minutes long, near the upper limit of the recommended 6 to 10 minutes withdrawal time, researchers found.

<乌鸦传媒>Testosterone Level Affects Flu Shot Response

Men with high testosterone and a certain genetic cluster may not experience an antibody response after a flu shot, researchers suggested -- a finding that could affect men taking prescription testosterone.

<乌鸦传媒>Women on Seizure Meds Need More Folic Acid

WASHINGTON -- About half of epileptic women taking anti-seizure drugs who could have become pregnant said they were not taking the recommended folic acid supplements, results of a survey found.

<乌鸦传媒>At-Home Seizure Tests Promising

WASHINGTON -- Technologies to provide instant at-home detection of life-threatening seizures and that could allow epilepsy patients to monitor their own drug levels are almost ready, researchers said here.

<乌鸦传媒>ADHD: Brain Iron May Be Marker

CHICAGO -- Low Fe levels in the brain may signal the presence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), researchers reported here.

<乌鸦传媒>Magnet Therapy Cuts Binge-Purge Eating

SAN DIEGO -- A course of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) helped about half of patients with binge/purge eating disorders to cut the frequency of such episodes significantly, a researcher said here.

<乌鸦传媒>Teens More Apt to Fight Than Flee

SAN DIEGO -- Teens were more likely to actively respond to aggressive cues than were children or adults, researchers reported here.

<乌鸦传媒>High IgG Signals Autoimmunity in Kids

High levels of immunoglobulin G (IgG) in children -- and particularly girls -- were associated with the development of autoimmune disease, researchers found.

<乌鸦传媒>Common Allergy Myths Debunked

BALTIMORE -- Egg allergy is no issue for flu vaccination, allergen avoidance isn't a cure for eczema, and testing tots doesn't make skin prick testing any less accurate, according to allergists taking aim at common misconceptions.

<乌鸦传媒>Who's Afraid of Gummy Bears?

BALTIMORE -- From saxophone lung to the strange affair of the gummy bear allergy, case reports take center stage at the annual meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology.

<乌鸦传媒>ACA: When Is a Screening Not a Screening?

A provision in the Affordable Care Act that waives patients' payments for colonoscopies is an example of how good intentions in the law can lead to a tangle of unforeseen consequences.

<乌鸦传媒>Studies 'Validate' CDC HCV Testing Advice

WASINGTON -- Thousands of people in the U.S. -- including an estimated 50,000 veterans -- are infected with the hepatitis C virus, and don't know it, researchers reported here.

<乌鸦传媒>Gestational Diabetes Tied to Perinatal Stroke

AUSTIN, Texas -- Perinatal arterial ischemic stroke has many possible risk factors, including gestational diabetes, researchers reported here.

<乌鸦传媒>Baked Goods OK for Most Kids Allergic to Milk

Allergic esophagitis triggered by milk may not require complete avoidance, according to a small study that found most such patients could tolerate dairy if it was baked into bread or other foods.

<乌鸦传媒>Babies Do OK if Mom on Tenofovir for Hepatitis B

WASHINGTON -- Pregnant women being treated for hepatitis B virus infections with the nucleotide inhibitor tenofovir (Viread) appeared to avoid transmission of the pathogen to their unborn children, researchers reported here.

<乌鸦传媒>Stem Cells Help ALD Kids Live Longer

AUSTIN, Texas -- Survival in children with cerebral adrenocerebral adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) appeared to be improved with allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplants compared with untreated patients, a researcher said here.

<乌鸦传媒>NICU Survivors May See Higher Autism Rates

AUSTIN, Texas -- Autism spectrum disorder incidence was significantly higher in babies who spent time in the neonatal intensive care unit, versus the general population, and was often accompanied by comorbidities, researchers said here.

<乌鸦传媒>Mom's Lupus Tied to Child's Autism

SAN DIEGO -- Children born to mothers with systemic lupus erythematosus have twice the risk for autism spectrum disorders as those whose mothers are unaffected, a Canadian researcher reported here.

<乌鸦传媒>Combo Drug Qsymia Tops for Weight Loss

Overweight people who took the phentermine/topiramate combination diet drug Qsymia lost more weight than people taking a placebo or either drug alone in an industry-funded study.

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