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By Beth Gilbert HealthDay ReporterThe annual meeting of the American College of Physicians (Internal Medicine Meeting) was held from April 3 to 5 in New Orleans and was attended by internal medicine physicians, adult medicine specialists, subspecialists, medical students, and allied health professionals. The conference highlighted recent advances in the prevention, detection, …

CRC cases exceeded expected numbers in patients with late-stage disease and in those aged younger than 50 years, 76 years or older

Targeted screening to participants in ≥90th percentile of polygenic risk score results in detection of cancer warranting clinical management in 55.1 percent

By I. Edwards HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, April 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — When officials in Wisconsin’s largest city asked the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for help dealing with high levels of lead in city schools, the answer wasn’t what they expected.The CDC said no — because it …

By I. Edwards HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, April 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Fisher-Price has recalled 253,000 baby stroller toys in the U.S. because of a choking risk, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).An additional 4,500 toys sold in Canada have also been recalled, according to a report from …

By I. Edwards HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, April 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Health officials in Hood River County, Oregon, are investigating three cases of a rare and fatal brain disease known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD).Two people in the county, which has a population of about 24,000, have died from the illness, …

New strategy aims to enhance drug safety, expedite evaluation process, and decrease animal experimentation

Women and those with paternal history of Alzheimer disease have stronger association between Aβ, tau deposition than men or those with maternal history

Short-term benefits seen in terms of reducing systolic and diastolic blood pressure for people with hypertension

Total inappropriate Medicare imaging exams estimated to have produced 3.55 to 129.2 kT carbon dioxide equivalents per year