by Justin Jackson , Medical Xpress Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A systematic review and meta-analysis led by Shandong University in China has evaluated the comparative efficacy and safety of antiviral medications for treating nonsevere influenza. Findings indicate that baloxavir may reduce hospital admission risks for high-risk patients and shorten symptom duration without increasing adverse events....
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Photon-counting CT noninvasively detects heart disease in high-risk patients
by Radiological Society of North America Ultrahigh-resolution (UHR) coronary CT angiography (CCTA) in an 85-year-old man before transcatheter aortic valve replacement. Despite a stent in the right coronary artery and very severe coronary sclerosis with an Agatston score of 4162, diagnostic visualization of the coronary arteries succeeded, and obstructive coronary artery disease was excluded on CT...
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New glaucoma test 15 times more likely to detect high risk patients
by Flinders University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The latest investigations into a promising new genetic test for glaucoma—the leading cause of blindness worldwide—have found it has the ability to identify 15 times more people at high risk of glaucoma than an existing genetic test. The study, just published in JAMA Ophthalmology, builds on a long-running international...