The experience of undergoing a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan can be daunting for anyone, but for a child, the combination of a loud, confined space and the absolute need for stillness often necessitates the use of anesthesia. This reliance on sedation, while medically necessary, carries
For decades, clinicians have relied on a simple ratio of height to weight to gauge pregnancy risk, but a growing body of evidence suggests this cornerstone of prenatal assessment is profoundly inadequate. The use of predictive metabolomics represents a significant advancement in prenatal care and
In the years following the Supreme Court’s landmark 2022 Dobbs decision that overturned federal abortion rights, a striking and counterintuitive trend has emerged across the United States. While numerous states moved swiftly to enact severe restrictions or outright bans on the procedure, the total
A significant and persistent gap in stroke risk between Black and White adults in the United States has long challenged the medical community, but a newly validated assessment tool offers a promising new direction for closing this divide through personalized, actionable health insights. A
A routine chest X-ray, long a staple of diagnostic medicine for detecting overt disease, now holds the potential to reveal a far deeper truth about our health: the hidden pace at which our bodies are truly aging. The use of Artificial Intelligence to estimate biological age represents a significant
A groundbreaking artificial intelligence model developed by researchers at the Mayo Clinic is now capable of doubling the early diagnosis rate of advanced chronic liver disease, achieving this remarkable feat by analyzing data from a standard electrocardiogram (ECG). This pioneering innovation
