When diagnosed with prostate cancer, men with limited life expectancy are being overtreated, according to a study published Nov. 11 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Researchers from Los Angeles-based ...

Older adult prostate cancer patients are increasingly being overtreated Date: November 11, 2024 Source: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Summary: Increasing percentages of some older U.S. men with ...

Babies may not always need to be treated for tongue tie, or ankyloglossia.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Paul L. Morgan, Penn State (THE CONVERSATION) The Research Brief is a short take ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) White children are especially likely to be overdiagnosed and overtreated for ...

The doctors finally let Rosaria Vandenberg go home. For the first time in months, she was able to touch her 2-year-old daughter who had been afraid of the tubes and machines in the hospital. The ...

We couldn’t investigate whether white children are more likely to be overdiagnosed and overtreated for ADHD during middle or high school because our study’s data collection ended at the end ...

ADHD diagnoses are on the rise, a trend that might in part be driven by overdiagnosis. A new study finds that white children are especially likely to be overdiagnosed and overtreated for ADHD.

Many older nursing home residents with diabetes are overtreated for their condition and are at high risk of low blood sugar, or hypoglycemia, a new Veterans Administration study finds.

Older adults with diabetes who are living in nursing homes are at high risk of having low blood sugar levels—called hypoglycemia—if their diabetes is overtreated. A study published in Journal ...

Older adults with diabetes who are living in nursing homes are at high risk of having low blood sugar levels—called hypoglycemia—if their diabetes is overtreated. A study published in the&nbsp ...