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The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended that children with obesity receive intensive counseling at age 6 to promote healthy diet and exercise habits; a new survey found that the majority of American patients are wary of their doctors using artificial intelligence (AI); a class-action lawsuit was filed Tuesday against health insurer Humana for using an AI algorithm that systemically denies seniors rehabilitation care recommended by their doctors.

New research looking at data from United States veterans has found a link between a lower death risk in chronic kidney disease and taking prescription statins, a type of cholesterol-lowering drugs.

The USPSTF recommends that clinicians provide or refer children aged 6 years or older with high BMI to comprehensive, intensive behavioral interventions.

Nearly 20% of all children in the US have what’s considered to be a high body mass index, the measure that practitioners use to determine whether a person has obesity. New draft guidelines released Tuesday by the US Preventive Services Task Force say that doctors should step in to help these children better manage their weight so they can be healthy.

"They caught it really early," Micucci said in a TikTok video. "It's really weird, because I've never smoked a cigarette in my life so, you know, it was a surprise."

Children with obesity should receive intensive counselling to promote healthy diet and exercise habits starting at age 6, according to a draft recommendation issued by a panel of US experts released Tuesday (Dec 12). The government-backed US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) had recommended in 2017 t

Behavioral interventions should be main approach; insufficient data to back pharmacologic therapy

Children with obesity should receive intensive counseling to promote healthy diet and exercise habits starting at age 6, according to a draft recommendation issued by a panel of U.S. experts on... -December 12, 2023 at 11:07 am EST - MarketScreener

By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - Children with obesity should receive intensive counseling to promote healthy diet and exercise habits starting at age 6, ac...

By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) -Children with obesity should receive intensive counseling to promote healthy diet and exercise habits starting at age 6, ...