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    WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with treatment-resistant major depression without psychosis, ketamine is noninferior to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), according to a study published online May 24 in the New England Journal of Medicine to coincide with the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, held from May 20 to 24 in San Francisco.

      WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- From 2016 to 2020, there was an increase in pediatric firearm-related injuries, with community violence and negligent discharges increasing in 2020, according to a study published online May 25 in Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open.

        WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Patients taking semaglutide for type 2 diabetes or weight loss should be careful about where they are getting the medication, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned Tuesday. Shortages of the drug, commonly sold as Wegovy and Ozempic, have led to the making of compounded versions of the drugs, which is combining or mixing ingredients to meet patient needs.

          A former Connecticut state representative has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for stealing more than $1.2 million from the city of West Haven, most of it federal-related coronavirus aid. Michael DiMassa used a chunk of the money to fuel his gambling addiction. He apologized Wednesday in federal court in Hartford for conspiring with others to bill the city for services never rendered. The West Haven Democrat also must repay the city nearly $866,000. Three co-defendants including DiMassa's wife also got prison time earlier. While DiMassa could have gotten more than four years in prison under federal sentencing guidelines, the judge gave him credit for fully accepting responsibility and testifying at a co-defendant's trial.

          Congress is looking into just how quickly airline passengers can evacuate a plane during an emergency. Some lawmakers aren't sure modern planes can be evacuated in 90 seconds, as federal rules require. Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois introduced legislation Wednesday to set standards for Federal Aviation Administration tests on how quickly passengers can escape a plane during an emergency. She says FAA tests a few years ago were unrealistic because they only used able-bodied adults under 60 — no children, no seniors and nobody with disabilities took part.

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          WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Liver function test (LFT) screening can identify occult hepatitis, cholestasis, and cholestatic hepatitis in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc), according to a study published online May 2 in Open Access Rheumatology: Research and Reviews.

          WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with diabetes, an automated binary diabetic macular ischemia (DMI) algorithm using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) images predicts diabetic retinal disease progression and deterioration of visual acuity (VA), according to a study published online May 25 in JAMA Ophthalmology.

          WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The main safety issues in the emergency department include shortage of personnel during busy periods, overcrowding due to boarding, and lack of support from hospital management, according to a survey study conducted among emergency department professionals and published online May 24 in the European Journal of Emergency Medicine.

          WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with chronic coronary artery disease, colchicine is associated with a reduced incidence of total knee replacement (TKR) and total hip replacement (THR) versus placebo, according to a study published online May 30 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

          WEDNESDAY, May 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A joint attention-based deep learning system provides good predictive performance for differentiating autism spectrum disorder (ASD) from typical development (TD), according to a study published online May 25 in JAMA Network Open.

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