About The Study: In this randomized clinical trial, among adult patients receiving mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit (ICU), a low-use wrist-strap physical restraint strategy compared with a high-use strategy did not reduce days free of delirium or coma at 14 days. 

New research from the University of Waterloo shows that artificial intelligence (AI) still struggles with some basic software development tasks, raising questions about how reliably AI systems can assist developers. The benchmarking study shows that the technology is not yet as reliable as many developers had hoped. Even the most advanced models achieved only about 75 per cent accuracy in the tests, while open-source models performed closer to 65 per cent.  

About The Study: This cross-sectional analysis found that delays in treatment initiation for early-onset colorectal cancer—often exceeding 90 days—were more common in all-urban populations and appeared to disproportionately affect young male, Asian or Pacific Islander, Black, or Hispanic patients. Although absolute differences in average treatment timing were modest, the focus in this study on clinically relevant delay thresholds (30, 60, and 90 days) is supported by recent meta-analytic literature. The consistency of these delays across sociodemographic groups challenges assumptions of uniformly timely access in urban settings.