News tagged with predictive models
A simpler way to predict heart failure
(Medical Xpress)—The most widely used models for predicting heart failure rely on a complex combination of lifestyle, demographic, and cardiovascular risk factor information.
Cardiology
Nov 08, 2012 |
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Predicting aneurysms: Patient-specific information is a valuable asset in medical decision-making
Using new computer models of blood flow in the vicinity of cerebral aneurysms (dilated sections of blood vessels in the brain), it is now possible to calculate every detail of the patient-specific situation. ...
Medical research
Nov 02, 2012 |
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Privacy vs. protection: Study considers how to manage epidemics in information blackouts
When foot-and-mouth disease swept through the British countryside in early 2001, more than 10 million sheep, cattle and pigs were slaughtered to control the disease. Despite the devastation, the disease was contained within ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 01, 2012 |
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Blood hormone levels can predict long-term breast cancer risk
Blood hormone tests can predict a woman's risk for developing postmenopausal breast cancer for up to 20 years, according to a study led by Xuehong Zhang, MD, Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital ...
Cancer
Oct 18, 2012 |
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Study discovers gene signature that predicts prostate cancer survival
Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have identified a six-gene signature that can be used in a test to predict survival in men with aggressive prostate cancer, according to new research published in the October ...
Cancer
Oct 10, 2012 |
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Light from self-luminous tablet computers can affect evening melatonin, delaying sleep
(Medical Xpress)—A new study from the Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute shows that a two-hour exposure to electronic devices with self-luminous "backlit" displays causes ...
Medical research
Aug 27, 2012 |
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Coronary artery calcium scan most effective in predicting risk of heart disease: research
Heart calcium scans are far superior to other assessment tools in predicting the development of cardiovascular disease in individuals currently classified at intermediate risk by their doctors, according to researchers at ...
Cardiology
Aug 21, 2012 |
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New tool for clinicians proves effective predictor of lung cancer risk
A lung cancer risk prediction model developed by scientists at the University of Liverpool has been shown to be a viable tool for selecting high risk individuals for prevention and control programmes.
Cancer
Aug 20, 2012 |
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A new model for predicting recovery after spinal cord injury
For more than 1 million people in the U.S. living with spinal cord injury, the frightening days and weeks following the injury are filled with uncertainty about their potential for recovery and future independence. ...
Neuroscience
Aug 08, 2012 |
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Repeat aneurysm screening for high-risk men should be considered
Aneurysm screening for men aged over 65 is cost effective and rescreening those at highest risk, at least once, should be considered, suggests a study published in the British Medical Journal today.
Cardiology
Jul 05, 2012 |
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Long-term exposure to air pollution increases risk of hospitalization for lung, heart disease
Older adults may be at increased risk of being hospitalized for lung and heart disease, stroke, and diabetes following long-term exposure to fine-particle air pollution, according to a new study by researchers at Harvard ...
Health
Apr 17, 2012 |
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Model predicts death due to acetaminophen overdose
(HealthDay) -- Model for Acetaminophen-induced Liver Damage (MALD), a mathematical model that utilizes commonly obtained laboratory values, including overdose amount and time elapsed since overdose, is effective ...
Medications
Feb 24, 2012 |
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New model accurately predicts who will develop deadly form of dengue fever
Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch have developed the first accurate predictive model to differentiate between dengue fever (DF) and its more severe form, dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF). The breakthrough, ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 16, 2012 |
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Researchers identify genetic signatures of exceptional longevity in re-published study
While environment and family history are factors in healthy aging, genetic variants play a critical and complex role in conferring exceptional longevity, according to researchers from the Boston University Schools of Public ...
Genetics
Jan 18, 2012 |
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Antibiotics may not be only cause of community-acquired clostridium difficile infection
Antibiotics may not be the only risk factor associated with community-acquired Clostridium difficile infection, indicating that other undefined causes of the potentially life-threatening infection may exist and could also p ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 31, 2011 |
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