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AI facial health recognition tools help physicians assess age and survival risk to guide personalized treatment
Researchers are using AI tools to analyze simple facial photographs to determine key indicators of a person's health. Mass General Brigham researchers built FAHR-Face (Foundation Artificial Intelligence for Health Recognition), ...
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Embryos harbor immune cells that already perform adult-like defense functions, study suggests
Neutrophils are white blood cells that form part of the body's first line of defense. Researchers have now demonstrated for the first time that neutrophils are found in many tissues during embryonic development, and that ...
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Protein discovery reveals potential treatment target for common fatty liver disease
The mechanisms that cause the world's most common chronic liver disease—metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD)—to develop and progress are still not fully understood.
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Home sensor system could spot loneliness in older adults
Loneliness is common in older adults, and the mental and physical health risks associated with the condition are difficult for medical professionals to recognize and treat. To address this need, researchers from Virginia ...
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Percival AI can uncover unseen health issues in CT scans
When analyzed by a new artificial intelligence model developed at Penn Medicine, CT scans reveal much about a patient's health beyond the specific condition they were originally ordered for, according to a new study published ...
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A simple blood test could reveal hidden radiation exposure
Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed a machine learning tool that can detect and estimate past radiation exposure using the information in a standard complete blood count, or CBC, ...
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An eating disorder may be hiding in plain sight among adults with type 2 diabetes
Eating disorders are often dismissed as a lack of discipline or picky eating by much of society. Whether it's anorexia, bulimia or binge eating disorder, they are serious mental health conditions that require medical monitoring ...
Scientists see new vocal patterns associated with type 2 diabetes
A new study in the IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics reveals how scientists at Klick Labs created visual maps of sound frequencies (spectrograms) to identify complex, new patterns associated with type 2 diabetes, ...
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Muscle protein Miro1 may drive insulin resistance, revealing potential type 2 diabetes treatment target
A protein called Miro1, found at elevated levels in the skeletal muscle of people with type 2 diabetes, may contribute to insulin resistance, potentially making it a target for future treatments that help the body regulate ...
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Advanced paternal age has sex-specific effects on fetal brain gene expression, mouse study suggests
When genes are "expressed," it is like reading an instruction manual to create things the body needs—such as proteins or RNA. It is an important process in regulating normal cellular functions. Understanding more about gene ...
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Long and interstate travel may be a barrier to care for certain pediatric cancer patients
One in five pediatric cancer patients in a large national cohort lived more than 90 minutes away from their treatment center, and patients with the highest social vulnerability were least likely to access out-of-state medical ...
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Second-ever case of rare fungus resistant to four antifungal drug classes detected in Kenya
While a mutant fungus in the real world might not be making humans violent and turning them against each other as in the fictional world of "The Last of Us," it is raising alarm bells for public health.
Repeating stretch of DNA offers a new clue to Alzheimer's susceptibility
A three-letter sequence repeating along a stretch of DNA could offer new clues about why some people are more susceptible to Alzheimer's disease than others. The sequence, CCG, sits in a region of DNA that controls the gene ...
GLP-1 drugs linked to lower kidney failure risk in bipolar disorder
Mayo Clinic researchers found that GLP-1 receptor agonists, medications widely used for diabetes and weight management, were associated with a lower risk of dialysis or kidney transplantation in adults with bipolar disorder ...
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New CRISPR approach targets gene fusions found in 1 in 5 cancers
Peter Mac scientists have developed a way to precisely target the "unique molecular fingerprint" created when two genes become abnormally fused together, a discovery that could lead to a new way to treat a wide array of cancers.
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Proposed changes to hepatitis B vaccination schedule could significantly increase infections, model suggests
A modeling study suggests that replacing universal hepatitis B vaccination at birth with delayed vaccination or a shared decision-making approach, as recommended by the U.S. federal government this year, could lead to substantially ...
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Unclogging carotid artery fails to improve cognition in clinical trial
Cognition often deteriorates when the brain's main blood vessels are clogged, but a Columbia-led study published in JAMA shows that cognition cannot be improved by opening the blockages with stenting or surgery.
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A rapid clinical care program increased cancer care access for vulnerable patients
The rapid-access cancer care program Same Day/Next Day (SDND) served a higher proportion of patients with high socioeconomic risk for poor outcomes than the traditional health care path, and more socially vulnerable patients ...
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Common cold sore virus may reprogram the brain's immune defenses
Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz have discovered how herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), the virus that causes cold sores, can fundamentally change how the brain's immune cells respond to infection, revealing ...
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Curbing the neutrophil surge: New treatment offers hope for autoimmune diseases
When immunity works well, the body steers clear of infection and disease. However, when the immune system goes awry, healthy cells can often end up in the firing line. This can occur in autoimmune diseases like anti-neutrophil ...
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