Archive: 29/11/2016
Study examines use of deep machine learning for detection of diabetic retinopathy
In an evaluation of retinal photographs from adults with diabetes, an algorithm based on deep machine learning had high sensitivity and specificity for detecting referable diabetic retinopathy, according to a study published ...
Nov 29, 2016
Enzyme research provides a new picture of depression
Depression is the predominant mental disease and constitutes the most common cause of morbidity in developed countries. Now researchers at Karolinska Institutet have managed to find a connection between development of depression ...
Nov 29, 2016
Use of prescription analgesics differs significantly between persons with and without Alzheimer's
Approximately one third of persons with Alzheimer's disease use prescription medicines for pain after their diagnosis, reports a recent study conducted at the University of Eastern Finland. The use of analgesics was as common ...
Nov 29, 2016
Almost half of HIV infections worldwide undetected: WHO
The World Health Organization warned on Tuesday that nearly half of all people with HIV around the globe do not know they are infected, and called for broader access to at-home testing kits.
Nov 29, 2016