Alzheimer's disease & dementia
What are the early signs of dementia, and how does it differ from normal aging?
Forgetting names and misplacing items happen to us all, more so as we age.
Feb 2, 2024
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Urinary Tract Infection
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
UTI: This common infection can be serious
A urinary tract infection (UTI) is common, but it can be serious.
Jan 15, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Down syndrome and joint replacement: Risks for post-surgical complications
One of the largest studies to date on post-operative outcomes for patients with Down syndrome following total knee replacement and total hip replacement surgeries was recently published by Yale researchers.
Jan 11, 2024
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Health informatics
AI could speed up the diagnosis of urinary tract infections
Fraunhofer Austria and the AULSS2 Marca Trevigiana Institute in Treviso have developed a method based on artificial intelligence that can reduce the workload of laboratories.
Jan 8, 2024
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Neuroscience
Resolve to get a free memory screening in 2024
There are so many New Year's resolutions from which to choose, but an important one could be to schedule a memory screening, experts say.
Jan 3, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Improvement needed in managing UTI in patients with neurogenic bladder, says study
Expansion of caregiver involvement, enhancement of patient-provider communication, and targeting providers and care settings that lack familiarity with neurogenic bladder (NB) could improve urinary tract infection (UTI) management ...
Jan 2, 2024
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Health informatics
AI chatbot shows potential as diagnostic partner, researchers find
Physician-investigators at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) compared a chatbot's probabilistic reasoning to that of human clinicians. The findings, published in JAMA Network Open, suggest that artificial intelligence ...
Dec 11, 2023
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Health
The rainbow of urine colors: What's typical, what's not
Regular urine color varies but usually ranges from clear to pale yellow. The exact hue depends on how much water you drink. Fluids dilute the yellow pigments in urine. So the more you drink, the clearer your urine looks. ...
Dec 8, 2023
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Health
Researchers call attention to Denver's lack of water, toilet facilities for the unhoused
On a warm summer day in July, Hannah Higgins (MA '23) strolled the 16th Street Mall in downtown Denver in search of something. Despite the mall's consumer-driven aura, she wasn't there to shop. She was there to document. ...
Dec 7, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Multiple sclerosis: New study highlights five warning signs of the disease
What if the biological mechanisms that cause multiple sclerosis were triggered years before clinical diagnosis? This is what a team at Paris Brain Institute suggests in a new study published in Neurology.
Dec 6, 2023
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