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Scientists predict cancer risk on the basis of national health data
Scientists from EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have used Danish health registries to predict individual risks for the 20 most common types of cancer.
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Oncology & Cancer
Propensity score matching offers more efficient biomarker discovery in cancer research
Thanks to advances in molecular sequencing, scientists have generated a wealth of data from the genome, transcriptome, proteome and metabolome. However, these "-omics" datasets are complex and there is currently no standard ...
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Who's to blame when AI makes a medical error?
In the realm of gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy, artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming an essential tool, especially in the computer-aided detection of precancerous colon polyps during screening colonoscopy. This integration ...
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New tool can detect tiny protein clumps associated with neurodegenerative disorders
The clumping of proteins is at the root of a wide range of neurodegenerative disorders that affect the brain, such as Alzheimer's and dementia. Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have developed a new tool that can ...
May 22, 2024
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To hunt for better malaria vaccines, researchers turn to machine learning
Anti-malaria drugs have been a central component of a global public health effort that saw a 44% drop in the deadly mosquito-borne disease from 2000 to 2019, but progress has stalled as the parasites that cause malaria gain ...
May 22, 2024
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Research provides curated bibliographic dataset of advances in health AI research
A study published in Health Data Science introduces a curated bibliographic dataset that aims to revolutionize the landscape of Health Artificial Intelligence (AI) research. Led by Xuanyu Shi and Jian Du from Peking University, ...
May 22, 2024
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AI can help improve ER admission decisions, study finds
Generative artificial intelligence (AI), such as GPT-4, can help predict whether an emergency room patient needs to be admitted to the hospital even with only minimal training on a limited number of records, according to ...
May 21, 2024
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New study uses health factors to predict kidney function recovery
Researchers at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine have created a scoring model that uses key health indicators to accurately predict recovery for patients who experience kidney failure due to acute kidney injury ...
May 21, 2024
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Age, race impact AI performance on digital mammograms, study finds
In a study of nearly 5,000 screening mammograms interpreted by an FDA-approved AI algorithm, patient characteristics such as race and age influenced false positive results. The study's results were published in Radiology.
May 21, 2024
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Long COVID definitions, care models are evolving
Definitions of long COVID and care models are evolving, but considerable variability is seen in these models, according to a review published online May 21 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
May 21, 2024
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New AI algorithm may improve autoimmune disease prediction and therapies
A new advanced artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm may lead to better—and earlier—predictions and novel therapies for autoimmune diseases, which involve the immune system mistakenly attacking their body's own healthy ...
May 20, 2024
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New AI model uses federated learning for multi-organ segmentation based on medical image data
Researchers have successfully developed the technology that can accurately segment different body organs by effectively learning medical image data used for different purposes in different hospitals, which is expected to ...
May 20, 2024
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Women face worse chronic kidney disease management in primary care
Women receive worse primary care-based chronic kidney disease (CKD) management than men, according to a research letter published in the Journal of the American Medical Association to coincide with the annual meeting of the ...
May 20, 2024
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AI chatbots show higher empathy, readability in responding to cancer questions, study finds
For patient questions about cancer, artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots can generate quality, empathetic, and readable responses, according to a study published online May 16 in JAMA Oncology.
May 20, 2024
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New analysis estimates the effects of race-neutral lung function testing on patients, hospitals, and beyond
Removing race from equations that estimate lung function will shift the categorization of disease severity across patient populations, moving more Black individuals into an advanced disease category, according to new research ...
May 19, 2024
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Artificial intelligence and the future of surgery
You may not think artificial intelligence could have a role in surgery, but new research shows AI can help solve problems for patients, doctors and the health system. A group of researchers led by surgery researcher Dr. Chris ...
May 17, 2024
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Research team develops new AI tool to help classify brain tumors
A new AI tool to more quickly and accurately classify brain tumors has been developed by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU).
May 17, 2024
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Global life expectancy projected to increase by nearly 5 years by 2050 despite various threats
The latest findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) 2021, published in The Lancet, forecast that global life expectancy will increase by 4.9 years in males and 4.2 years in females between 2022 and 2050.
May 16, 2024
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Study uses machine learning to predict opioid use disorder treatment interruptions
University of Florida researchers have developed a system designed to identify patients at high risk of discontinuing buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder.
May 16, 2024
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Evaluating a mobile app as a training tool to detect skin diseases
The Journal of Medical Internet Research has published the results from the first phase of the validation study on the SkinNTDs mobile app, which aims to help control neglected tropical diseases and some common skin diseases, ...
May 16, 2024
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