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A robust tool for complex time-to-event data analysis in the context of myeloproliferative neoplasms

A new thesis from Karolinska Institutet shows the effectiveness of flexible parametric survival models in modeling multiple time-scales, providing a robust tool for complex time-to-event data analysis. The models were tested ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Research highlights role of collaborative networks in solving complex health issues like suicide

As public health challenges like suicide and rising chronic illness rates continue to strain health care systems, new research from Indiana University suggests that the solution might lie in a more connected understanding ...

Health informatics

'Bias in, bias out': Study identifies bias in medical AI

In a new review, Yale researchers provide an in-depth analysis of how biases at different stages of AI development can lead to poor clinical outcomes and exacerbate health disparities. The authors say their results reflect ...

Health

Researchers fix critical mistakes in medical mobile apps

Potentially deadly mathematical errors are prevalent among mobile applications used in clinical and emergency room settings, but a team of researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology's Ying Wu College of Computing has ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Global research team develops H5N1 detection kit to tackle avian flu

The Diagnostics Development Hub (DxD Hub), a national platform hosted by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, in collaboration with the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

AI model can diagnose depression via speech and brain neural activity

Depression is one of the most common mental illnesses. As many as 280 million people worldwide are affected by this disease, which is why researchers at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) have developed an artificial intelligence ...

Oncology & Cancer

AI enhances early detection of pancreatic cysts

When it comes to early detection of silent but deadly diseases like pancreatic cancer, finding it early and predicting disease aggressiveness are critical for increasing long-term survival.

Surgery

AI-based surgical prediction models have limits

Prediction models generated by machine learning are being increasingly used in medicine to identify risk factors and possible outcomes, especially for total joint replacements of knees and hips—although researchers warn ...

Genetics

Machine learning sheds light on gene transcription

A team led by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center has developed deep learning models to identify a simple set of rules that govern the activity of promoters—regions of DNA that initiate the process by which genes ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

AI aids analysis of lifetime environmental exposures

The idea that biology is not destiny is hardly new. Studies in twins have shown that even among identical pairs—those sharing 100% of their DNA—the same disease genes do not turn into full-blown illness in both individuals.

Health informatics

Study traces an infectious language epidemic

"Sticks and stones may break my bones," the old adage goes. "But words will never hurt me." Tell that to Eugenia Rho, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science, and she will show you extensive data that prove ...

Neuroscience

Human brain map contains never-before-seen details of structure

A cubic millimeter of brain tissue may not sound like much. But considering that tiny square contains 57,000 cells, 230 millimeters of blood vessels, and 150 million synapses, all amounting to 1,400 terabytes of data, Harvard ...

Health informatics

AI advancements make the leap into 3D pathology possible

Human tissue is intricate, complex and, of course, three dimensional. But the thin slices of tissue that pathologists most often use to diagnose disease are two dimensional, offering only a limited glimpse at the tissue's ...

Health

What makes a public health campaign successful?

The highest performing countries across public health outcomes share many drivers that contribute to their success. That's the conclusion of a study published May 9 in the open-access journal PLOS Global Public Health by ...

Health informatics

New tool streamlines nurse work environment research

New research from Penn Nursing's Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research (CHOPR)—recently published in the journal Research in Nursing & Health—has successfully validated a new, streamlined version of the Practice ...

Cardiology

AI may help physicians detect abnormal heart rhythms earlier

An artificial intelligence program developed by investigators in the Smidt Heart Institute and their Cedars-Sinai colleagues can detect a type of abnormal heart rhythm that can go unnoticed during medical appointments, according ...