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Parkinson's & Movement disorders

Network theory insights lead to a mathematical representation of Parkinson's disease

Neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson's disease, can be thought of as arising from malfunctions in the network of neuronal agglomerates in the brain. It is therefore often useful to apply insights from a branch of ...

Health informatics

Improving the enunciation of speech-to-text technology in medical settings

Speech-to-text programs are becoming more popular for everyday tasks like hands-free dictation, helping people who are visually impaired, and transcribing speech for those who are hard of hearing. These tools have many uses, ...

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.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Students develop AI model for middle ear disease detection

Understanding the middle ear is essential—not only for hearing but also for balance and quality of life. According to the National Institutes of Health, in the U.S., one in eight adults has hearing loss, and nearly 28% ...

Radiology & Imaging

Radiologists could soon be using AI to detect brain tumors

A paper titled "Deep Learning and Transfer Learning for Brain Tumor Detection and Classification" published in Biology Methods and Protocols shows that scientists can train artificial intelligence (AI) models to distinguish ...

Cardiology

Machine learning assists in predicting risk of stroke

Some patients with advanced heart failure can benefit from the support of a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device (CF-LVAD) to sustain heart function. However, despite improvements in managing complications associated ...

Diabetes

Flagship AI-ready dataset released in type 2 diabetes study

Researchers are releasing the flagship dataset from an ambitious study of biomarkers and environmental factors that might influence the development of type 2 diabetes. Because the study participants include people with no ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Scientists in Japan develop new SARS-CoV-2 variant detection method

Researchers at Kumamoto University have made a significant breakthrough in the fight against COVID-19 with the development of "Intelli-OVI," a cutting-edge diagnostic tool capable of rapidly identifying emerging variants ...

Radiology & Imaging

2008 to 2020 saw more radiologists involved in teaching

From 2008 to 2020, there was an increase in the percentage of U.S. radiologists involved in resident teaching, but teaching radiologists' total workload involving trainees has decreased, according to a study published online ...