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AI can detect serious neurologic changes in babies in the NICU using video data alone
A team of clinicians, scientists, and engineers at Mount Sinai trained a deep learning pose-recognition algorithm on video feeds of infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) to accurately track their movements and ...
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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 ...
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Study finds that issues patients raise during medical appointments often don't appear in their medical records
One of the first studies to compare the actual conversation between patient and clinician during a primary care appointment with the information subsequently entered by the clinician into the patient's electronic health record ...
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Researchers develop novel framework leveraging multi-omics data to advance environmental precision health
Over the last 20 years, vast advancements in the field of biotechnology have led to the development of a research approach called multi-omics, which looks at multiple layers of biological information—like gene expression, ...
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AI-powered tool may offer quick, no-contact blood pressure and diabetes screening
A new system that combines high-speed video and an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered algorithm may offer quick, no-contact screenings for high blood pressure and type 1 or type 2 diabetes without needing blood tests, blood ...
Nov 11, 2024
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Heart patients want sexual health guidance from health care professionals, study suggests
Older adults with heart conditions reported in a survey that their sexual health impacts their mood and well-being. However, they also noted that most health care professionals did not offer them sexual health information, ...
Nov 11, 2024
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MESA heart disease risk score worked well with or without race included, study reveals
A version of the MESA heart disease risk score that did not include race predicted heart disease risk just as well as the version that includes race, according to a preliminary study presented at the American Heart Association's ...
Nov 11, 2024
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AI in health care: Navigating potential and regulation in a fast-growing field
Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing health care, from diagnostics to patient care, but regulation is struggling to keep pace, according to a new paper from City St George's, University of London.
Nov 11, 2024
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New measures of patient well-being can be applied readily in clinical care
Two measures of patient well-being, designed for use in busy clinical settings, are described in a Perspective piece in a supplement to Medical Care.
Nov 11, 2024
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New AI tool identifies additional undiagnosed cases of long COVID from patient health records
Investigators at Mass General Brigham have developed an AI-based tool to sift through electronic health records to help clinicians identify cases of long COVID, an often mysterious condition that can encompass a litany of ...
Nov 8, 2024
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Decoding disease: Novel tool helps identify mutations in mitochondrial DNA
Geneticists looking inside the nuclear genome for mutations that contribute to disease have long relied on a principal known as constraint modeling, which allows researchers to assess the degree of selective pressure that ...
Nov 8, 2024
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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 ...
Nov 8, 2024
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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 ...
Nov 8, 2024
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Novel method goes 'below the limit of quantification' to enhance genetic discovery
Research scientist Yosuke Tanigawa and Professor Manolis Kellis at MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have developed a novel methodology in human genetics to address an often-overlooked problem: ...
Nov 8, 2024
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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 ...
Nov 8, 2024
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Automated approach breaks down data silos to better predict cancer outcomes
A research team from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) is demonstrating that cancer outcome predictions can be improved by breaking down hospitals' traditional data silos and analyzing the information—including ...
Nov 6, 2024
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Sewage surveillance for combating antimicrobial resistance proves more powerful than individual testing
Waterborne diseases affect more than 7 million people in the U.S. every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and cost our health care system over $3 billion. But they don't impact all people ...
Nov 6, 2024
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'Potential misdiagnosis is just a click away': Researchers find design flaws and oversight issues in certain health apps
AI-powered apps offering medical diagnoses at the click of a button are often limited by biased data and a lack of regulation, leading to inaccurate and unsafe health advice, a new study found.
Nov 6, 2024
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Bioengineers shed light on dosing challenges for cancer immunotherapy
A team of Rice University bioengineers has developed a mathematical model that clarifies why interleukin-12 (IL-12)—a potent immune-boosting protein that holds promise for cancer treatment—loses effectiveness over time ...
Nov 6, 2024
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AI aids risk prediction classification for prostate cancer
Artificial intelligence (AI)-based risk classification improves prognostication with localized prostate cancer, according to a study published online Oct. 24 in JCO Precision Oncology.
Nov 6, 2024
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AI-based dementia prediction technology uses automatic speech recognition
Researchers in South Korea have developed an AI-based technology that can analyze the voice/speech of the elderly to screen and detect those who are at high risk of mild cognitive impairment and dementia.
Nov 5, 2024
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Doctors are already using AI in care—but there isn't agreement on what safe use should look like
One in five UK doctors use a generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tool—such as OpenAI's ChatGPT or Google's Gemini—to assist with clinical practice. This is according to a recent survey of around 1,000 GPs.
Nov 5, 2024
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Early screening technology uses multi-sensory breath analysis for detecting lung diseases
South Korean researchers have developed a new technology that can recognize and detect lung diseases such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), lung fibrosis, asthma, etc., by utilizing multi-sensory sensing information ...
Nov 5, 2024
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Medical oncologist explains how breast cancer screening can save lives
Breast cancer screening helps people live longer. Screening can catch cancer early, either in the precancerous stage or when it's localized to a very small part of the body. When we can catch it early and decrease the risk ...
Nov 5, 2024
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Assessment tool combined with bone mineral density test can reliably predict fracture risk in cancer survivors
University of Alberta-led researchers, including the developers and promoters of the Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX), have found that FRAX combined with bone mineral density can reliably predict future fractures in a ...
