Health informatics
Researchers create 'COVID computer' to speed up diagnosis
Researchers at the University of Leicester have created a new AI tool that can detect COVID-19.
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Neuroscience
East African newborns at increased risk for central nervous system birth defects
Newborns, whose brains, spines or spinal cords do not properly develop in utero, can be born with neural tube defects (NTD), increasing their risk of physical disabilities, intellectual impairments and death. Newborns in ...
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Medications
Simulation technologies for optimizing COVID-19 drug therapies
NUS pharmaceutical scientists have developed a modeling and simulation strategy to evaluate the pharmacotherapy of COVID-19 related drugs and help guide dose adjustments for those in the vulnerable population.
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Health
United States had highest motor vehicle crash mortality rate in 2019
The United States has higher population-based, distance-based, and vehicle-based motor vehicle crash death rates compared with other high-income countries, according to research published in the July 1 issue of the U.S. ...
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Machine-learning algorithms can help correctly diagnose alcohol-associated hepatitis, acute cholangitis
Acute cholangitis is a potentially life-threatening bacterial infection that often is associated with gallstones. Symptoms include fever, jaundice, right upper quadrant pain, and elevated liver enzymes.
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Machine learning model helps identify resistance to key antibiotics for treating tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be one of the top ten leading causes of death worldwide, with more than 1.3 million reported deaths in 2020. The emergence and spread of drug-resistant forms of the disease have complicated ...
Jun 30, 2022
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Cardiology
The impact of climate change on cardiovascular mortality
Two new University of Pennsylvania studies led by LDI Senior Fellow and Perelman School of Medicine cardiologist Sameed Khatana, MD, MPH are bringing a greater focus on the increasing health threat of extreme heat waves and ...
Jun 30, 2022
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Pediatrics
Study: Drought linked to higher diarrhea risk in children
Diarrhea is a leading killer of young children around the world, and cases often rise after heavy rains and flooding. But diarrhea risks can also increase in dry conditions, an ominous sign as the world continues to get warmer ...
Jun 30, 2022
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Health informatics
Strategies to provide better treatment and care to patients in the ICU
When patients are admitted to an intensive-care unit, health practitioners provide treatment based on the signs and symptoms they observe. This approach does not necessarily include understanding the definite causes behind ...
Jun 30, 2022
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Vaccination
COVID-19 vaccine protects people of all body weights from hospitalization and death, shows study of 9 million adults
COVID-19 vaccines have greatly reduced the number of cases of severe COVID-19 disease for everyone regardless of their body size, according to a new study published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. Vaccine effectiveness ...
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