AI predicts wasting syndrome in cancer patients
A newly developed AI can predict which cancer patients are at risk for a life-threatening wasting syndrome, a new study says.
Apr 28, 2025
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Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures: News and Research on Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted
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A total body PET scanner can now help detect brain disease by assessing blood-brain barrier permeability
UC Davis Health's first-of-its-kind total body scanner EXPLORER is being given yet another new assignment—assessing how cancer, neurodegenerative diseases and other systemic conditions, can affect the brain.
Apr 23, 2025
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Could CT scans be fueling a future rise in cancer cases, as a new study suggests?
CT scans are a vital part of modern medicine. Found in every hospital and many clinics, they give doctors a fast and detailed look inside the body—helping to diagnose everything from cancer and strokes to internal injuries. ...
Apr 19, 2025
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Detecting invasive nodules could be key to preventing unnecessary pancreatic cancer surgery
Pancreatic cysts are fluid-filled sacs that can form in the pancreas. Some remain benign, while others have the potential to develop into pancreatic cancer. A recent study, which followed 257 patients in Japan for an average ...
Apr 18, 2025
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Experimental cancer drug could streamline standard tuberculosis treatment and prevent post-TB lung disease
An experimental drug now in clinical trials as a cancer treatment could help boost the power of first-line tuberculosis (TB) treatments by helping infected cells die a gentler death, Johns Hopkins Medicine investigators report, ...
Apr 17, 2025
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Favorite music sets the brain's opioids in motion, imaging study reveals
Music can evoke intense pleasure, sometimes experienced physically as pleasant "chills." While the effect of music on pleasure is clear, the brain mechanisms behind musical enjoyment are not yet fully understood. The brain's ...
Apr 16, 2025
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Radiation from CT scans could account for 5% of all cancer cases a year, study suggests
Radiation from CT scans may account for 5% of all cancers annually, according to a new study out of UC San Francisco that cautions against overusing and overdosing CTs.
Apr 14, 2025
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Is AI in medicine playing fair? Researchers stress-test generative models, urging safeguards
As artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly integrates into health care, a study by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai reveals that all generative AI models may recommend different treatments for the same ...
Apr 7, 2025
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Unnecessary imaging scans contributing to climate change
Thinking of splurging on a whole-body MRI or CT scan, based on the latest health fad?
Apr 3, 2025
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Do vowels have colors? According to some with synesthesia, yes.
It's hard to pinpoint when synesthesia, the rare neurological condition where a stimulus that affects one sense prompts a response in a different sense, was first documented. Scientific literature marks its beginning in 1812, ...
Apr 3, 2025
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