https://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Complex health care policies are often challenging to implement. That's a reality states across the country will deal with as new Medicaid work requirements are rolled out next year. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-ai-medicaid-enrollees-hour.html Sat, 08 Aug 2026 12:40:04 EDT news705377209 Researchers from three institutions, including UC Santa Barbara, have demonstrated that artificial intelligence has the potential to make future visual prostheses, like a bionic eye, more precise, predictable and responsive to an individual user. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-deep-refines-bionic-eyes-communicate.html Fri, 07 Aug 2026 14:20:03 EDT news705330842 When the signal sounds, all the runners push off from their starting blocks and set off sprinting. We can act within fractions of a second because we plan movements in our brains in advance, before carrying them out. At the interdisciplinary research center BrainLinks–BrainTools at the University of Freiburg, a team of 15 researchers from the fields of biology, artificial intelligence and neurotechnology has investigated in greater detail how the transition from mentally preparing a movement to actually executing it with one's muscles is controlled at the neural level. In their article, published in the journal Cell Reports, the researchers propose an improved model for understanding the neural processes involved in movement planning. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-action-fundamental-insights-movement-brain.html Thu, 06 Aug 2026 17:20:07 EDT news705252007 Lung cancer is among the most commonly diagnosed cancers globally and is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths. Early detection can improve survival. However, collecting tissue samples from small tumors located deep within the lungs remains a major challenge. Because many of these lesions are found in the peripheral regions of the lungs, physicians must navigate through an intricate network of tiny branching airways to reach the target. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-ai-uncovers-overlooked-lung-airways.html Thu, 06 Aug 2026 11:40:22 EDT news705233763 A study led by the Central Institute of Mental Health (CIMH) provides initial evidence that large language models can identify complex psychopathological findings in transcripts of psychiatric interviews with accuracy comparable to that of predominantly young clinicians. The study examined 10 language models and 108 practicing clinicians from three psychiatric clinics. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-language-psychiatric-symptoms-accurately-early.html Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:40:02 EDT news705160741 Mayo Clinic researchers have developed an experimental drug with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) to target the "undruggable" PDZ domain of the GIPC1 protein, which helps different types of cancer, including pancreatic cancer, grow and resist treatment. In laboratory studies, the drug slowed tumor growth, improved survival and enhanced the effects of the chemotherapy drug gemcitabine. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-class-small-molecule-inhibitor-pancreatic.html Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:20:08 EDT news705149221 When it comes to medical imaging, a chatbot doesn't know its backside from its elbow. Or, at least, it can't tell a spine from a knee. But if a Boston University research team is successful, a smarter AI system for evaluating brain scan images might someday help clinicians spot diseases sooner, saving lives while cutting costs. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-pretrained-ai-clinics-brain-mris.html Wed, 05 Aug 2026 10:00:03 EDT news705141601 As the use of artificial intelligence for mental health conditions grows among both patients seeking support and psychiatrists treating them, West Virginia University researchers put ChatGPT-5 Pro to the test to determine its abilities in psychiatry education. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-ai-psychiatry-cases-human-oversight.html Tue, 04 Aug 2026 18:00:03 EDT news705077161 Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have created an innovative treatment for periodontitis that targets and eliminates harmful bacteria while preserving beneficial oral microbes essential for health. The findings were published in the Journal of Translational Medicine. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-therapy-gum-disease-bacterium-beneficial.html Tue, 04 Aug 2026 14:40:01 EDT news705066901 Modern medicine has become increasingly focused on preventing disease and extending healthy life, but a new paper claims that the next major leap in health care will require something more fundamental: ensuring that both medical care and scientific knowledge are accessible to everyone. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-medicine-framework-greater-access-ideas.html Tue, 04 Aug 2026 13:50:01 EDT news705068162 A one-size-fits-all approach likely isn't the best strategy when designing artificial intelligence systems that assist users in disease diagnosis. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-medical-ai-benefits-vary-expertise.html Tue, 04 Aug 2026 09:20:05 EDT news705053881 USC researchers have developed an approach that uses artificial intelligence to generate detailed maps that highlight differences in how distinct parts of the brain age. The new model also sheds light on how patterns of brain changes correlate with changes in cognitive function across the lifespan, according to a new USC study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-ai-enabled-local-brain-aging.html Mon, 03 Aug 2026 17:00:06 EDT news704994061 Suicide rates in the U.S. have been rising at an alarming rate over the past few decades, with rates among veterans 1.5 times higher than those of the general public, USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work's study shows. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-brain-eye-movements-ai-depression.html Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:00:06 EDT news704980321 A collaborative project between the University of Melbourne and RMIT has developed a thermal-imaging artificial intelligence (AI) tool called THERMUL to prevent diabetes-related foot ulcer hospitalizations and amputations by improving early intervention rates. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-tool-enables-early-intervention-diabetes.html Mon, 03 Aug 2026 08:20:01 EDT news704958842 Artificial intelligence (AI) analysis of electrocardiogram (ECG) data can simultaneously detect subtypes of left ventricular (LV) dysfunction and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), according to a study published online July 28 in the Journal of the American Heart Association. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07-ai-accurately-left-ventricular-dysfunction.html Fri, 31 Jul 2026 13:20:07 EDT news704719851 Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center validated an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered blood test that accurately detected liver cancer in people from two geographically and biologically distinct populations and uncovered the underlying biological signals that make the test effective. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07-ai-blood-assay-liver-cancer.html Fri, 31 Jul 2026 11:00:07 EDT news704634122 While artificial intelligence (AI) holds immense promise for transforming health care for older adults, a new study published in JMIR Aging reveals significant friction between those who use AI health tools and those who create and fund them. Conducted by researchers at Johns Hopkins University, the University of Iowa, and Washington University in St. Louis, the study highlights how key stakeholders—older adults, care partners, clinicians, health system leaders, developers and investors—hold fundamentally different definitions of value, usability and cost, creating systemic barriers to technology adoption. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07-reveals-deep-ai-health-priorities.html Thu, 30 Jul 2026 11:20:05 EDT news704626362 Researchers at Kennedy Krieger Institute and Penn Engineering have developed an advanced artificial intelligence system that measures a child's ability to imitate simple body movements using ordinary video recordings. The Computerized Assessment of Motor Imitation, or CAMI-2DNet, brings researchers one step closer to a scalable, objective method for evaluating imitation, which is an important behavioral marker associated with autism. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07-ai-autism-screening-accessible.html Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:00:10 EDT news704604601 The use of artificial intelligence (AI) and algorithms is increasingly under scrutiny. After all, they can already do a great deal, and even more is promised. But what exactly lies under the hood of an AI model? For some applications, that knowledge doesn't matter all that much. But doctors in the intensive care unit (ICU) have to make decisions that can ultimately be a matter of life and death. They want to know exactly how a risk assessment is constructed. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07-doctors-ai.html Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:40:06 EDT news704552586 Before advances in scientific data storage and collaboration via the cloud, medical investigators seeking health research breakthroughs had to overcome significant obstacles to collaboration and the gathering of key clinical data. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07-medical-database-evolved-global-standard.html Wed, 29 Jul 2026 14:40:01 EDT news704552163 Cardiovascular disease is becoming increasingly common among people ages 20–29, according to the World Health Organization, because of the rise in metabolic conditions such as obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia and diabetes among young populations worldwide. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07-scientists-artificial-brain-heart-health.html Wed, 29 Jul 2026 13:40:04 EDT news704549881 According to The Danish Diabetes Association, about 100,000 Danes are unaware that they have type 2 diabetes, and approximately half a million Danes are estimated to have a precursor to type 2 diabetes, also known as prediabetes. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07-length-upper-leg-diabetes.html Wed, 29 Jul 2026 10:40:02 EDT news704539805 Researchers from RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School found that an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled early warning system helped identify hospitalized patients at risk of rapid clinical decline sooner, contributing to fewer deaths among high-risk patients. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07-ai-tool-patient-deterioration-earlier.html Wed, 29 Jul 2026 10:00:01 EDT news704471341 Nearly 6 in 10 New Jersey adults support regulating how artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots interact with users seeking mental health advice, according to a study conducted by the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling, home of the Rutgers-Eagleton Poll, in collaboration with the Center for Health Services Research at the Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07-jerseyans-ai-mental-health.html Wed, 29 Jul 2026 07:40:02 EDT news704525942 Researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence-based method that could significantly improve the detection and classification of brain tumors from MRI scans, achieving higher accuracy than conventional diagnostic systems. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07-scientists-brain-tumors-mri-images.html Tue, 28 Jul 2026 17:40:03 EDT news704450432 Sleep disturbances are far more common among workers in middle to later life than previously believed, according to a study that links work-related stress to a range of well-being issues. Researchers found that nearly 70% of participants experienced persistent, clinically significant sleep problems, despite having no known history of sleep disorders. Even more concerning, almost 92% met the clinical threshold for a sleep disorder at least once during the study. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07-potential-crisis-workers-links-stress.html Tue, 28 Jul 2026 16:20:03 EDT news704463781 An international team of researchers led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) and the University of Bonn—with participation from the Barça Innovation Hub (BIHUB), FC Barcelona's medical department and the company Made of Genes—has developed a computer-based approach that improves injury prediction in elite women's soccer. The study, published in npj Digital Medicine, combines artificial intelligence, survival analysis, statistical calibration and decision theory to transform risk prediction into a useful tool for clinical and sports practice. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07-cumulative-fatigue-emerges-predictor-women.html Tue, 28 Jul 2026 15:00:02 EDT news704463201 A new artificial intelligence (AI) tool developed by La Trobe University researchers could help predict which stage 2 bowel cancer patients are at risk of relapse, an advance that could ultimately lead to thousands getting life-saving treatment earlier. Bowel cancer is Australia's fourth most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second most common cause of cancer death. Worldwide, it is the third most common cancer. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07-ai-tool-bowel-cancer-relapse.html Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:20:05 EDT news704458981 Artificial intelligence developed by researchers at UCL has revealed a promising combination of cancer treatments that could help patients with locally advanced rectal cancer live longer. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07-ai-analysis-tailor-treatment-locally.html Mon, 27 Jul 2026 18:30:01 EDT news704364121 An international team of researchers, clinicians, educators, ethicists and patient partners has developed and validated the Health CARE-AI (Contextual, Accountable, Responsible, and Equitable Artificial Intelligence) Framework. Published in JMIR Medical Education, the study provides a consensus-backed roadmap for the responsible integration of AI across the health care learning and practice continuum. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07-global-ai-framework-standard-responsible.html Mon, 27 Jul 2026 17:40:03 EDT news704367402