Mental health disorders can only be diagnosed on the basis of symptoms—and individual outcomes cannot be accurately predicted. An ETH scientist hopes to change that with the help of mathematical models.
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National Institutes of Health researchers compared a new genetic animal model of Down syndrome to the standard model and found the updated version to be enhanced. The new mouse model shows milder cognitive traits compared ...
Mar 14, 2023
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Competing risks and multi-state models allow us to study complex disease settings and answer composite research questions and should be used more widely in epidemiology.
Mar 9, 2023
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In research published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, investigators developed and validated models that can predict the risk of fall-related injuries in nursing home residents based on routinely collected ...
Mar 8, 2023
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Using data in electronic health records, University of Florida researchers have designed an artificial intelligence system that can predict which patients will develop Alzheimer's disease up to five years before receiving ...
Feb 28, 2023
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Predicting the course of prostate cancer is challenging because only a fraction of prostate cancer patients experience recurrence after radical prostatectomy or radiation therapy. Yet, prostate cancer remains one of the most ...
Feb 14, 2023
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Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecological malignancy in the United States yet current guidelines do not recommend screening for endometrial cancer for individuals already at high endometrial cancer risk, such as ...
Feb 13, 2023
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Mice and other animals have been key to some of the biggest medical breakthroughs in human history. But animals aren't always good models of human disease, leading to failed experiments and controversy over their usefulness.
Feb 2, 2023
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An experimental antidepressant compound with a potentially unique mechanism of action may also be effective against alcohol use disorder, according to a preclinical study from Scripps Research.
Jan 30, 2023
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Researchers have developed a neural network model that uses terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) data for non-invasive burn assessment. They combined the new approach with a handheld imaging device that they developed ...
Jan 30, 2023
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