Cardiology
Research shows how a tiny device in the ear canal can monitor heart health
A driving simulation study has shown we are one step closer to monitoring our heart health in real time via a tiny device worn in the ear.
Jan 16, 2024
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News tagged with clinical signs
Inflammatory disorders
New sensor objectively measures scratching intensity
Akhil Padmanabha knows about itching. His chronic itching caused by severe eczema was so debilitating that he was hospitalized twice and had to be home-schooled during most of his high school years. Itch so impacted his life ...
Sep 19, 2023
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Biomedical technology
New pocket-sized device for clinicians could spot infected wounds faster
It's notoriously difficult for doctors to identify a wound that is becoming infected. Clinical signs and symptoms are imprecise and methods of identifying bacteria can be time-consuming and inaccessible, so a diagnosis can ...
Aug 24, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Risk biomarkers for chronic graft-versus-host-disease identified
For someone with a blood cancer, receiving stem cells from a donor offers the possibility of a cure. But patients undergoing this procedure, called allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation, also face the possibility ...
Aug 1, 2023
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Genetics
Spinocerebellar ataxias: Study highlights a widely underestimated diversity
Spinocerebellar ataxias are a heterogeneous group of inherited diseases associated with degeneration of the cerebellum—a region at the back of the brain that plays an essential role in motor control. Patients have gait ...
Jun 21, 2023
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Health informatics
Optimizing sepsis treatment timing with a machine learning model
A new machine learning model that estimates optimal treatment timing for sepsis could pave the way for support tools that help physicians personalize treatment decisions at the patient bedside, researchers say.
Apr 6, 2023
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Cardiology
Developing a digital marker for coronary artery disease
Using machine learning and clinical data from electronic health records, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York constructed an in silico, or computer-derived, marker for coronary artery disease ...
Dec 20, 2022
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Medical research
New therapeutic target could check the progress of Alzheimer's disease
A new study conducted by University of Malaga researcher Inés Moreno, in collaboration with the University of Texas, has identified a potential non-invasive therapy that could check the progress of Alzheimer's disease, the ...
Sep 26, 2022
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Radiology & Imaging
Artificial intelligence predicts patients' race from their medical images
The miseducation of algorithms is a critical problem; when artificial intelligence mirrors unconscious thoughts, racism, and biases of the humans who generated these algorithms, it can lead to serious harm. Computer programs, ...
May 20, 2022
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Genetics
Editing RNA to fix protein problems in cystic fibrosis
The process of generating proteins from genes is akin to a factory, where workers follow a set of instructions that, ideally, are effective and clear. But for some people who suffer from cystic fibrosis (CF), one of their ...
Jan 27, 2022
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