Medications
Opioid prescriptions affected by computer settings
Simple, no-cost computer changes can affect the number of opioid pills prescribed to patients, according to a new UC San Francisco study.
Jan 21, 2020
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Medical research
Team discovers new genetic disease and defines underlying mechanism
Studies that started in zebrafish have now pointed to a role for collagen secretion in a wide variety of clinical symptoms—and in a newly identified genetic syndrome.
Jan 13, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Calculating genetic links between diseases, without the genetic data
Physicians use standard disease classifications based on symptoms or location in the body to help make diagnoses. These classifications, called nosologies, can help doctors understand which diseases are closely related, and ...
Dec 10, 2019
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Cardiology
Most prescribed blood pressure drugs may be less effective than others
A new multinational study shows that the most popular first-line treatment for hypertension is less effective and has more side effects than an alternative that's prescribed much less often.
Oct 24, 2019
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Genetics
Health records pin broad set of health risks on genetic premutation
It was long believed the FMR1 premutation—an excessive number of trinucleotide repeats in the FMR1 gene—had no direct effect on the people who carry it. Until recently, the only recognized effect on the carriers of the ...
Aug 21, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Big data reveals hidden subtypes of sepsis
Much like cancer, sepsis isn't simply one condition but rather many conditions that could benefit from different treatments, according to the results of a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine study involving more than ...
May 20, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Harnessing multiple data streams and artificial intelligence to better predict flu
Influenza is highly contagious and easily spreads as people move about and travel, making tracking and forecasting flu activity a challenge. While the CDC continuously monitors patient visits for flu-like illness in the U.S., ...
Jan 11, 2019
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Genetics
Hundreds of new blood pressure gene variations discovered
In one of the largest studies of its kind, an international research team led by 20 Vanderbilt University scientists has discovered more than 200 new genetic variations associated with high blood pressure.
Jan 7, 2019
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Medical research
Machine learning can be used to predict which patients require emergency admission
Machine learning—a field of artificial intelligence that uses statistical techniques to enable computer systems to 'learn' from data—can be used to analyse electronic health records and predict the risk of emergency hospital ...
Nov 20, 2018
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Medical research
Team's study reveals hidden lives of medical biomarkers
What do medical biomarkers do on evenings and weekends, when they might be considered off the clock?
Oct 12, 2018
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