Studies showing links between personality traits and life outcomes, such as marital stability and vocational achievements, provide a reasonably accurate map of the relationship between personality and various aspects of one's ...
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By conjuring the spell "Lumos!" wizards in the mythical world of Harry Potter could light up the tip of their magic wands and illuminate their surroundings. So, too, does LumosVar, a computer program developed by the Translational ...
Mar 20, 2019
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Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. Screening is key for early detection and increased survival, but the current method has a 96 percent false positive rate. Using machine learning, researchers at ...
Mar 13, 2019
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Millions of people have contracted Zika and chikungunya virus infections since the outbreaks that have been striking Latin America since 2013. Zika-related malformations in newborns particularly warrant reliable diagnostics. ...
Jan 18, 2019
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Complication rates following invasive diagnostic procedures for lung abnormalities were twice as high in the community setting compared to those reported in lung cancer screening trials, and associated downstream costs ranged ...
Jan 14, 2019
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(HealthDay)—Home pregnancy tests are commonplace, but that doesn't mean that every type of self-test for health issues is reliable.
Nov 7, 2018
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Choosing the correct individualised treatment for breast cancer depends upon determination of receptors for oestrogen, progesterone and HER2. The gold-standard method is currently immunohistochemistry (IHC). However, in 5 ...
Oct 9, 2018
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A woman goes to the doctor for a mammogram. The result comes back positive. "This doesn't necessarily mean you have cancer, false positives are common," her doctor might say. Maybe the patient is also given a pamphlet with ...
Sep 10, 2018
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Field trials for a vaccination to protect cattle against bovine tuberculosis (bovine TB) would need to involve 500 herds – potentially as many as 75,000-100,000 cattle – to demonstrate cost effectiveness for farmers, ...
Jun 7, 2018
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A team of researchers including investigators from Mayo Clinic has identified a technology to address the problem of false positives in CT-based lung cancer screening. The team's findings are published in the current issue ...
May 15, 2018
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