Parkinson's disease is the fastest-growing neurodegenerative disease, now affecting more than 10 million people worldwide, yet clinicians still face huge challenges in tracking its severity and progression.
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Kawasaki disease (KD) is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children in developed countries, yet it has long defied easy understanding, with diverse traits and multiple triggers, and an unknown cause.
Sep 21, 2022
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How are social media platforms managing vaccine misinformation at this stage in the pandemic?
Aug 17, 2022
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Vanderbilt researchers have developed an active machine learning approach to predict the effects of tumor variants of unknown significance, or VUS, on sensitivity to chemotherapy. VUS, mutated bits of DNA with unknown impacts ...
Aug 9, 2022
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An automated process based on computer algorithms that can read text from medical examiners' death certificates can substantially speed up data collection of overdose deaths—which in turn can ensure a more rapid public ...
Aug 8, 2022
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Can immunotherapy treatment help this cancer patient? And if it can, which specific treatment should be used? Oncologists routinely ask themselves these questions. Insurance companies also ask it because immunotherapy is ...
Aug 1, 2022
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Imagine having to choose over and over between what you enjoy doing and the pain that it might cause you, whether physical or emotional. If you live with conditions such as depression, anxiety, or chronic pain, you are probably ...
Jul 20, 2022
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Assessing the thickness of melanoma is difficult, whether done by an experienced dermatologist or a well-trained machine-learning algorithm. A study from the University of Gothenburg shows that the algorithm and the dermatologists ...
Jul 20, 2022
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Leukemia is often the result of the disruption to the fine balance in blood cell production where new cells are manufactured and old blood cells die.
Jul 5, 2022
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Acute cholangitis is a potentially life-threatening bacterial infection that often is associated with gallstones. Symptoms include fever, jaundice, right upper quadrant pain, and elevated liver enzymes.
Jul 1, 2022
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