Patients who, perhaps unbeknownst to their health care providers, are in need of genetic testing for rare undiagnosed diseases can be identified en masse based on routine information in electronic health records (EHRs), a ...
Jun 3, 2021
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New work by computer scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and IBM Research on deep learning models to accurately diagnose diseases from X-ray images with less labeled data won the Best Paper award for ...
Mar 5, 2021
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A groundbreaking new type of cancer immunotherapy developed at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai trains the innate immune system to help it eliminate tumor cells through the use of nanobiologics, tiny materials ...
Oct 29, 2020
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Freezing of gait, one of the most incapacitating symptoms of Parkinson's disease, manifests as sudden, short episodes of an inability to move the feet forward despite the intention to walk. Researchers at the University of ...
Sep 15, 2020
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Every doctor recommends regular aerobic exercise, since greater aerobic fitness is important for achieving better overall health. But Joslin Diabetes Center scientists now have discovered that some benefits of aerobic exercise ...
Jul 20, 2020
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Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) has been accepted as the preferred alternative for rectal cancer diagnosis. N-staging is necessary for all MR reports, for which accurate detection and segmentation of lymph ...
Jul 3, 2020
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Atop exercise researcher at the University of Virginia School of Medicine is urging clinical trials of exercise in patients with Friedreich's ataxia after finding that physical activity has a "profound" protective effect ...
Jun 16, 2020
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In so-called cloacal malformation (anal atresia), children are born without a rectal orifice or anus, or one that is malformed. This condition affects one in every 5,000 children. The congenital malformation can be corrected ...
Dec 5, 2019
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Microsurgery is an intricate and challenging surgical technique that involves using miniature instruments and sutures as fine as a hair strand aided by sophisticated microscopes. In plastic surgery, microsurgery is used to ...
Oct 26, 2019
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Researchers are pioneering a new model of care for patients with back pain in New Zealand, in a bid to address what is a costly and growing problem.
Jun 10, 2019
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