For many patients with hypertension—an elevated blood pressure that can lead to stroke or heart attack—medication keeps the condition at bay. But what happens when medication that physicians usually prescribe doesn't ...
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New research led by the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London has found that community mental health patients who were prescribed antidepressants were significantly less likely ...
Jun 20, 2023
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The same type of machine learning methods used to pilot self-driving cars and beat top chess players could help type-1 diabetes sufferers keep their blood glucose levels in a safe range.
Jun 14, 2023
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An artificial intelligence (AI) computer program can read physicians' notes to accurately estimate patients' risk of death, length of hospital stay, and other factors important to care. Designed by a team led by researchers ...
Jun 7, 2023
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Language matters, especially in health care. Clinicians rely on patient characteristics to construct a compelling and accurate picture, such as the age, sex, or symptoms in a 25-year-old woman with lower abdominal pain.
May 31, 2023
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An early advocate for the electronic health records now found in hospitals across the country has developed a plan to improve their use, lighten clinicians' workload and enhance patient care.
May 25, 2023
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Long-term exposure to fine particulate matter air pollution was associated with an increase in hospital procedures in heart failure patients, according to a study published May 3, 2023, in the open-access journal PLOS ONE ...
May 3, 2023
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A team of medical researchers, engineers and computer scientists affiliated with multiple institutions across the U.S. has found that machine learning technology can help doctors predict which patients are at risk of developing ...
People with asthma are more likely to develop cancer, particularly those not using inhaled steroids, according to a study published online March 31 in Cancer Medicine.
Apr 14, 2023
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A study of more than 8,000 comprehensively characterized Medicare beneficiaries has found that the addition of self-reported functional impairments and physical frailty to claims-based measures of multi-morbidity and frailty ...
Apr 3, 2023
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