Oncology & Cancer

New model identifies women at high risk for endometrial cancer

Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecological malignancy in the United States yet current guidelines do not recommend screening for endometrial cancer for individuals already at high endometrial cancer risk, such as ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Predictive model developed for polio

Using outbreak data from 2003-2010, Kathleen O'Reilly of Imperial College London, UK and colleagues develop a statistical model of the spread of wild polioviruses in Africa that can predict polio outbreaks six months in advance. ...

Addiction

Model helps predict which infants may develop NAS

A new Vanderbilt-designed prediction model may make it easier to determine which infants will go on to develop neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), a drug withdrawal syndrome in newborns that occurs after exposure to opioids ...

Medications

Model predicts death due to acetaminophen overdose

(HealthDay) -- Model for Acetaminophen-induced Liver Damage (MALD), a mathematical model that utilizes commonly obtained laboratory values, including overdose amount and time elapsed since overdose, is effective for predicting ...

Medical research

Harnessing the power of machine learning to improve urology care

Urodynamics—a group of tests that evaluate how well the body collects, and then releases, urine—can be crucial for diagnosing urologic problems, particularly in children with spinal cord defects and other neurologic conditions. ...

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