Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Six numbers predict life-threatening COVID-19
Rutgers researchers developed a way to help hospitals identify life-threatening COVID-19 cases using machine-learning software.
Sep 25, 2023
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News tagged with vital signs
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Wearable optical device shows promise for detecting postpartum hemorrhage
Researchers have developed a wearable optical device for early detection of hemorrhage during labor or after childbirth. This serious heavy bleeding can be hard to detect before it becomes an emergency and accounts for almost ...
Sep 21, 2023
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Inflammatory disorders
New sensor objectively measures scratching intensity
Akhil Padmanabha knows about itching. His chronic itching caused by severe eczema was so debilitating that he was hospitalized twice and had to be home-schooled during most of his high school years. Itch so impacted his life ...
Sep 19, 2023
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Health informatics
AI measure predicts hospital discharge
The Adelaide Score, the brainchild of researchers at the University of Adelaide, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and the Health and Information (HI) collaborative, could be tested in South Australian hospitals later this year, ...
May 8, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
After Idaho's strict abortion ban, OB-GYNs stage a quick exodus
At a brewery in this northern Idaho city, hundreds of people recently held a wake of sorts to mourn the closure of Sandpoint's only labor and delivery ward, collateral damage from the state's Republican-led effort to criminalize ...
May 4, 2023
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Biomedical technology
Improved, self-healing medical sensor responds to temperature, adapts to skin
For wearable electronics to live up to their promise for health care monitoring, they need to do at least two things: transform from rigid to soft to accommodate changing structural needs, and heal their own normal wear-and-tear. ...
Apr 19, 2023
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Health informatics
Optimizing sepsis treatment timing with a machine learning model
A new machine learning model that estimates optimal treatment timing for sepsis could pave the way for support tools that help physicians personalize treatment decisions at the patient bedside, researchers say.
Apr 6, 2023
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Biomedical technology
Human feces and urine contain a motherlode of health data: 'Smart toilets' detect daily fluctuations, serious disease
A disease-detecting toilet capable of a range of monitoring and surveillance activities could soon be reality, and while the device may test for everything from how fast your urine flows to reporting on your vital signs, ...
Medical economics
NHS plans to expand 'virtual wards.' But who will staff them?
To tackle ever-increasing hospital waiting times, the government is reforming the way the NHS provides services. One of these reforms is the expansion of virtual wards. The goal is to treat 50,000 people a month in their ...
Feb 3, 2023
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Cardiology
Developing a digital marker for coronary artery disease
Using machine learning and clinical data from electronic health records, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York constructed an in silico, or computer-derived, marker for coronary artery disease ...
Dec 20, 2022
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