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Newswise: Machine Learning Tackles Long COVID
Released: 5-Jan-2023 11:05 AM EST
Machine Learning Tackles Long COVID
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

There are so many unknowns about long COVID. Why is the range of symptoms so vast? How do pre-existing conditions play a role? Scientists have developed a machine learning tool to accelerate discoveries using actual patient data.

   
Newswise: Digital Marker for Coronary Artery Disease Built by Researchers at Mount Sinai
19-Dec-2022 7:00 PM EST
Digital Marker for Coronary Artery Disease Built by Researchers at Mount Sinai
Mount Sinai Health System

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 (CAD) to better measure clinically important characterizations of the disease.

Released: 19-Dec-2022 12:00 PM EST
MD Anderson Research Highlights for December 19, 2022
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center’s Research Highlights provides a glimpse into recent basic, translational and clinical cancer research from MD Anderson experts. Current advances include a cell cycle checkpoint inhibitor with potential therapeutic effects in an ovarian cancer subtype, a telementoring program for French-speaking oncology providers in Africa, insights into the relationship between obesity and immunotherapy side effects, updates to the world’s largest cancer drug discovery knowledgebase, improvements to treatment response by blocking the EGFR pathway, and a novel noninvasive diagnostic test for immunotherapy-related kidney injury.

   
Newswise: Noteworthy Medical Research Discoveries From 2022
Released: 7-Dec-2022 12:40 PM EST
Noteworthy Medical Research Discoveries From 2022
Cedars-Sinai

Investigators at Cedars-Sinai conduct more than 2,500 research projects annually, and many of these studies have resulted in new treatments or have opened the door to future innovations.

Released: 21-Nov-2022 3:15 PM EST
الفحص الموجه بالذكاء الاصطناعي يستخدم بيانات مخطط كهربية القلب لاكتشاف أحد عوامل الخطر الخفية للإصابة بالسكتة الدماغية
Mayo Clinic

مدينة روتشستر، ولاية مينيسوتا - استخدم باحثو مايو كلينك الذكاء الاصطناعي لتقييم مخططات كهربية القلب للمرضى في إطار استراتيجية استهدافيّة للكشف عن الرجفان الأذيني، وهو إحدى اضطرابات نظم القلب الشائعة. الرجفان الأذيني هو عدم انتظام ضربات القلب، والذي قد يؤدي إلى جلطات دموية قد تنتقل إلى الدماغ وتسبب سكتة دماغية؛ لكن لا يتم يُشخص بشكل صحيح في معظم الأحيان. في الدراسة اللامركزية الميسرة رقميًا، قام الذكاء الاصطناعي بالتعرف على حالات جديدة من الرجفان الأذيني التي لم يكن ليتم الانتباه لها سريريًا خلال الرعاية الروتينية.

Released: 21-Nov-2022 3:05 PM EST
Exámenes de detección guiados por inteligencia artificial usan datos de electrocardiogramas para detectar factores de riesgo ocultos de accidente cerebrovascular
Mayo Clinic

os investigadores de Mayo Clinic utilizaron inteligencia artificial para evaluar electrocardiogramas de pacientes en el marco de una estrategia dirigida para detectar fibrilación auricular, un trastorno frecuente del ritmo cardíaco. La fibrilación auricular es un latido cardíaco irregular que puede provocar coágulos sanguíneos que podrían viajar al cerebro y causar un accidente cerebrovascular, y suele ser difícil de diagnosticar.

Released: 21-Nov-2022 2:55 PM EST
A triagem guiada por inteligência artificial usa dados de eletrocardiograma para detectar os fatores de risco ocultos que provocam AVC
Mayo Clinic

Pesquisadores da Mayo Clinic usaram inteligência artificial para avaliar eletrocardiogramas de pacientes em uma estratégia direcionada para examinar a fibrilação atrial, um transtorno de ritmo cardíaco comum. A fibrilação atrial é um batimento cardíaco irregular que pode provocar a formação de coágulos de sangue que podem se mover até o cérebro e causar um AVC, entretanto, ela é altamente subdiagnosticada.

Released: 21-Oct-2022 2:20 PM EDT
Study Suggests Discontinuation of Gender-Affirming Hormones in Those Who Start Treatment as Adolescents Is Rare
Lancet

Study from clinic in The Netherlands suggests 98% (704 out of 720) of adolescents with gender dysphoria who initiated gender-affirming hormone treatment as adolescents continued use at follow-up.

Released: 21-Oct-2022 1:10 PM EDT
Single Stranded Suture Threads Could Prevent Pregnancy Infection Complications, C-Stich Trial Finds
University of Birmingham

Women at risk of pregnancy loss who need a specialist surgical procedure could benefit from a single-stranded suture thread to reduce risk of infection, results from the C-STICH clinical trial found.

Newswise: UT Southwestern Diabetes Expert Recommends Paradigm Shift In Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes to Focus on Weight Loss
Released: 30-Sep-2021 6:05 PM EDT
UT Southwestern Diabetes Expert Recommends Paradigm Shift In Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes to Focus on Weight Loss
UT Southwestern Medical Center

An international panel of experts from four renowned diabetes research centers, including UT Southwestern Medical Center, has reviewed current literature and is recommending a pivotal change in treatment of Type 2 diabetes to focus on obesity first and glucose control second.

Released: 11-Nov-2020 8:00 AM EST
‘Pinprick’ biomarker blood test offers diagnostic potential in HPV-related cancers Study shows rising antibody levels predict the course of cancer
Abviris

A potential breakthrough in the early detection of the neck, head and anal cancers linked to human papilloma viruses (HPV) has emerged. It is based on a highly specific diagnostic test that appears to indicate cancer, and predict its course, from just a pinprick of blood.

14-Feb-2020 9:20 AM EST
World failing to provide children with a healthy life and a climate fit for their future: WHO-UNICEF-Lancet
World Health Organization (WHO)

As climate and commercial threats intensify, WHO-UNICEF-Lancet Commission presses for radical rethink on child health

19-Nov-2019 11:05 AM EST
New WHO-led study says majority of adolescents worldwide are not sufficiently physically active, putting their current and future health at risk
World Health Organization (WHO)

The first ever global trends for adolescent insufficient physical activity show that urgent action is needed to increase physical activity levels in girls and boys aged 11 to 17 years. The study, published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health journal and produced by researchers from the World Health Organization (WHO), finds that more than 80% of school-going adolescents globally did not meet current recommendations of at least one hour of physical activity per day – including 85% of girls and 78% of boys.

Released: 7-Nov-2019 1:05 PM EST
Galactic fountains and carousels: order emerging from chaos
Royal Astronomical Society

Scientists from Germany and the United States have unveiled the results of a newly-completed

8-May-2019 1:00 PM EDT
New Analysis Predicts Top 25 U.S. Counties at Risk for Measles Outbreaks
 Johns Hopkins University

A new analysis co-led by The Johns Hopkins University identified 25 United States counties that are most likely to experience measles outbreaks in 2019. The analysis combined international air travel volume, non-medical exemptions from childhood vaccinations, population data and reported measles outbreak information.

27-Mar-2017 11:30 AM EDT
Man with Quadriplegia Employs Injury Bridging Technologies to Move Again—Just by Thinking
Case Western Reserve University

Bill Kochevar, who was paralyzed below his shoulders in a bicycling accident, is believed to be the first person with quadriplegia in the world to have arm and hand movements restored with the help of two temporarily implanted technologies.

27-Oct-2016 3:30 PM EDT
Optical Coherence Topography Offers Superior Resolution in Coronary Stent Implantation, According to Study
New York-Presbyterian Hospital

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) provides safe and improved guidance for patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention to treat coronary artery disease, according to results from the ILLUMIEN III: OPTIMIZE PCI trial.

Released: 27-Sep-2016 9:05 AM EDT
Surprising Findings on Deadly Diarrhea Suggest Ways to Save Children's Lives
University of Virginia Health System

New research offers unprecedented insights into the causes of childhood diarrhea, the second-leading cause of death of children worldwide, and suggests that the role of pathogens has been vastly underestimated.



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