by American College of Physicians Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA new protein risk score developed to predict the risk of death for persons with heart failure (HF) has demonstrated good calibration and may help clinicians better stratify mortality risk in these patients. The score is published in Annals of Internal Medicine. Heart failure is a complex clinical...
Peer-Reviewed Publication UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM RESEARCHER JOHN KIM, MD, IS A PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE EXPERT AT UVA HEALTH AND THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.CREDIT: UVA HEALTH Could healthy fats found in nuts and fish slow the progression of potentially deadly lung scarring known as pulmonary fibrosis and delay the need...
Peer-Reviewed Publication BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE Just like a doctor adjusts the dose of a medication to the patient’s needs, the expression of therapeutic genes, those modified in a person to treat or cure a disease via gene therapy, also needs to be maintained within a therapeutic window. Staying within the therapeutic window is important...
Artificial intelligence, coupled with data from an iPad coloring game, could assist in early diagnosis of autism, a new USC study shows. “These results indicate potential for an easy and novel method for early detection of autism and development coordination disorder,” said senior author Lisa Aziz-Zadeh, a professor at the USC Mrs. T.H. Chan Division...
AI can analyse X-rays and diagnose medical issues just as, or more, accurately than doctors, a new study led by the University of Warwick has found.X-ray analysis – illustrative artistic rendering. The AI, which has been trained on 2.8 million historic chest X-rays from over 1.5 million patients, scans X-Rays for 37 possible conditions. It...
Osaka UniversityJust as healthy organs are vital to our well-being, healthy organelles are vital to the proper functioning of the cell. These subcellular structures carry out specific jobs within the cell, for example, mitochondria power the cell and lysosomes keep the cell tidy. Although damage to these two organelles has been linked to aging, cellular...
Henswear envisions a transformative approach to health monitoring through nanomaterial-based sensors seamlessly integrated into everyday clothing.A team of engineers from the University of Delaware introduces wearable nanotechnology designed to accelerate recovery, with the added benefit of adaptability to existing fabrics. NEXT-GENERATION WEARABLE TECHNOLOGIES (Photo : University of Delaware)Thanks to new funding from NSF, Thostenson (pictured)...
A new study shows that the brightness of light matters more than its color. Reviewed by Gary Drevitch KEY POINTSResearchers exposed healthy subjects to blue, yellow, and white light for an hour before bed.The color of light made no difference to participants’ level of drowsiness or sleep quality.Light-sensitive ganglion cells in the eye, not color-producing...
Written by Christine Giordano, MD | Reviewed by Patricia Pinto-Garcia, MD, MPH Key takeaways: Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency is a medical condition that makes it hard to digest food. It can lead to nutrition and vitamin deficiencies, which can affect your health.Symptoms of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency may be mild like stomach pain, cramping, bloating, and gassiness....
Written by Nicole E. Cieri-Hutcherson, PharmD, BCPS, NCMP | Reviewed by Joshua Murdock, PharmD, BCBBS Key takeaways: If you can’t sleep, over-the-counter (OTC) sleep aids like diphenhydramine (ZzzQuil, Benadryl), doxylamine (Unisom), and melatonin might help. But there are a few things to know about taking them safely.Avoid mixing OTC sleeping pills with alcohol and other...
