Men with greater abdominal muscle area show an increased risk of coronary heart disease. University of California San Diego Body composition — often expressed as the amount of fat in relation to muscle — is one of the standard predictors of cardiac health. Now, new research from the University of California San Diego Herbert Wertheim...
by Colette Gallagher, Mayo Clinic Credit: Mayo ClinicMayo Clinic researchers recently invented a new class of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms called hypothesis-driven AI that are a significant departure from traditional AI models which learn solely from data. In a review published in Cancers, the researchers note that this emerging class of AI offers an innovative...
by Amsterdam University Medical Center Scanning electron micrograph of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, which cause TB. Credit: NIAIDMycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the bacteria that causes a tuberculosis infection, is present in exhaled breath of 90% of those presenting with suspected tuberculosis. This includes those who were negative on conventional sputum testing and not diagnosed with TB. This...
