by American Heart Association Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A smartphone app using artificial intelligence technology to detect changes in the voice of a person with heart failure predicted more than 75% of hospitalizations about three weeks before they happened, according to late-breaking science presented Nov. 13 at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2023. The meeting, held Nov. 11–13,...
by Deb Balzer, Mayo Clinic Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive neurologic disorder that causes memory loss and other cognitive decline due to brain cell degeneration. It’s the most common cause of dementia—a clinical syndrome characterized by a collection of symptoms that affect cognitive abilities, memory, thinking behavior. Dementia is not a specific...
by Michael Scaturro, KFF Health News Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A proposed federal policy aims to protect older Americans from contracting HIV by offering free preventive medication, the latest effort to catch up to much of Europe and Africa in stemming the spread of the virus. Under the plan from the Biden administration, Medicare would...
by Ellen Goldbaum, University at Buffalo Credit: cottonbro studio from Pexels Children taking psychostimulant drugs prescribed for psychiatric disorders including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) who experience a common childhood fracture take longer to heal than children who don’t take these drugs, University at Buffalo researchers report. The findings were published in the Journal of Pediatric...
by Sacha Pidot, The Conversation Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Imagine a world where simple infections could become life-threatening, where a small cut could spell disaster, and where doctors couldn’t treat diseases effectively anymore. This isn’t the plot of a science fiction movie—it’s a real concern. For decades, antibiotics have been used successfully to fight a wide...
by Tulane University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers at Tulane have developed a new and rapid test that can detect both HIV and tuberculosis at the same time with just a small amount of blood. In a paper published in Clinical Chemistry, researchers led by Tony Hu, Weatherhead Presidential Chair in Biotechnology Innovation and director of...
by Emily Packer, eLife ABT263 effectively depletes endplate SnOCs in the LSI and aging mouse models.(a-c) Immunofluorescent staining of p16 (green), TRAP (red) and nuclei (DAPI; blue) of the endplates in aged (a) and LSI-mice (b) injected with PBS (control) or ABT263 and the quantitative analysis of SnOCs based on dual staining for p16 and TRAP...
Peer-Reviewed Publication UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER Cerebral edema, the dangerous brain swelling that occurs after traumatic brain injury (TBI), can increase risk of death tenfold and significantly worsen prospects for recovery in brain function. In extreme cases, surgeons will remove a portion of the skull to relieve pressure, but this has significant risks and...
Posted Today Microscopy plus machine learning and AI equals a quick, cheap and automated way to detect not only coronavirus, but other emerging pathogens or cellular responses to drugs.Digital virology, AI in medical research – illustrative rendering. Digital virology, AI in medical research – illustrative rendering. Image credit: Minttu Polso/Aalto University Before there were vaccines or...
Posted Today Heart failure is one of the leading causes of hospitalization among older adults in the United States, with over half a million new cases being recorded each year. Half of these individuals will die within five years of developing the disease.An artist’s rendering of a heartbeat plotted on a graph. An artist’s rendering of...
