Artificial Intelligence improves stroke and dementia diagnosis in most common brain scan
Machine learning has detected one of the commonest causes of dementia and stroke, in the most widely used form of brain scan (CT), more accurately...
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New study reveals how electronic health records can benefit clinical trials
Credit: SAIL The study entitled "Long term extension of a randomised controlled trial of probiotics using electronic health records" led by researchers in the Swansea...
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation announces five new Physician-Scientist Training Awards
New York, NY (May 16, 2018) - Physician-scientists are crucial to moving scientific discoveries from the lab to patients, but their numbers have been dwindling...
Plug-and-play diagnostic devices
Credit: Melanie Gonick/MIT CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Researchers at MIT's Little Devices Lab have developed a set of modular blocks that can be put together in...
Diagnosing breast cancer with an imaging pill
For women, mammograms are a sometimes uncomfortable, but necessary, annual ritual. But this procedure doesn't always provide accurate results, and it exposes women to X-rays....
Case Western Reserve, Lucid Diagnostics sign agreement on Barrett’s Esophagus detector
CLEVELAND--Case Western Reserve University and Lucid Diagnostics, a subsidiary of publicly traded New York-based medical device company, PAVmed Inc. (Nasdaq: PAVM), have signed an exclusive...
Beef peptides block bitter tastes
From burgers to steaks, beef has a long history of being a delicious part of dinner. But what if that pleasant experience of eating beef...
Traditional Chinese medicine is widely used for cardiovascular disease
In this Letter to the Editor, the authors comment on a review article by Hao et al. Traditional Chinese Medicine for Cardiovascular Disease: Evidence and...
Bridge between epigenetics and cancer treatment
FRANKFURT. Not everyone person who has a "cancer gene" will inevitably develop this disease in their lifetime. Thanks to a new area of research called...
Colon cancer — Targeting tumor cell plasticity
Early-stage colon cancers can be surgically removed but later stages of the disease require more targeted treatments, including therapies designed to block a signaling pathway...
Predicting what drives people to seek, stay in substance-use treatment
Credit: Florida Atlantic University About 22 million Americans are substance dependent (illicit drugs and alcohol), which interferes with routine life and requires treatment. Yet, only...
St. Jude named the WHO’s first Collaborating Centre for Childhood Cancer
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital The World Health Organization has designated St. Jude Children's Research Hospital its first WHO Collaborating Centre for Childhood Cancer....
DFG to fund 15 new Research Training Groups
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) is establishing 15 new Research Training Groups (RTGs) to further support early career researchers. This was decided by...
What is the economic impact of malaria for a pregnant woman living in an endemic area of Colombia?
Credit: author: Redesyplataformas Although malaria treatment is free of charge in Colombia, the economic costs incurred by pregnant women seeking care are considerable (mainly due...
Stroke prevention drug combo shows promise, study says
If you've had a minor stroke or a transient ischemic stroke (TIA), taking the clot-preventing drug clopidogrel along with aspirin may lower your risk of...
