Artificial intelligence learns muscle anatomy in CT images
Credit: Yoshinobu Sato Personalized medicine has stirred the imagination of drugs and therapies that are individually tailored to patients. In ...
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UTSA studies osteoporotic bone fractures to rethink treatment
Credit: Photo Courtesy of UTSA About half of all women in the U.S. will suffer a bone fracture due to ...
Study gives Ontario men access to advanced prostate cancer imaging
Credit: Lawson Health Research Institute LONDON, ON - Led by researchers at Lawson Health Research Institute, a multi-centre registry trial ...
Machine learning leads to novel way to track tremor severity in Parkinson’s patients
Method incorporates wearable sensors and machine-learning algorithms to allow free body movement in patients' natural environmentsCredit: Alex Dolce, Florida Atlantic ...
Turning a dangerous toxin into a biosensor
Credit: Chan Cao, EPFL Some types of bacteria have the ability to punch holes into other cells and kill them. ...
Hyperfine introduces world’s first point-of-care MRI system at the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Scientific Assembly 2019
Credit: Hyperfine Guilford, CT - October 28, 2019 - Hyperfine Research Inc. is introducing the world's first low-cost, point-of-care (POC) ...
Financial incentives plus information decrease patient preference for diagnostic testing
Credit: KIRSTY CHALLEN, B.SC., MBCHB, MRES, PH.D., LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS, UNITED KINGDOM DES PLAINES, IL -- Providing financial incentives to ...
New findings could improve diagnosis, treatment of depression
Scientists find potential biomarker for major symptom of depression: lack of motivationCredit: Image courtesy of Stephan Lammel, UC Berkeley Researchers ...
3D-printed device finds ‘needle in a haystack’ cancer cells by removing the hay
Credit: Allison Carter, Georgia Tech Finding a handful of cancer cells hiding among billions of blood cells in a patient ...
Lithuanian scientists’ research may contribute to a better diagnosis of cancer
The method discovered by Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania researchers together with colleagues from other countries opens up an opportunity ...
WPI researcher creating safer, more accurate way to detect prostate cancer
WPI Biomedical Engineer receives $1.8 Million NIH grant to build robotic system to find and monitor common and deadly cancerCredit: ...
Kirigami inspires new method for wearable sensors
Credit: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering. As wearable sensors become more prevalent, the need ...
Simple test predicts dangerous pregnancy disorder
Credit: Edith Cowan University Australian researchers have developed a way to predict the onset of a deadly pregnancy condition that ...
Digital breast tomosynthesis increases cancer detection over full-field mammography
American Journal of Roentgenology research comparing digital breast tomosynthesis and full-field digital mammography finds that DBT results in 'significantly increased ...
Telescope technology used to take first accurate images of glaucoma-related eye structure
Indiana University optometry researchers took the first undistorted images of the eye's trabecular meshwork using methods originally developed to stop ...
Overcoming the blood-brain-barrier: Delivering therapeutics to the brain
Credit: Professor Moein Moghimi, Newcastle University, UK For the first time, scientists have identified a simple way that can effectively ...
SLAS Technology releases part 1 of special 2-part issue
Engineering innovations for fundamental biology and translational medicine now availableCredit: David James Group October's SLAS Technology Special Issue Focuses on ...
New test offers improved diagnosis and management of chronic hepatitis B
COLD-PCR/FMCA enables simultaneous and more precise evaluation of HBV DNA, genotypes, and mutant DNA, as well as better assessment of ...
American Journal of Roentgenology reviews vaping-associated lung injury findings
AJR details patterns of inhalation lung injury associated with vaporizers and e-cigarettes: hypersensitivity pneumonitis, diffuse alveolar hemorrhage, acute eosinophilic pneumonia, ...
Women and black Americans more likely to face severe adult obesity
Credit: Cincinnati Children's Severe adult obesity carries many risks to health, but until now, little has been known about childhood ...