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Decoding schizophrenia: insights and impacts from genetic discoveries

A recent study in Molecular Psychiatry delves into the genetic architecture of schizophrenia, uncovering insights into common and rare genetic variants, treatment resistance, and the evolutionary paradox of the disorder. This research highlights the complex nature of schizophrenia and the need for a transdiagnostic approach to psychiatric research.

22 Oct 2023

Bone health neglected during medical check-ups, IOF survey reveals

An International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) survey completed by more than 7000 women aged 60 and over from five countries has revealed that broken bones affect almost one in two women in this age group, and that, paradoxically, bone health is neglected during medical check-ups.

20 Oct 2023

Pioneering partnership supports early-stage innovation against antimicrobial resistance to save lives

Innovate UK, LifeArc, and Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC) have joined forces to create PACE (Pathways to Antimicrobial Clinical Efficacy), a £30 million initiative supporting early-stage innovation against antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to save lives. PACE has today (19 October 2023) announced its first funding call with up to £10 million available to support innovators developing new antimicrobials.

20 Oct 2023

UCSF dementia experts to join peers at annual Clinical Trials on Alzheimer's disease conference

Dementia experts from UC San Francisco will join their peers from around the globe at the annual Clinical Trials on Alzheimer's Disease (CTAD) conference in Boston from Oct. 24 to 27.

19 Oct 2023

NIH renews support for UMass Chan and UMass Lowell’s point-of-care technology initiative

UMass Chan Medical School and UMass Lowell have received an $8.9 million award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for renewed support of their initiative to advance the development of home-based and point-of-care health technologies.

19 Oct 2023

Cervical cancer rates increasing in Appalachian Kentucky

While the overall incidence and death rates from cervical cancer have dropped in the U.S., the opposite has been occurring in Appalachian Kentucky – a steady increase. The death rate from cervical cancer in Appalachian Kentucky is now twice that of the national rate.

19 Oct 2023

Sugar-sweetened beverages pose a potential risk of ADHD

The consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages was associated with ADHD.

19 Oct 2023

Assessing COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against long COVID

Researchers discuss SARS-CoV-2 vaccine effectiveness in preventing long COVID in fully vaccinated individuals.

19 Oct 2023

One in five Norwegians suffering from inadequate tinnitus treatment

Researchers have concluded that many people are suffering unnecessarily and that treatment provision offered to patients is failing at many levels.

18 Oct 2023

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative launches new biomedical research hub to build technologies for improving health

Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced the launch of a new biomedical research hub in New York City that will catalyze collaboration between leading scientific and technology institutions in the area, with the goal of solving grand scientific challenges on 10- to 15-year time horizons.

18 Oct 2023

Combining voice technology with AI can be a major step forward in diabetes detection

Determining whether a person is diabetic could be as easy as having them speak a few sentences into their smartphone, according to a groundbreaking study from Klick Labs that combines voice technology with artificial intelligence in a major step forward in diabetes detection.

18 Oct 2023

How adverse working conditions increase the risk of depression

The study in The Lancet reveals a strong correlation between adverse working conditions and the onset of mental health disorders like depression, emphasizing the need for workplace interventions. It calls for improved theoretical frameworks and assessment methods to further understand this link and translate findings into actionable policies.

17 Oct 2023

AI-powered software can provide MRI-quality brain images from CT scans

In certain cases, a new method can provide as much information from brain images taken with computed tomography (CT) as images captured with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

17 Oct 2023

Acinetobacter baumannii can fall into a deep sleep to survive harsh conditions

A research team led by Beate Averhoff and Volker Müller of Goethe University Frankfurt has discovered a fundamental mechanism that helps the dreaded hospital pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii to survive.

16 Oct 2023

Quality of ultrasound scans of the liver and kidneys found to be lower in obese patients

Ultrasound of the abdominal organs is a central diagnostic tool and is recommended as the first-line approach for many medical conditions.

16 Oct 2023

Virtual driving assessment can identify at-risk young drivers

New research published today by the journal Pediatrics found that driving skills measured at the time of licensure on a virtual driving assessment (VDA), which exposes drivers to common serious crash scenarios, helps predict crash risk in newly licensed young drivers.

16 Oct 2023

ChatGPT outperforms doctors in following clinical guidelines for depression treatment

ChatGPT, the AI language model capable of mirroring human conversation, may be better than a doctor at following recognized treatment standards for clinical depression, and without any of the gender or social class biases sometimes seen in the primary care doctor-patient relationship, finds research published in the open access journal Family Medicine and Community Health.

16 Oct 2023

Virtual reality therapy shows promise for treating hoarding disorder

Many people who dream of an organized, uncluttered home à la Marie Kondo find it hard to decide what to keep and what to let go. But for those with hoarding disorder - a mental condition estimated to affect 2.5% of the U.S. population - the reluctance to let go can reach dangerous and debilitating levels.

16 Oct 2023

AI chatbot ChatGPT may not be accurate enough for self-diagnosis

ChatGPT, a sophisticated chatbot driven by artificial intelligence (AI) technology, has been increasingly used in health care contexts, one of which is assisting patients in self-diagnosing before seeking medical help.

16 Oct 2023

Researchers identify new biomarker to predict neuronal regeneration after injury

Neurons, the main cells that make up our brain and spinal cord, are among the slowest cells to regenerate after an injury, and many neurons fail to regenerate entirely.

16 Oct 2023

Diagnostic News and Research

Decoding schizophrenia: insights and impacts from genetic discoveries

Bone health neglected during medical check-ups, IOF survey reveals

Pioneering partnership supports early-stage innovation against antimicrobial resistance to save lives

UCSF dementia experts to join peers at annual Clinical Trials on Alzheimer's disease conference

NIH renews support for UMass Chan and UMass Lowell’s point-of-care technology initiative

Cervical cancer rates increasing in Appalachian Kentucky

Sugar-sweetened beverages pose a potential risk of ADHD

Assessing COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against long COVID

One in five Norwegians suffering from inadequate tinnitus treatment

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative launches new biomedical research hub to build technologies for improving health

Combining voice technology with AI can be a major step forward in diabetes detection

How adverse working conditions increase the risk of depression

AI-powered software can provide MRI-quality brain images from CT scans

Acinetobacter baumannii can fall into a deep sleep to survive harsh conditions

Quality of ultrasound scans of the liver and kidneys found to be lower in obese patients

Virtual driving assessment can identify at-risk young drivers

ChatGPT outperforms doctors in following clinical guidelines for depression treatment

Virtual reality therapy shows promise for treating hoarding disorder

AI chatbot ChatGPT may not be accurate enough for self-diagnosis

Researchers identify new biomarker to predict neuronal regeneration after injury

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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