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Scientists develop new model to predict a patient's risk for adverse events after hospital discharge

Historically, hospital patients have been at a high risk for adverse effects after they are discharged, according to the Institute of Medicine.

8 Jun 2018

DHS accelerates development of new methods to detect emerging biothreats

Biothreats - harmful pathogens that are either naturally or deliberately released - pose a risk to national security and public health, and identifying new detection methods is a top priority for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate.

8 Jun 2018

Machine learning approach can accurately detect lymphedema among breast cancer survivors

Machine learning using real-time symptom reports can accurately detect lymphedema, a distressing side effect of breast cancer treatment that is more easily treated when identified early, finds a new study led by NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing and published in the journal mHealth.

7 Jun 2018

International 'A' team unveils new glioblastoma atlas

It takes an "A" team to make headway against glioblastoma, a highly aggressive type of brain cancer. Glioblastoma is the most common type of malignant brain tumor in adults. In addition to the caliber of the researchers involved, in this case "A" also stands for atlas.

6 Jun 2018

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging

Artificial intelligence is a large field with a multitude of techniques based of different ideas.

From Huron Technologies 6 Jun 2018

Acoustic technology could offer new way to diagnose IBS

Utilizing newly adapted artificial intelligence, researchers have developed an acoustic belt that offers a new way to diagnose irritable bowel syndrome by listening to the noises in a patient's gut, according to research presented at Digestive Disease Week 2018.

5 Jun 2018

New technology enables round the clock observation of dementia patients in their own homes

Innovative new technology will enable people with dementia to receive round the clock observation and live independently in their own homes, a new study in the Journal PL0S One reports.

5 Jun 2018

Free-floating DNA analysis test may help detect early-stage lung cancer

A test that analyzes free-floating DNA in the blood may be able to detect early-stage lung cancer, a preliminary report from the ongoing Circulating Cell-Free Genome Atlas study suggests.

4 Jun 2018

Researchers develop new prediction method for epileptic seizures

Epileptic seizures strike with little warning and nearly one third of people living with epilepsy are resistant to treatment that controls these attacks. More than 65 million people worldwide are living with epilepsy.

30 May 2018

Artificial intelligence algorithms appear to be better at detecting skin cancer

Researchers have shown for the first time that a form of artificial intelligence or machine learning known as a deep learning convolutional neural network is better than experienced dermatologists at detecting skin cancer.

29 May 2018

$FDA authorizes marketing of OsteoDetect software for detecting wrist fractures$

FDA authorizes marketing of OsteoDetect software for detecting wrist fractures

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration permitted marketing of Imagen OsteoDetect, a type of computer-aided detection and diagnosis software designed to detect wrist fractures in adult patients.

25 May 2018

Penn researchers find link between social media usage and underage drinking

Social media often features celebrities drinking cocktails, boozy how-to posts, and party pictures. This is the environment American teens are immersed in every day, with 71 percent of teens using more than one social media site, spending an average of nine hours a day using media.

24 May 2018

New technology could make prosthetic use more intuitive and reliable

Researchers have developed new technology for decoding neuromuscular signals to control powered, prosthetic wrists and hands. The work relies on computer models that closely mimic the behavior of the natural structures in the forearm, wrist and hand.

23 May 2018

Health and diagnostics to soon be digitalized with advent of AI

Despite the fact that health in general globally is facing several challenges including antibiotic resistance, lack of accessible and affordable health care, rise of chronic and untreatable diseases such as dementia, there is a ray of hope in the advent of technology in healthcare.

22 May 2018

Researcher aims to develop virtual biopsy tool for early melanoma detection

With Skin Cancer Awareness Month upon us, Colorado State University researcher Jesse Wilson is accelerating research to improve imaging and detection of melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer, and the fifth most common cancer in the United States.

21 May 2018