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UK Markey Cancer Center earns the rigorous NAPRC accreditation

The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center has earned a three-year accreditation from the National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer.

28 Oct 2022

AI models improve the accuracy of diagnosing coronary artery disease

Several recent discoveries show that the accuracy of diagnosing coronary artery disease and predicting patient risk is improved with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) models developed by scientists in the Division of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine at Cedars-Sinai.

28 Oct 2022

An unprecedented list of health-threatening fungi released by the WHO

The WHO fungal priority pathogens list ranks pathogens that pose a serious risk of morbidity and mortality in humans.

27 Oct 2022

Is vaccine status associated with the severity of Omicron SARS-CoV-2 infection in hospitalized patients?

Researchers assessed the impact of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination on the occurrence and severity of symptoms in SARS-CoV-2 Omicron-infected hospitalized patients.

27 Oct 2022

$10.3 million NIH grant to support URI neuroscientist's research on retinal scanning to detect early-stage Alzheimer’s

Jessica Alber, assistant professor of biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences at the George & Anne Ryan Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Rhode Island, is looking to change the way doctors diagnose Alzheimer's disease, a change that could raise new possibilities for treatment.

26 Oct 2022

Exploring new therapeutic targets and biomarkers for neurodegenerative disorders

In this interview, Dr. Shebna Massey discusses neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Huntington's, and more. She also discusses and explores new therapeutic targets and biomarkers for these diseases.

From Sino Biological Inc. 26 Oct 2022

Researchers focus on the identification of markers to improve head and neck cancer risk assessment

Malignant tumors in the head and neck region are very heterogeneous and therefore difficult to treat. In addition, the lack of prognostic markers is a significant impediment to personalized treatment.

25 Oct 2022

Applications of artificial intelligence in COVID-19 clinical response measures

Researchers reviewed existing literature on the use of AI in health care, to characterize the AI applications used in clinical applications during the COVID-19 pandemic, investigate the location, timing, and extent of AI use in healthcare, and examine the U.S. regulatory approval processes.

25 Oct 2022

Low meal frequency is suggested to decrease Alzheimer’s disease risk

Researchers evaluated the associations between low meal frequency (LMF) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD).

24 Oct 2022

What are the predictors of new-onset diabetes in hospitalized COVID-19 patients?

Researchers evaluated the incidence and predictors of new-onset diabetes (NOD) in patients hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

18 Oct 2022

BU researcher awarded $4.6 million U2C grant to develop innovative lung cancer biomarkers

Lung cancer screening by chest computed tomography (CT) can detect lung cancer earlier and make the disease less deadly; but even among nodules that are at intermediate risk, only a small minority are cancerous.

17 Oct 2022

Multiple ischemic strokes and pulmonary embolism found in COVID-19 patient

In a new study, researchers described a case of a patient with acute respiratory failure and ischemic stroke.

17 Oct 2022

Did the diagnosis and management of Hodgkin lymphoma differ during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic?

In a new study, researchers evaluated the impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on the diagnosis and treatment of classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) patients in Istanbul, Turkey.

17 Oct 2022

Two cases of acute abdominal pain in patients with COVID-19 in their second week of illness

Researchers described two cases of acute pain in the abdomen of patients with COVID-19.

17 Oct 2022

Selective immunoglobulin A deficiency a risk factor for severe COVID-19

In a recent study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, researchers in New Zealand gathered evidence to show that selective immunoglobulin A deficiency (sIgAD) is an understated risk factor for severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

17 Oct 2022

A rare case of Hashimoto encephalopathy after COVID vaccination

In a recent ‘Letter to the Editor’ published in the English edition of the journal Neurologandiacute, researchers reported the rare occurrence of Hashimoto encephalopathy in a recipient of the (COVID-19) vaccine Spikevax. Spikevax, research name mRNA-1273, is a COVID-19 vaccine based on the messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) technology.

16 Oct 2022

Tomography News and Research

UK Markey Cancer Center earns the rigorous NAPRC accreditation

AI models improve the accuracy of diagnosing coronary artery disease

An unprecedented list of health-threatening fungi released by the WHO

Is vaccine status associated with the severity of Omicron SARS-CoV-2 infection in hospitalized patients?

$10.3 million NIH grant to support URI neuroscientist's research on retinal scanning to detect early-stage Alzheimer’s

Exploring new therapeutic targets and biomarkers for neurodegenerative disorders

Researchers focus on the identification of markers to improve head and neck cancer risk assessment

Applications of artificial intelligence in COVID-19 clinical response measures

Low meal frequency is suggested to decrease Alzheimer’s disease risk

What are the predictors of new-onset diabetes in hospitalized COVID-19 patients?

BU researcher awarded $4.6 million U2C grant to develop innovative lung cancer biomarkers

Multiple ischemic strokes and pulmonary embolism found in COVID-19 patient

Did the diagnosis and management of Hodgkin lymphoma differ during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic?

Two cases of acute abdominal pain in patients with COVID-19 in their second week of illness

Selective immunoglobulin A deficiency a risk factor for severe COVID-19

A rare case of Hashimoto encephalopathy after COVID vaccination

Transition in the management of COVID-19

Exploring the use of chest CT-based imaging biomarkers for early-stage COVID-19 screening

Study presents rare cases of COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis

UH professor develops an imaging system to improve the view of cornea and fetal brain

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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