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AI helps detect atrial fibrillation cheaply and reliably

A startling new study from Mayo Clinic shows that artificial intelligence (AI) can help pick up the earliest signs of the potentially fatal irregularity in heart rhythm called atrial fibrillation (AF) on electrocardiography (EKG)– even when the heart rhythm is perfectly normal at the time of testing.

6 Aug 2019

New blood test can detect clinically significant prostate cancer in high-risk patients

An international research team at Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand, has developed a new blood test capable of detecting clinically significant prostate cancer in high-risk patients, as reported in the medical journal Cancers on 27 July 2019.

6 Aug 2019

Water treatment could protect 800 million from Giardia infections

Parasitic roundworm infections affect 800 million people across the globe, but thanks to water treatment, it can lead to a significant 18-percent decrease in cases.

6 Aug 2019

Gut cells have remarkable defense mechanism when faced with certain kinds of toxins

A team of Duke researchers has discovered that cells lining the gut of zebrafish -- and probably humans too -- have a remarkable defense mechanism when faced with certain kinds of toxins: they hit the eject button.

6 Aug 2019

Whole body vibration helps reduce inflammation, thanks to the gut microbiome

Whole body vibration appears to improve many symptoms of type II diabetes mellitus, wherein glucose and destructive inflammation shoots up. The procedure helps the body use glucose as an energy source, and at the same time, modify the microbiome to fight inflammation, a new study says.

6 Aug 2019

Research offers molecular details of pancreatic cancer's ability to invade and evade

Two known gene mutations induce pathways that enhance pancreatic cancer's ability to invade tissues and evade the immune system.

6 Aug 2019

Pivotal response training works better than other therapies at motivating kids with autism to talk

Pivotal response treatment involving parents works better than other existing therapies at motivating children with autism and significant speech delays to talk, according to the results of a large study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

6 Aug 2019

New research explains why some cancers don't respond to immunotherapy

New research has uncovered a mechanism thought to explain why some cancers don't respond to a widely used form of immunotherapy called "checkpoint inhibitors" or anti-PD-1.

6 Aug 2019

Advanced sleep phase may affect at least 1 in 300 adults, study reveals

A quirk of the body clock that lures some people to sleep at 8 p.m., enabling them to greet the new day as early as 4 a.m., may be significantly more common than previously believed.

6 Aug 2019

Study shows link between mental, physical health and recidivism, reincarceration

Poor physical or mental health increases the chance that formerly incarcerated individuals will commit more crimes and return to prison, according to a groundbreaking new Rutgers University-Camden study.

6 Aug 2019

Children who spend more time outdoors have less nearsightedness

At night Lisa Ostrin's lab at the University of Houston College of Optometry often looks like the setting of a disco slumber party, a place where a child, aged 7 to 14, accompanied by a guardian, sleeps over and is periodically exposed to blue or red lights.

6 Aug 2019

New therapy improves survival rate to 99% in preemies with chronic lung condition

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia is the most common illness that develops in babies born premature with underdeveloped lungs.

6 Aug 2019

New model for ICU pharmacists resolves common dilemma for hospitals

A new team-based model for intensive care unit pharmacists, developed by Rutgers and RWJBarnabas Health System, resolves a common dilemma for hospitals and improves care for critically ill patients.

6 Aug 2019

Researchers use paper-based structures to mimic layered nature of aortic valves

Paper is at the heart of an experimental device developed by Rice University bioengineers to study heart disease.

6 Aug 2019

New approach allows artificial intelligence systems to teach each other

The journal Physics of Life Reviews, which has one of the highest impact factors in the categories "Biology" and "Biophysics", has published an article entitled "Symphony of high-dimensional brain".

6 Aug 2019

Sheffield academic receives funding to protect brain cells affected by Parkinson's

A Sheffield academic has been awarded £100,000 of funding by the Virtual Biotech Programme - the drug development arm of charity Parkinson's UK - to develop a new treatment that could protect brain cells affected by Parkinson's disease, potentially slowing, or stopping its progression for the first time.

6 Aug 2019

Medical Research News

AI helps detect atrial fibrillation cheaply and reliably

New blood test can detect clinically significant prostate cancer in high-risk patients

Water treatment could protect 800 million from Giardia infections

Gut cells have remarkable defense mechanism when faced with certain kinds of toxins

Whole body vibration helps reduce inflammation, thanks to the gut microbiome

Research offers molecular details of pancreatic cancer's ability to invade and evade

Pivotal response training works better than other therapies at motivating kids with autism to talk

New research explains why some cancers don't respond to immunotherapy

Advanced sleep phase may affect at least 1 in 300 adults, study reveals

Study shows link between mental, physical health and recidivism, reincarceration

Children who spend more time outdoors have less nearsightedness

New therapy improves survival rate to 99% in preemies with chronic lung condition

New model for ICU pharmacists resolves common dilemma for hospitals

Researchers use paper-based structures to mimic layered nature of aortic valves

New approach allows artificial intelligence systems to teach each other

Sheffield academic receives funding to protect brain cells affected by Parkinson's

Groundbreaking study reveals how transgender hormone therapy affects medical test results

Research findings could help identify Alzheimer's patients who will benefit from exercise

Questionnaire-based algorithm predicts preeclampsia risk in pregnant woman

Scientists can now control neural circuits using smartphone

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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