A University of Florida researcher has developed a groundbreaking open-source computer program that uses artificial intelligence to analyze videos of patients with Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders. The tool, called VisionMD, helps…
Category: 5. Health
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Pioneering method detects oral cancer earlier
The powerful potential of nano technologies and AI to detect oral cancer earlier and more accurately have been revealed by a University of Otago — Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka study.
Researchers from the Faculty of Dentistry combined atomic force…
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New method for detecting nanoplastics in body fluids
Microplastics and the much smaller nanoplastics enter the human body in various ways, for example through food or the air we breathe. A large proportion is excreted, but a certain amount remains in organs, blood and other body fluids. In the FFG…
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Cholesterol Levels Associated with Dementia
A study published in the British Medical Journal investigated the relationship between baseline low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels and the risk of developing dementia. The findings reveal a…
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How To Jumpstart Health System Innovation
Innovation at Advocate Health is both futuristic and here-and-now
Few industries in America are as storied, sprawling, and structurally complex as healthcare provision. Riddled with systemic challenges—such as soaring costs, staffing…
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Revealing the Mechanisms That Lead to Crohn’s Disease
Crohn’s disease is a chronic, inflammatory condition that causes abdominal cramps, diarrhea, fever, fatigue, weight loss, and anemia due to the malabsorption of nutrients. There can be other complications…
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How the CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service protects public health at home and abroad
When the Trump administration announced in February 2025 that it was cutting 10% of staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it seemed that a small but storied program within it called the Epidemic Intelligence Service –…
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Pennsylvania may be short 20,000 nurses by 2026
Imagine nearly every seat in Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center − over 20,000 seats − are empty. That’s the scale of Pennsylvania’s projected shortfall of registered nurses by 2026, according to the Hospital and Healthsystem…
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How Emerging Adults Have Historically Responded To Culture Wars
Culture war concept
In March of 2023, Oxford University Press listed culture war as the word of the month. This report defined cultural war as an intense conflict between groups that have different cultural ideals and beliefs, especially…
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Is Whole Body MRI Worth It? Here’s What The Research Says
A patient enters the MRI scanner for a full-body imaging session — a high-tech screening that … More
Can a one-hour scan offer peace of mind —…
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