Hospitalisation for status epilepticus seizures rose from 2010 to 2019, disproportionately affecting Black patients, U.S. inpatient data showed. The overall prevalence of status epilepticus hospitalisations more than doubled in that period, reported Gabriela Tantillo, MD, MPH, of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.

Though studies evaluating the effects of posture on the absorption of drugs have been conducted, a systematised review revealed critical gaps in methodology.

A new study in Scientific Reports suggests that children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder have distinct connectivity patterns in the white matter pathways of their brain. This discovery was made after researchers used diffusion weighted MRI scans to compare brain connectivity patterns between individuals with ASD and those with developmental coordination disorder.

Artificial intelligence (AI), defined as algorithms that enable machines to perform cognitive functions (such as problem solving and decision-making), has changed for some time now the face of healthcare through machine learning (ML) and natural language processing (NLP). Its use in surgery, however, took a longer time than in other medical specialties, mainly because of missing...

What if a powerful tool could be created, using artificial intelligence (AI), that would help diagnose, predict and treat the disease process in a retina? That is the question T.Y. Alvin Liu, M.D., assistant professor of ophthalmology at Wilmer Eye Institute at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a retina specialist, has set out to answer.

A Nagoya University research group has developed an AI algorithm that accurately and quickly diagnoses idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease. The algorithm makes its diagnosis based only on information from non-invasive examinations, including lung images and medical information collected during daily medical care.

An international team of researchers has developed a method for altering one class of antibiotics, using microscopic organisms that produce these compounds naturally. The findings, published July 25 in Nature Chemistry, could lead to more efficient production of antibiotics that are effective against drug-resistant bacteria.

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwideTrusted Source and the third most commonTrusted Source cancer type in the United States. The disease is often treatable when diagnosed in its early stages. So, experts are constantly working on new ways to detect lung cancer as early as possible so that people can receive prompt treatment.

We are hopeful and passionate about pushing the boundaries of this research for the miniaturization of medical microrobots for future applications in clinics. Our ultimate aim is to overcome the challenges, which remain plenty. For example, we must develop strategies to navigate and control these microrobots inside the host body with high precision, taking body...

Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection. To decrease the high case fatality rates and morbidity for sepsis and septic shock, there is a need to increase the accuracy of early detection of suspected sepsis in prehospital and emergency department settings. This may be achieved by developing risk...