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05
Sep

Nonphysician practitioners’ growing role in imaging interpretations

As the medical field continues to deal with physician shortages, nonphysician practitioners’ (NPPs) roles in healthcare are growing, and radiology is no exception to this trend. It has long been known that NPPs increase utilisation of radiology services, but new data indicate that they also are increasingly taking on more imaging interpretation responsibilities. A new...

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04
May

Coffee and Heart Function; Ionizing Radiation and CVD

Check out this episode of HealthWatch that covers the cardiovascular impact of low and moderate dose radiation, coffee’s effect on heart function, COVID-19 testing in long-term care facilities, and the link between delirium after surgery in older adults and subsequent dementia.

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08
Apr

FDA Will Require Mammography Centers to Report Breast Density to Patients

The FDA has updated its mammography regulations, with the key amendment requiring facilities to provide information to patients regarding the density of their breasts.The amendments, issued under the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA), provide specific language explaining how breast density can influence the accuracy of mammography, and recommend that patients with dense breasts talk to...

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07
Jan

Status Epilepticus Hospitalisations Climb

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.

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05
Jan

Research on the Effects of Posture on Drug Absorption Lacking

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

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13
Dec

Experts discover brain connectivity patterns unique to children with autism

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.

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06
Sep

The power of AI in surgery

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...

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03
Sep

Tapping Precision Medicine to Provide Individualised Eye Care

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.

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01
Sep

New AI algorithm accurately and quickly diagnoses idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

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.

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30
Aug

Scientists develop greener, more efficient method for producing next-generation antibiotics

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.

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