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(Regenstrief Institute) In a study published in JMIR Medical Informatics, researchers from Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University report they have further improved the performance of Uppstroms, a machine learning a...

(American Roentgen Ray Society) According to an article in ARRS' American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), secondary interpretations of body MRI at tertiary care centers identify a high rate of discrepancies--with primary...

(Bocconi University) Women's attitudes and behaviors may have contributed to their reduced vulnerability and mortality. A survey conducted in 8 OECD countries shows that they consider the Coronavirus a more serious probl...

(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) A study of Catholic obstetrician-gynecologists shows that many face moral dilemmas when dealing with issues of family planning and abortion due to their religious faith, a...

(Columbia University Irving Medical Center) People with congenital heart disease had a lower-than-expected risk for severe symptoms from COVID-19, a new study has found.

(SAGE) In a series of recommendations to fix the struggling Covid-19 test, trace and isolate system in England, health researchers from University College London and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine say t...

(Hackensack Meridian Health) The patient, whose tumor responded within two weeks after receiving the combination, resumed normal activity and was in a complete remission at the time of the report.

(Massachusetts General Hospital) An experimental medication that was recently shown to slow the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis has now demonstrated the potential to also prolong patient survival. The findin...

(Colorado State University) It's generally accepted health advice that adults of all ages should sit less, move more, and engage in regular exercise to feel better and reduce the risk of chronic diseases. However, when i...

(Lehigh University) In a new commentary piece, scholars from Lehigh University and Ohio State University argue that LGBTQ+ college and university campus resource centers are essential to the health, well-being and academ...

(H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute) In a new article published in Nature Communications, Moffitt Cancer Center researchers demonstrate how a deep learning model using positron emission tomography/computer...

(NIH/Office of the Director) The National Institutes of Health has launched an adaptive Phase 3 clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of three immune modulator drugs in hospitalized adults with COVID-19. Som...

(Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Faculty of Science) Chronic muscle spasticity after nervous system defects like stroke, traumatic brain and spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis and painful low back pain affect mor...

(University of Liverpool) The University of Liverpool is leading a new global project to better understand how and why COVID-19 affects the brain in order to develop measures to help improve patient outcomes. The Univers...

(University of British Columbia) A new study by UBC researchers is set to change international treatment recommendations for people who are newly diagnosed with HIV--an update that could affect nearly two million people ...

(Zhengzhou Normal University) New research from the International Joint Laboratory of Cognitive and Behavioural Scienc (iLCBC) at ZZNU demonstrates the importance of risk communication aimed at encouraging appropriate co...

(McLean Hospital) New Parkinson's disease model breaks conventional thinking about the roots of Parkinson's disease and may lead to development of new therapies.

(University of Toronto) A new study has found that Vietnamese-American adults who were not obese were 60% more likely to have diabetes than non-obese, non-Hispanic, White Americans, after accounting for age, sex, sociode...

(Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) Metastasis, the spread of cancer cells to a different body part from where it started, is considered as the most dangerous phase of cancer development. When cancer cells b...

(Cardiovascular Research Foundation) The Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) is pleased to announce that OnSight Medical, an AI-based company specializing in cardiac ultrasound imaging, has won the TCT 2020 Shark Ta...