» New study uncovers lasting financial hardship associated with cancer diagnosis for working-age adults in the U.S.
23/04/24 17:52 from ScienceDaily: Today's Healthcare News
A new study highlights the lasting financial impact of a cancer diagnosis for many working-age adults and their families in the United States. It shows a cancer diagnosis and the time required for its treatment can result in employment d...
» Study explores possible future for early Alzheimer's diagnostics
22/04/24 16:07 from ScienceDaily: Today's Healthcare News
Digital memory test and a blood sample -- this combination will be tested for its potential to identify early Alzheimer's disease in a new research study. Over a hundred healthcare centers are part of the study that is now inviting parti...
» Predicting cardiac arrhythmia 30 minutes before it happens
22/04/24 16:07 from ScienceDaily: Today's Healthcare News
Atrial fibrillation is the most common cardiac arrhythmia worldwide with around 59 million people concerned in 2019. This irregular heartbeat is associated with increased risks of heart failure, dementia and stroke. It constitutes a sign...
» Genetically engineering a treatment for incurable brain tumors
22/04/24 16:06 from ScienceDaily: Today's Healthcare News
Scientists are developing and validating a patent-pending novel immunotherapy to be used against glioblastoma brain tumors. Glioblastomas are almost always lethal with a median survival time of 14 months. Traditional methods used against...
» Despite AI advancements, human oversight remains essential
22/04/24 16:06 from ScienceDaily: Today's Healthcare News
State-of-the-art artificial intelligence systems known as large language models (LLMs) are poor medical coders, according to researchers. Their study emphasizes the necessity for refinement and validation of these technologies before con...
» Social programs save millions of lives, especially in times of crisis
22/04/24 16:05 from ScienceDaily: Today's Healthcare News
Primary health care, conditional cash transfers and social pensions have prevented 1.4 million deaths of all ages in Brazil over the past two decades, according to a new study. If expanded, these programs could avert an additional 1.3 mi...
» Shoe technology reduces risk of diabetic foot ulcers
19/04/24 22:20 from ScienceDaily: Today's Healthcare News
Researchers have developed a new shoe insole technology that helps reduce the risk of diabetic foot ulcers, a dangerous open sore that can lead to hospitalization and leg, foot or toe amputations.
» Signs of multiple sclerosis show up in blood years before symptoms
19/04/24 17:18 from ScienceDaily: Today's Healthcare News
In a discovery that could hasten treatment for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), scientists have discovered a harbinger in the blood of some people who later went on to develop the disease.
» How data provided by fitness trackers and smartphones can help people with MS
18/04/24 15:17 from ScienceDaily: Today's Healthcare News
Monitoring and treating a case of multiple sclerosis requires reliable and long-term data on how the disease is progressing in the person in question. Fitness trackers and smartphones can supply this data, as a research team has now shown.
» New data identifies trends in accidental opioid overdoses in children
17/04/24 22:27 from ScienceDaily: Today's Healthcare News
The US saw a 22% decline in rates of prescription-opioid overdose related emergency department (ED) visits in children 17 and younger between 2008 and 2019, but an uptick in the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new stu...
» Artificial Intelligence beats doctors in accurately assessing eye problems
17/04/24 22:27 from ScienceDaily: Today's Healthcare News
A study has found that the AI model GPT-4 significantly exceeds the ability of non-specialist doctors to assess eye problems and provide advice.
» Researchers find that accelerated aging biology in the placenta contributes to a rare form of pregnancy-related heart failure
17/04/24 22:27 from ScienceDaily: Today's Healthcare News
In a new study, researchers show that elevated levels of proteins related to cellular senescence, or aging, in the blood and the placenta are linked to this form of heart failure.
» Adults with congenital heart disease faced higher risk of abnormal heart rhythms
17/04/24 17:10 from ScienceDaily: Today's Healthcare News
Adults with congenital heart defects were more likely to experience an abnormal, irregular heartbeat, finds a new study.
» Novel robotic training program reduces physician errors placing central lines
17/04/24 17:10 from ScienceDaily: Today's Healthcare News
More than five million central lines are placed in patients who need prolonged drug delivery, such as those undergoing cancer treatments, in the United States every year, yet the common procedure can lead to a bevy of complications in al...
» Common HIV treatments may aid Alzheimer's disease patients
16/04/24 16:53 from ScienceDaily: Today's Healthcare News
Scientists have identified promising real-world links between common HIV drugs and a reduced incidence of Alzheimer's disease.