Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new study from experts at the University of Exeter has found that a widely used test for prostate cancer may leave Black men at increased…
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Living near pubs, bars and fast-food restaurants could be bad for heart health
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Living close to pubs, bars and fast-food restaurants may lead to a higher risk of heart failure, according to new research published in Circulation: Heart Failure.…
know your risks and how to prevent it
SATURDAY, Feb. 24, 2024 (HeathDay News)—Colon cancer rates are on the rise among young Americans and Americans of color, so much so that the disease is now the leading cause…
AI aids efforts to cut nuisance alerts for health care teams: Study
Study overview. Credit: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (2024). DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocae019 A new study from Vanderbilt University Medical Center demonstrates the promise of artificial intelligence to help refine…
Families of men with fertility problems show distinct patterns of increased risk for several types of cancer
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain For the first time researchers have identified patterns of risk for several different types of cancer in men with fertility problems and their families. The study,…
Inequities in HIV testing, diagnosis and care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Dispartities in HIV testing for people with intellectual disabilities is becoming a common challenge. Credit: T.G. James, Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S. People with…
New sepsis test provides faster and reliable results
Flow chart describing the overall number of positive BCs, monomicrobial vs polymicrobial BCs and off-panel vs in-panel BCID detection profiles. *One or more microbes not detected. Credit: APMIS (2024). DOI:…
Data-driven app results in 25% fewer emergency hospital admissions from care homes
Credit: CC0 Public Domain The use of a digital remote monitoring technology in care homes has been found to reduce hospital A&E attendances by 11% and emergency admissions by 25%…
Researchers create machine learning-based classifier that could aid early diagnosis of psychosis
his image illustrates the brain regions in which differences were seen in people at clinical high risk who later developed psychosis. The darker blue areas indicate the more important brain…
Researchers estimate survival chances during CPR for cardiac arrest
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A person’s chance of surviving while receiving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for cardiac arrest in hospital declines rapidly from 22% after one minute to less than 1%…
