Precision Medicine

Also called personalized medicine, this evolving field makes use of an individual’s genes, lifestyle, environment and other factors to identify unique disease risks and guide treatment decision-making.
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After heart attack, older patients have longer hospital stays but smaller total bills

Heart attack patients aged 65 and up stay hospitalized longer than those aged 65 or under—yet the seniors ring up significantly smaller bills per stay. The bad news is that the “savings” likely come in the form of fewer percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs, aka angioplasties) to open blocked heart arteries nonsurgically.

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AI optimizes embryo selection for IVF

A team at Weill Cornell Medicine has developed an AI algorithm that can identify whether human embryos fertilized in vitro have the potential to progress to successful pregnancies, offering guidance as few as five days after an embryo is implanted.

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5 ways AI is being used to advance cancer research

AI and its various applications are redefining the way scientists approach cancer research, according to a review published in Drug Discovery Today.

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Deep learning an important weapon in the war on military suicides

The Veterans Administration is turning to computer scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory—aka Berkeley Lab—for help reducing suicide among VA patients. To meet the challenge, the lab is using deep learning to analyze data in electronic health records, according to an item published online April 3 by Berkeley Lab’s news center.

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Mobile app brings health education to kids through augmented reality

California-based tech company Stayhealthy Inc. introduced a new mobile augmented reality (AR) app this April that’s geared toward engaging and immersing kids in learning about their own health.

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How AI is increasing objectivity in mental health research

Facial analysis enabled by AI is helping researchers assess mental health in a more objective way, relying on algorithms that detect behavioral biomarkers rather than subjective exams alone, the Wall Street Journal reported April 1.

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Neural network tracks treatment of brain tumors on MRI

Physicians and scientists in Germany have developed an artificial neural network that’s capable of interpreting brain MRI scans to tell physicians how brain tumors are responding to chemotherapy and radiation therapy, according to a study published in The Lancet Oncology.

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AVE algorithm beats lab test at detecting cervical cancer

Artificial intelligence is more effective at detecting cervical cancer than established lab tests, according to a pilot study out of Seoul, South Korea.