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Medical Xpress / Uncertainty-aware AI and lensfree holography enable reliable automated HER2 assessment for breast cancer diagnostics
The integration of AI into digital pathology has the potential to transform cancer diagnostics by enabling scalable, quantitative analysis of tissue specimens. However, widespread deployment of AI-assisted pathology remains ...
Medical Xpress / Brain gives up secrets in research targeting mental illness
Psychiatrists have long treated depression using transcranial magnetic stimulation—noninvasive magnetic pulses that stimulate neurons. Now, new research is allowing them to fine-tune their approach, potentially targeting ...
Medical Xpress / Q&A: How AI is unlocking new paths to recovery for bilingual aphasia patients
According to the National Aphasia Association, about 2 million U.S. citizens live with aphasia, but only two-thirds of Americans are aware of the condition, a communication disorder that often occurs after a stroke. It can ...
Medical Xpress / AI diagnoses brain tumors in minutes instead of weeks
Experts in Heidelberg, Germany, have developed an AI system that can classify brain tumors with unprecedented accuracy using standard microscopic tissue sections. Using digitized standard stains, the system identifies more ...
Medical Xpress / Augmented reality system could make medical ultrasounds easier to interpret
Interpreting medical ultrasound images is a difficult task, requiring a technician to look at 2D images and mentally arrange them into a 3D representation of what the tissue looks like. To make that job easier, MIT researchers ...
Medical Xpress / Brain aneurysm map reveals cell types tied to rupture risk
A new study from UC San Francisco shows how certain cells in the brain may cause aneurysms to weaken and rupture. It helps explain why some aneurysms burst while others do not and could lead to new ways of predicting and ...
Medical Xpress / Living with cats does not worsen asthma in children, suggests study
Asthma is the most common chronic disease and one of the main causes of hospitalization among children. The Global Asthma Network has estimated that its global prevalence is 9.1% for children and 11.0% for adolescents, but ...
Medical Xpress / Human traits beyond inherited genes can still leave a measurable imprint on your life, study shows
Our parents' genes, even the ones we didn't inherit, leave a measurable lasting imprint on our lives. An international team led by researchers at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) and the Norwegian Institute ...
Medical Xpress / Single high dose of psilocybin temporarily restores lost abilities in an 80-year-old Alzheimer's patient
Psilocybin is a naturally occurring psychoactive compound found in mushrooms of the Psilocybe genus. These mushrooms may have existed on Earth for nearly 65 million years, dating to the asteroid impact that caused the dinosaurs' ...
Medical Xpress / New GLP-3 drug significantly slashes both weight and blood sugar levels in Phase III trial
Over the past few years, GLP-1 drugs have transformed the treatment landscape for obesity and type 2 diabetes. By mimicking a hormone that helps regulate blood sugar, slows digestion and curbs appetite, these medications ...
Medical Xpress / A brain-computer interface that works with—not against—the brain
It might soon be "game over" for the video game controller. Yale researchers have developed a new kind of brain-computer interface (BCI) that lets humans play video games directly with their brains. Using real-time fMRI (functional ...
Medical Xpress / Four minutes of daily resistance training can quadruple fitness in older adults
Just 4 minutes of daily strengthening exercise dramatically increases key factors in quality of life for older adults, according to a new study led by researchers at Penn State College of Medicine. Results published in PLOS ...
