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Medical Xpress / AI enhances mammography for better breast cancer risk prediction

The future of breast cancer screening and risk-reducing strategies is being shaped by artificial intelligence (AI), according to a review article published on December 12 in the journal Trends in Cancer.

Dec 12, 2024 in Radiology & Imaging
Medical Xpress / AI-based tool offers exciting advancement in pancreatic cancer diagnostics

Researchers have successfully developed a deep learning model that classifies pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), the most common form of pancreatic cancer, into molecular subtypes using histopathology images. This approach ...

Dec 12, 2024 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Screen time is a poor predictor of suicide risk, researchers find

For parents trying to shield their children from online threats, limiting screen time is a common tactic. Less time scrolling, the rationale goes, means less exposure to the psychological dangers posed by social media.

Dec 12, 2024 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / Wearable patch can monitor breathing to help save lives

Scientists have developed a wearable patch that can accurately monitor and detect changes in people's breathing—even when not in direct contact with the skin.

Dec 12, 2024 in Biomedical technology
Medical Xpress / Too many U.S. babies still sleep in positions that raise SIDS risk

Despite decades of campaigns highlighting the "baby on back" recommendation for safe infant sleep, 12% of 4-month-old babies in the United States are still put to bed lying on their sides or tummies, a new report finds.

Dec 12, 2024 in Pediatrics
Medical Xpress / Study likely to change standard of care for deadly strokes

Endovascular therapy, or EVT, a minimally invasive surgery performed inside the blood vessels—is 2½ times more likely than standard medical management to achieve a positive outcome after vertebrobasilar stroke that affects ...

Dec 12, 2024 in Cardiology
Medical Xpress / Study finds tonsil removal is not linked to undesirable weight gain, contrary to popular belief

A trial involving Michigan Medicine researchers has upended a long-held belief that adenotonsillectomies for children with mild sleep-disordered breathing leads to undesirable weight gain.

Dec 12, 2024 in Surgery
Medical Xpress / App creates time-lapse videos of the body for telemedicine

A new app developed by Cornell researchers helps users record highly accurate time-lapse videos of body parts—a surprisingly difficult task and an unmet need in remote medicine and telehealth applications.

Dec 12, 2024 in Health informatics
Medical Xpress / Proteomics and AI unite for a new era in medicine and health care

Children's Medical Research Institute (CMRI) scientists are part of an ambitious new program that aims to use a combination of proteomics and AI to contribute to a new era of medicine and intelligent health care. To succeed, ...

Dec 12, 2024 in Health informatics
Medical Xpress / Computational model advances rational design of more effective maternal vaccines for newborns

Newborns, with their developing immune systems, face high risks of infection in the critical early months of life. While maternal vaccines can bolster infant immunity by delivering antibodies through the placenta, these vaccines ...

Dec 12, 2024 in Immunology
Medical Xpress / Trial finds quality of life similar among patients with low-risk DCIS whether they received active monitoring or surgery

Patients with low-risk ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) who underwent active monitoring reported comparable physical, emotional, and psychological outcomes to patients who received upfront treatment, according to results from ...

Dec 12, 2024 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Non-tumor cells in pancreatic cancer may reduce the effectiveness of the body's natural immune response

The relationship the immune system and stromal cells in pancreatic cancer can have a significant impact on patients' survival rates, according to findings of a Queen Mary-led study.

Dec 12, 2024 in Oncology & Cancer