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Medical Xpress / Slow turning could be an indicator for Parkinson's disease
An international study has found that wearable technology could help detect Parkinson's disease (PD) up to nine years before clinical diagnosis simply by monitoring how people turn when they walk.
Medical Xpress / New AI tool improves heart test evaluation
A new AI tool can rapidly evaluate data from echocardiography, an imaging test commonly used to diagnose heart disease, according to new research led by Cedars-Sinai. The study, published in JACC, found the tool could speed ...
Medical Xpress / Delayed toxicities after CAR T cell therapy for multiple myeloma are connected and potentially preventable
Serious side effects, including neurotoxicity and intestinal inflammation, that appear weeks or months after patients receive CAR T cell therapy for multiple myeloma share a common immune root cause, are associated with high ...
Phys.org / Natural language found more complex than it strictly needs to be—and for good reason
Human languages are complex phenomena. Around 7,000 languages are spoken worldwide, some with only a handful of remaining speakers, while others, such as Chinese, English, Spanish and Hindi, are spoken by billions. Despite ...
Phys.org / Chimpanzee calls trigger unique brain activity in humans, revealing shared vocal processing skills
The brain doesn't just recognize the human voice. A study by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) shows that certain areas of our auditory cortex respond specifically to the vocalizations of chimpanzees, our closest cousins, ...
Medical Xpress / Examining impact of federal relief program after major health care cyberattack
New research from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health provides the first detailed look at whether funding provided through a federal relief program effectively reached hospitals affected by a ransomware attack ...
Phys.org / Archaic humans were strategic and picky hunters, new study suggests
Extinct relatives of modern humans, like Neanderthals and Homo erectus, that lived in the Levant around 120,000 years ago, did not engage in mass hunting but preferred selective and strategic hunting of wild cattle. Scientists ...
Medical Xpress / Liver cancer prevention, treatment efforts are working
Prevention and treatment advances are reducing the number of new liver cancer patients and narrowing survival gaps among racial groups, a Cedars-Sinai Cancer study published in the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology ...
Medical Xpress / Aza–ven combination outperforms standard care in AML patients eligible for intensive chemotherapy
In a new trial, patients newly diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) fared significantly better with a combined regimen of azacitidine and venetoclax compared with conventional induction chemotherapy. The azacitidine–venetoclax ...
Medical Xpress / New findings support a chemo-free approach for treating Ph+ ALL
A chemotherapy-free combination treatment outperformed a combination of targeted therapy and chemotherapy among patients with Ph+ acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in a new study. The Phase III trial, which included adult ...
Medical Xpress / Adding epcoritamab to standard second-line therapy improves follicular lymphoma outcomes
In a new trial, patients with follicular lymphoma had a significantly higher response to treatment and a nearly 80% reduction in the risk of death or disease progression if they received epcoritamab in addition to the standard ...
Phys.org / Glaciers speed up and slow down at predictable times according to the first global map of ice movement
The speed at which glaciers move changes predictably each year, according to the first-ever global map of how glacier and ice sheet speeds vary with the seasons. Knowing this yearly rhythm could help us better predict sea-level ...
