Stanford University scientists identified a compound that appears to reverse a defect implicated in Parkinson’s disease. (alex-mit/iStock/Getty Images Plus) Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified a molecular defect that seems common among almost all patients with Parkinson’s disease. The marker could help diagnose the neurodegenerative disorder earlier, they argue, and it … Continue reading
EchoPixel’s new offering, which is pending FDA clearance, will provide cardiologists and surgeons with a “digital twin” of a patient’s heart to help them determine the best place to put a catheter or device to treat structural heart disease. (Bryan Brandenburg/CC by-SA 3.0) EchoPixel debuted the latest addition to what it calls its “mixed reality” … Continue reading
The Resolute Onyx drug-eluting stent includes a bio-compatible and non-thrombogenic coating around a single strand of cobalt alloy wire forming a sinusoidal wave. (Image: Medtronic) In late-breaking clinical data, Medtronic showed that its Resolute Onyx drug-eluting stent showed success in patients at a high risk for bleeding, a group that is often excluded from stent … Continue reading
Example of CheXpert dataset: Frontal and lateral CXR of a patient with Pneumonia.( www.semanticscholar.org) Researchers from Intermountain Healthcare and Stanford University say 10 seconds is about how quickly a new system they studied that utilizes artificial intelligence took to accurately identify key findings in chest X-rays of patients in the emergency department suspected of having … Continue reading
IBM Watson Health has inked its second collaboration with Guerbet, the French maker of diagnostic imaging agents, to help develop artificial-intelligence-powered methods for diagnosing and monitoring prostate cancer. The deal follows on from a similar software collaboration in liver cancer launched last year that aims to detect, characterize and monitor lesions over time. “The main … Continue reading
About 10 months after first announcing the move, Google has finally subsumed the healthcare-focused efforts of U.K.-based artificial intelligence firm DeepMind—and with them, its data-sharing partnerships with multiple National Health Service (NHS) hospitals. First made public in November 2018, the plan was to transfer personnel from DeepMind—which already serves underneath the umbrella of Google’s parent, … Continue reading
Using mouse models, researchers from the University of California Los Angeles have developed an experimental therapy that boosts the levels of a type of immune cell that appears capable of fighting several forms of cancer. Invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells are a type of powerful immune cell capable of fighting many different “intruders,” … Continue reading
Contrary to common belief, high systolic and high diastolic blood pressure are strongly, independently linked to cardiovascular risk, according to new Kaiser Permanente-led research Kaiser Permanente OAKLAND, Calif. — Both numbers in a blood pressure reading — the “upper” systolic and the “lower” diastolic — independently predicted the risk of heart attack or stroke in … Continue reading
Even though 2014 was supposed to be the “year of the wearable” according to Forbes, five years later we are now seeing the wearable reach maturity and mass-adoption. This increase in adoption has largely been driven by software and hardware stability which is now allowing these devices to be used with confidence to manage an … Continue reading
Engineers at the University of Texas at Austin have developed a new “e-tattoo” that could enable easier and more accurate heart monitoring than the current technology allows. According to the National Center for Health, the leading cause of death in Texas is heart disease, which accounted for more than 45,000 deaths across the state in … Continue reading
