In the United States, nearly 2 in 5 people will hear the words “You have cancer” at some point in their lives.... Read More
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How Machines Improve Doctors
Google’s deep learning model for mammography outperformed human radiologists in spotting breast cancer, reducing false positives by 5.7% and false negatives by 9.4% in U.S. data.... Read More
The Scan That Sees Everything — And What It Can’t Undo
CT scans could account for 5% of all new cancer diagnoses annually, on par with risks from alcohol or obesity.... Read More
This Pain Reliever May Lower Dementia Risk
The review concluded that the evidence for physical activity, blood pressure control, and cognitive training as preventative measures for edmentia is “encouraging but inconclusive.” ... Read More
The Gender Bias in Pain Medicine
Before 1993, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the US’s largest public funder of medical research, did not require women to participate in its trials.... Read More
LinusBio’s Hair Test for Autism Detection
The Clearstrand-ASD test is the only biochemical test (using a single hair strand) for children under age 3. The test analyzes the hair to create a metabolic history that reflects the substances and toxins the child has been exposed to or processed over time.... Read More
