Announcing a new article publication for BIO Integration journal. In this review article the authors Chenxi Liu, Dian Jiao and Zhe Liu, from Tianjin University, Tianjin, China consider artificial intelligence (AI) aided disease prediction. Artificial intelligence (AI) is widely used in clinical medicine and is increasingly applied to the fields of AI-aided image analysis, AI-aided…
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The use of bariatric surgery to treat severe obesity in adolescents, and the racial disparities in access to that treatment, were analyzed in a retrospective study published in Annals of Surgery by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). Nearly 19% of children and adolescents in the U.S. are obese.…
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Research out in this week’s issue of JAMA confirms the success of a treatment for persistent atrial fibrillation (AFib) that combines the standard treatment, catheter ablation, with a separate infusion of ethanol, or alcohol, to the vein of Marshall. Miguel Valderrabano, M.D., division chief, cardiac electrophysiology, Houston Methodist, designed the procedure, first using it successfully…
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Highlights: Through the Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP), AMP Schizophrenia (SCZ) will work to discover promising biological markers that can help early detection of those at risk of developing schizophrenia The public-private partnership brings together NIH, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and multiple nonprofit and private organizations, including McLean Hospital NIH’s National Institute of…
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After nearly a month of silence following the loss of her third child, the model and cookbook author Chrissy Teigen shared the story of her pregnancy complications and grief on Tuesday in a personal essay she posted on the website Medium. She and her husband, John Legend, had been quietly mourning the loss of their…
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Dr. Joyce Wallace, a Manhattan internist who treated prostitutes for AIDS, occasionally brought streetwalkers home with her when they had nowhere else to go. Once, when her son, Ari Kahn, was about 12, Dr. Wallace, who had to get to the hospital to see her patients, left him at home with a prostitute who was…
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The portion of people in Britain with detectable antibodies to the coronavirus fell by roughly 27 percent over a period of three months this summer, researchers reported Monday, prompting fears that immunity to the virus is short-lived. But several experts said these worries were overblown. It is normal for levels of antibodies to drop after…
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Yousra Attia If you’re looking to kill time, The Outnet is here to offer panicking aesthetes a respite. The luxe retailer’s Fall Clearance Sale officially kicked off today, October 27, and the discounts are worthy of dropping whatever you’re doing (unless it’s voting). Just how good are the deals? Designers and coveted collaborations that rarely…
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The Asian emporium Pearl River Mart spun off a branch of its Canal Street flagship in the Chelsea Market three years ago. Now it is adding a food market on the lower level of the market, with stalls, including Kimbap Lab, with Korean maki; Tea and Milk for bubble teas; and Mao’s Bao, with soup…
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After weeks of dangling the possibility of coronavirus vaccine results by October, Pfizer’s chief executive said on Tuesday that would now be nearly impossible. The announcement, by Dr. Albert Bourla, came on the same day that Pfizer announced third-quarter earnings, and all but ruled out the possibility of early results before the presidential election next…
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