PIER MARIA FORNASARI

PIER MARIA FORNASARI
2019-05-20

Distinguishing different subtypes of sepsis by machine learning sets the stage for individualized treatment, researchers say

Four clinical sepsis phenotypes were identified that correlated with host-response patterns and clinical outcomes, researchers reported here. The four novel sepsis phenotypes — alpha (α), beta (β), gamma (γ), and delta (δ) — with different demographics, laboratory values, and patterns of organ dysfunction were derived, validated, and shown to correlate with biomarkers and mortality, according

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PIER MARIA FORNASARI
2019-05-20

AI in medicine: Separate hype from reality

As a physician trying to keep up with all the new information about artificial intelligence, I want to know how machine learning and deep learning are impacting medicine now and to separate the hype from reality. Here’s a look at some ways AI is being used successfully in health care and some ways it is

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PIER MARIA FORNASARI
2019-05-20

AI can predict patient response to popular Crohn’s treatment

A predictive machine learning model was able to identify how effectively patients with Crohn’s disease would respond to long-term usage of ustekinumab, according to a new study in JAMA Network Open. Researchers from the University of Michigan trained the model using demographic and laboratory data obtained in previous clinical trials. The data described 401 patients with active Crohn’s

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PIER MARIA FORNASARI
2019-05-20

Smartphone App Screens Kids for Ear Problems

By the time they reach school age, about 90 percent of children will have experienced a condition in which fluid fills the middle ear, muffling sound and sometimes triggering infection. Diagnosis usually requires a visit to a specialist—but researchers have now developed an app that detects this fluid just as accurately, with only a smartphone

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PIER MARIA FORNASARI
2019-05-19

Scientists Capture First-Ever Video of Body’s Safety Test for T-cells

For the first time, immunologists from The University of Texas at Austin have captured on video what happens when T-cells – the contract killers of the immune system, responsible for wiping out bacteria and viruses – undergo a type of assassin-training program before they get unleashed in the body. A new imaging technique that allowed

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PIER MARIA FORNASARI
2019-05-19

Hospitals look to computers to predict patient emergencies before they happen

Only about 25 percent of U.S. patients survive when their hearts stop in hospitals. Crucial minutes elapse before help arrives, sometimes because alarms are missed amid the din of beeping monitors. But the call that day didn’t come from within the hospital. It came from a darkened room in an office park several miles away, where a

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PIER MARIA FORNASARI
2019-05-18

Scientists developed a light-activated bio-glue that can seal a heart wound in seconds

A new ‘biological glue’ developed by Chinese researchers could one day stop hearts and arteries from uncontrollable bleeding. Placed on an open wound and activated through UV light, this life-saving sealant rapidly morphs into a non-toxic hydrogel, capable of withstanding both slippery surfaces and the pulsing of heart tissue. The adhesive sealant hasn’t been tested

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PIER MARIA FORNASARI
2019-05-18

Can Exoskeletons Help Kids with CP Walk Better?

For more than a decade now, since 2008 when Marvel Studio’s Iron Man debuted, pop culture fans have been fascinated by the idea of people donning robot parts to be stronger or faster. Medicine and technology teaming up to enhance physical ability is not new, either, with several generations of both theory and application finding success. Until

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PIER MARIA FORNASARI
2019-05-16

Heavily processed foods cause overeating and weight gain

People eating ultra-processed foods ate more calories and gained more weight than when they ate a minimally processed diet, according to results from a National Institutes of Health study. The difference occurred even though meals provided to the volunteers in both the ultra-processed and minimally processed diets had the same number of calories and macronutrients.

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PIER MARIA FORNASARI
2019-05-16

Liquid biopsy could identify cancer patients at risk of metastatic disease, offering an opportunity to tailor treatment

Researchers at The Royal Marsden say ctDNA, a form of liquid biopsy, may be an accurate technique to monitor treatment response in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer, allowing treatment to be adapted or changed earlier to try to prevent the development of metastatic disease. Results from the study, led by researchers at The Royal

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Distinguishing different subtypes of sepsis by machine learning sets the stage for individualized treatment, researchers say

AI in medicine: Separate hype from reality

AI can predict patient response to popular Crohn’s treatment

Smartphone App Screens Kids for Ear Problems

Scientists Capture First-Ever Video of Body’s Safety Test for T-cells

Hospitals look to computers to predict patient emergencies before they happen

Scientists developed a light-activated bio-glue that can seal a heart wound in seconds

Can Exoskeletons Help Kids with CP Walk Better?

Heavily processed foods cause overeating and weight gain

Liquid biopsy could identify cancer patients at risk of metastatic disease, offering an opportunity to tailor treatment