Some sick Black patients are likely labeled as ‘healthy’ in AI datasets due to inequitable medical testing Black patients are less likely than white patients to receive medical tests that doctors use…
EPFL researchers have combined virtual reality, non-invasive brain stimulation and advanced brain imaging techniques to improve spatial navigation in healthy participants. The study is a first step in addressing dementia in an…
Chronic, low-level lead poisoning is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease in adults and cognitive deficits in children, even at levels previously thought to be safe, according to a new paper…
Patients like AI doctors that offer privacy and remember their social information, researchers report Artificial intelligence (AI) may one day play a larger role in medicine than the online symptom checkers available…
The amount of money people pay out-of-pocket for branded drugs to treat neurological diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS), Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s disease continues to rise, especially for MS drugs, according to a…
By poring over decades worth of data, researchers hope to better determine how pesticides, metals, and exposures to other elements impact Alzheimer’s disease risk To better understand how day-to-day exposures to chemicals…
A preclinical University of Toronto study is revealing new insights into the molecular machinery that drives the aggressiveness of pancreatic cancer. This cancer’s ability to invade and spread to other parts of…
A new study – published in Nursing Research – has found that the COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted patient safety indicators in U.S. hospitals. The study, from Penn Nursing’s Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research (CHOPR), examined data…
In healthy volunteers, postural stability benefited from both horizontal and vertical eye movements (photo: Freepik*) Rapid side-to-side eye movements can help stabilize posture, avoid falls and maintain balance for people with Parkinson’s…
Model developed at Los Alamos offers crucial data and insights to meet HIV-elimination targets In a landmark achievement for the fight against HIV, Sweden has attained the critical “95-95-95” target on the…
