Artificial Intelligence News and Research

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Study reveals high prevalence of unrecognized cognitive impairment in vulnerable older adults

One of the first studies to investigate the prevalence of unrecognized cognitive impairment among patients seen at Federally Qualified Health Centers, has found that it is ubiquitous, especially among minoritized older adults.

8 Nov 2024

AI tool enhances diagnosis of long COVID in electronic health records

Investigators at Mass General Brigham have developed an AI-based tool to sift through electronic health records to help clinicians identify cases of long COVID, an often mysterious condition that can encompass a litany of enduring symptoms, including fatigue, chronic cough, and brain fog after infection from SARS-CoV-2.

8 Nov 2024

AI-READI consortium launches groundbreaking diabetes data study

Researchers today (Nov. 8, 2024) are releasing the flagship dataset from an ambitious study of biomarkers and environmental factors that might influence the development of type 2 diabetes.

8 Nov 2024

AI and imaging technologies transform pancreatic cancer diagnostics

Pancreatic cancer (PC) presents substantial diagnostic challenges due to its aggressive nature and lack of early symptoms, leading to late detection and poor prognosis.

8 Nov 2024

New biomarker could predict response to IBD treatment

Not everyone responds equally well to treatments for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). What will work for individual patients involves trial and error during the treatment process.

7 Nov 2024

Mount Sinai researchers uncover key process in memory integration

Mount Sinai researchers have discovered for the first time a neural mechanism for memory integration that stretches across both time and personal experience.

6 Nov 2024

AI-powered MRI predicts outcomes in prostate cancer

Researchers determine whether artificial intelligence-based MRI data could predict prostate cancer patient outcomes.

6 Nov 2024

AI outperforms doctors in diagnostics but falls short as a clinical assistant

Researchers investigate whether large language models could enhance the diagnostic reasoning of physicians

6 Nov 2024

Deciphering the mechanisms of immune response with probabilistic graphical networks

Over the past two decades, new technologies have helped scientists generate a vast amount of biological data. Large-scale experiments in genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and cytometry can produce enormous quantities of data from a given cellular or multicellular system.

5 Nov 2024

AI model predicts Alzheimer’s progression with new insights into racial and sex-based disparities

Researchers developed a deep learning model that predicts Alzheimer’s progression with high accuracy, highlighting differences in disease progression across race and sex.

5 Nov 2024

Study reveals low rates of palliative care for heart failure patients in the U.S.

A study by researchers at Saint Louis University shows that only one in eight patients with heart failure in the United States receive palliative care consultations within five years of diagnosis.

5 Nov 2024

Machine learning identifies key genes linking rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis

Rheumatoid arthritis is a common disease affecting an estimated 17 million people worldwide. The disease is caused by immune cells attacking the joints and can result in pain, swelling, and damage to the cartilage and bone.

5 Nov 2024

AI-powered ECG model predicts heart disease risk with precision

A new AI-enhanced ECG model, AIRE, accurately predicts mortality and heart disease risk, providing clinicians with actionable, patient-specific insights.

5 Nov 2024

New AI model BiomedGPT set to transform medical and research practices

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but still…they both have a lot of work to do to catch up to BiomedGPT.

4 Nov 2024

Study identifies 80 genes linked to increased risk of breast cancer

Breast cancer is the most common malignancy among Western women, with up to 10% of cases attributed to genetic variants.

4 Nov 2024

Enhanced screening protocols for Candida auris improve hospital infection control

Mount Sinai researchers have enhanced hospital screening protocols for Candida auris, an often-drug-resistant fungal pathogen the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers an urgent global health threat.

1 Nov 2024

AI provides same-day assessments of antimicrobial resistance in ICUs

Artificial intelligence (AI) can provide same-day assessments of antimicrobial resistance for patients in intensive care – critical to preventing life-threatening sepsis.

1 Nov 2024

Personalization key to patient satisfaction with AI doctors

Artificial intelligence (AI) may one day play a larger role in medicine than the online symptom checkers available today. But these "AI doctors" may need to get more personal than human doctors to increase patient satisfaction, according to a study led by researchers at Penn State.

1 Nov 2024

Mindfulness meditation outperforms placebo in reducing pain

Mindfulness meditation, which has been used for centuries for pain management in various cultures, has long been speculated to work by activating processes supporting the placebo response.

1 Nov 2024

Mitochondrial genetics shed light on ALS Risk and protection

Using sequencing techniques, researchers associated 51 mutations in mitochondrial DNA with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), an incurable degenerative neurological disorder that leads to muscle atrophy and paralysis.

31 Oct 2024