News • Ultrasound-based lesion detection
Ovarian cancer diagnosis improved by AI
Ovarian cancer is common and often only detected by chance. A newly developed AI-based model could help differentiate between benign and malignant ovarian lesions.
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News • Appeal for clearer patient communication
Do CAT scans really involve cats? (and other ways children misunderstand medical jargon)
"Negative" results are good, and CAT scans are taken without felines: Medical jargon can be confusing for children, so pediatrics experts call for clearer language to avoid invoking fear.
News • Rupture prevention
Breast implants: the importance of regular screenings
Women with breast implants should regularly attend follow-up care to avoid the risk of "silent" implant ruptures and their long-term complications, experts caution in a new publication.
News • Underdiagnosis of gestational condition
Over half of pregnant women unaware of diabetes, study suggests
More than half of pregnant women in the UK with gestational diabetes are unaware of their condition due to insufficient diagnostics, a study suggests. This could lead to unneccessary complications.
News • DTI reveals intraepithelial neoplasia
Detecting pre-malignant pancreatic lesions with diffusion tensor MRI
In a new study, researchers have shown, for the first time, that a particular form of MRI, called diffusion tensor imaging, is capable of robustly detecting pre-malignant lesions in the pancreas.
News • Human papillomavirus infection
Cervical cancer: improved screening through HPV risk groups
Analyses of self-tests for human papillomavirus (HPV) can be used to divide HPV-positive women into three risk groups, according to a new study. This could enhance cervical cancer screening.
News • Misleading medical analyses
AI “predicts” beer drinking based on knee X-rays – why this is not only wrong, but dangerous
Can an AI determine whether or not a person drinks beer by looking at their knee X-rays? It can't – but the claim shows why “shortcut learning” is such a dangerous mechanism in medical AI.
News • Reduction of severe side-effects
A 'kinder' chemotherapy for Hodgkin lymphoma
Treating patients with Hodgkin lymphoma with a different form of chemotherapy shows promise to reduce severe side effects, shorten hospital time and increase likelihood of recovering fertility.
News • Expanding brain imaging
Portable, low-field MRI shows promise for Alzheimer's diagnostics
A new study shows that a simplified, low-field MRI machine, augmented with machine learning tools, matches conventional MRI in measuring brain characteristics relevant to Alzheimer's disease.
News • Clinical decision aids
Just a fever or sepsis? New way to treat babies without invasive tests
New study results could help detect whether a newborn baby with fever has sepsis or another serious bacterial infection, without the need for invasive testing.
News • Gut function and microbiome analysis
MRI reveals impact of gluten free diet on people with celiac disease
Experts have used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to better understand the impact a gluten free diet has on people with celiac disease, which could be the first step towards new treatments.
News • Hyperpolarised carbon-13 imaging
Metabolic MRI imaging distinguishes ovarian cancer subtypes
A new MRI-based imaging technique predicts the response of ovarian cancer tumours to treatment, and rapidly reveals how well treatment is working, in patient-derived cell models.
News • Functional connectivity imaging
fMRI brain scan predicts effectiveness of spinal cord surgery
Spinal cord stimulation is performed for patients with chronic pain. However, for some patients, the procedure is not effective. A new method involving fMRI could help predict success.
News • LLM-based mental health detection
AI model could help prevent suicide in hospital patients
Large language models (LLM) show promise in detecting hospital patients at risk of committing suicide. This could help warn medical staff in time while maintaining the patients' privacy.
News • Research on dysmenorrhea
New study links depression to period pain
Depression may be a cause, rather than a consequence, of period pain, a new study finds. This further highlights the need for a holistic approach when treating mental health and reproductive issues.
News • Study on care and outcomes in Scotland
Sex differences in treatment after heart attack revealed
After a heart attack, women in Scotland are less likely to receive preventative medicine than men, a new study shows. This could put them at greater risk of further heart attacks, strokes and CVD.
News • Traumatic brain injury research
TBI damages childrens' brains differently, study finds
A traumatic brain injury (TBI) affects children differently than adults, a new study shows. The researchers found that paediatric patients are more prone to damage of the smallest brain vessels.
News • Lung-brain relationship
Long Covid: researchers track down cause of 'brain fog'
After a Covid-19 infection, patients may suffer from a variety of symptoms, including difficulty concentrating (“brain fog”). New research now linked the condition to impaired lung function.
News • Longitudinal study
High hospital staff turnover linked to increased patient deaths
Analysing almost a decade of hospital data, new research shows a clear association between high turnover rates of nurses and doctors in NHS hospitals and a troubling rise in patient mortality rates.
News • Emergence of E. coli
Studies reveal circulation of multidrug-resistant Enterobacterales in Europe
Two studies indicate warning signs about spread of bacteria resistant to the same group of antibiotics (carbapenems) in both healthcare and community settings across Europe.
News • New insights on aneuploid epithelial cells
Breast cancer-like cells also found in healthy women
A certain type of cells, called aneuploid epithelial cells, are usually associated with breast cancer. However, new research reveals that they can also be found in healthy women.
News • Influence in diagnostic decisions
Too much trust in AI? X-ray boxes may lead radiologists astray
When an AI advisor points out an area of concern in a chest X-ray, radiologists are sometimes all too eager to follow their lead, a new study finds. This may lead to incorrect diagnostic decisions.
News • Drug adsorption
Nanoplastics can impair the effect of antibiotics, study finds
Nanoplastics are not only bad for the environment: A new study has shown that minuscule particles of plastic which enter the body also can impair the effect of antibiotic treatment.
News • Sustainable use of generative AI
Large language models in healthcare: shorter prompts, less emissions?
A new study investigating the impact of AI in healthcare shows that using LLMs to process thousands of patient records daily across multiple hospitals could lead to substantial resource consumption.
News • Study on ventricular shapes
How heart shape links to cardiovascular disease risk
Researchers have published findings that show the genetic structure of the heart’s shape may offer new insights into individual heart health.
