News • Chronotype, duration, apnea and more
How sleep impacts cardiovascular health
A new study shows five aspects of sleep that are almost equally important to explain the association between sleep and the risk of coronary events and stroke.
Studies
News • Fluorescence lifetime imaging
New technique for distinguishing tumour from normal tissue
A team of researchers has developed a visualisation tool that combines high-speed cameras and fluorescent injection to distinguish tumour tissue from normal tissue across cancer types.
News • Study examines diagnostic quality
Ultrasound in obese patients: special probes improve imaging
High-BMI patients are a challenge for abdominal sonography. In a new study, researchers point out the benefits of special high-performance probes and their impact on image quality.
News • Supportive communication reduces uncertainty
One of clinicians' mightiest weapons against breast cancer? Empathy
Clinicians who show more empathy promote better psychological health among breast cancer patients, according to a new US study examining how oncology doctors facilitate psychological well-being.
News • Myocardial infarction, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, and aortic stenosis
Research reveals striking inequalities in NHS heart care
Stark inequalities in diagnosis and treatment of four of the most common heart conditions in the UK have been revealed in new research led by a team at the University of Leeds.
News • Reduction of healthcare-associated infections
Study: Anti-Covid measures also prevent HAIs
The enhanced infection safety measures installed for the Covid-19 pandemic also had a beneficial effect on hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) overall, a new US study suggests.
News • Insomnia and high blood pressure in women
Losing sleep: a warning sign for hypertension?
New research led by Brigham and Women’s Hospital unveils that women who struggle with getting enough sleep might be at greater risk of developing hypertension, or high blood pressure.
News • Replacement of unnecessary medicines
Are placebos fair game in healthcare? New study confirms
Using placebos in primary care to reduce overprescribing, conserve existing antibiotics and limit further resistance, is publicly acceptable, a new study shows.
News • After-effects of cancer treatment
Inflammation after radiotherapy may last for decades, study finds
After pelvic radiotherapy, patients may live with low-grade chronic inflammation of the lower intestine 20 years after the treatment, a new study shows.
News • Study on clinical decision making
When nurses decide on triage, intuition often trumps standard assessment tools
Nurses around the world use intuition to work out how sick a patient is before triaging for treatment – according to new research from the University of East Anglia.
News • Under the knife
Social media and low self-compassion: a breeding ground for cosmetic surgery
When celebrities admit to having undergone cosmetic surgery on social media, the nubmer of procedures increase. But why is that? Australian researchers looked deeper into this phenomenon.
News • Chest X-ray evaluation
Human readers still outperform AI in lung disease identification
Reports of AI gaining the upper hand in diagnostic imaging interpretation are piling up, but there are still areas where the eye of a trained human radiologist remains superior.
News • Diagnosis with smartphone recording
Covid-19 severity analysis via cough sound
A research team led by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and Hospital del Mar has conducted a study to analyze cough sounds recorded by smartphones in patients with Covid-19.
News • Overcoming a common mental health belief
Suppressing negative thoughts might not be so bad after all
The commonly-held belief that attempting to suppress negative thoughts is bad for our mental health could be wrong, a new study from scientists at the University of Cambridge suggests.
News • Detecting dopamine deficiency in the brain
A new biomarker to identify Parkinson's and related diseases
Could a single biomarker detect all types of diseases related to dopamine deficiency in the brain? According to a Swedish research group, such a marker may have just been found.
News • Mapping prevalence across European hospitals
Sepsis: suprisingly common, underdiagnosed, and deadly
New research from Lund University has found a suprisingly high incidence of sepsis across hospital admissions. The experts say that the condition can be likened to an epidemic.
News • Patchy recommendations
Errors and half-truths plague cancer treatment plans generated by ChatGPT
Experts from Brigham and Women’s Hospital have tasked ChatGPT to generate recommendations for cancer treatment – with some promise, but ultimately inadequate results.
News • Widening coronary arteries
Intervention after heart attack: don't wait, revasculate
Cardiologists in Zurich demonstrate that immediate revascularization of non-involved blood vessels offers better outcomes for patients after a heart attack than a delayed procedure.
News • From pain and fatigue to menstrual changes
Covid-19 vaccination: New research sheds light on side effects
Two new studies based on a large-scale cohort in Denmark explored the side effects of the coronavirus vaccine – one focused on acute effects, the other on a women's health issue.
News • Limitations of Siri, Cortana, Echo
Why you shouldn't trust your AI voice assistant to give CPR instructions
When faced with an unfamiliar task, many people rely on the voice assistants in their smartphone to help them out. However, when it comes to CPR, these AI companions cannot always be counted on.
Article • Digital pathology
Cutting the time to therapy for breast cancer patients
Centralized review of slides combined with telepathology has opened up the potential for a dramatic reduction in the waiting times for breast cancer patients to start their therapy. Jan Hudecek from the Netherlands Cancer Institute outlined his team’s framework for multi-centre clinical trials with centralized digital pathology review at the 9th Digital Pathology and Artificial Intelligence…
News • Contamination during procedure suspected
Microplastics found in patients after heart surgery
In a pilot study of people who underwent heart surgery, researchers report that they have found microplastics in heart tissues, suggesting they were unexpectedly introduced during the procedures.
News • BPE in dense breasts
Breast cancer: elevated MRI enhancement identifies higher risk
A machine learning model found that background parenchymal enhancement (BPE) on breast MRI is an indicator of breast cancer risk in women with extremely dense breasts.
News • Deep learning in imaging
Earlier detection of diabetes through chest x-rays and AI
A new AI model finds that x-ray images collected during routine medical care can provide warning signs for diabetes, even in patients who don’t meet the guidelines for elevated risk.
News • Safety analysis
AI-supported mammography found to be safe and workload-saving
A new safety analysis finds AI-supported mammography analysis is as good as two breast radiologists working together to detect breast cancer, almost halving the screen-reading workload.
