New solutions in the fight against antibiotic resistance
The World Health Organization (WHO) regards antimicrobial resistance, including antibiotic resistance, as one of the world’s major health challenges. A new fundamental understanding of antibiotic resistance could therefore potentially have…
First touch, faster play: quicker soccer passing
This study examined the biomechanical factors that influence how quickly football players can transition from receiving a pass to making their next pass 1. Seventeen university players performed a dynamic…
Five brain profiles for depression
As two people with considerably different symptoms may receive the same depression diagnosis, researchers wanted to determine whether this individuality also manifests in brain activity. According to the World Health…
How will AI impact the future of the clinical workforce?
Contrary to some predictions, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) agents could lead to more, not fewer, health care professionals working in the United States, according to a new article…
AI estimates retinal age, revealing sex-specific ageing patterns and links to disease risk
A team from the Department of Computational Biology at the University of Lausanne has developed an artificial intelligence model capable of estimating a person’s retinal age from a simple photograph…
Brexit reshaped the UK health care workforce but failed to ease doctor shortages
The United Kingdom’s vote to leave the European Union (EU) was associated with major changes in health care worker migration and worsening physician shortages in England, according to a new…
Mount Sinai launches Center for Genomic AI and Microbiome Medicine to advance precision medicine
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has launched the Center for Genomic AI and Microbiome Medicine, a research center that will bring together human genetics and microbiome research…
TOFA: a weight loss, diabetes treatment, burn fat and keeping muscle
Over the past five years, medications called GLP-1s have revolutionized the treatment of metabolic disorders like obesity, diabetes and fatty liver diseases. Sold under the brand names Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro…
New AI tool predicts hip fracture risk better than current screening
A machine-learning tool built from Swedish national health registry data can predict hip fracture risk with high accuracy and no in-person assessment, and identifies far more at-risk individuals than current…
Deep learning refines how bionic eyes communicate with the brain
Researchers from three institutions, including UC Santa Barbara, have demonstrated that artificial intelligence has the potential to make future visual prostheses, like a bionic eye, more precise, predictable and responsive…