Researchers have developed a new computational tool that will help artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques to screen patients with blinding retinal diseases – a discovery that may speed diagnosis and treatment. The findings, by researchers at Shiley Eye Institute at UC San Diego Health and University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with… Continue reading Artificial Intelligence Can Help with Diagnosis of Critical Eye Diseases
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Osteoporosis: Get Checked
Nearly 56 million American adults have osteoporosis or low bone density. Each year, osteoporosis causes two million broken bones in the U.S. alone. These fractures result in more than half a million hospitalizations, more than 800,000 ER visits, more than 2.6 million trips to the doctor, and the placement of nearly 200,000 individuals into nursing… Continue reading Osteoporosis: Get Checked
The Brain and “Social Pain”
When it comes to physical vs. emotional pain, the brain seems to have a separate area to process each, new research shows. Until now, experts have believed that the different kinds of pain went through the same circuits. But investigators from the University of Colorado Boulder have demonstrated that the two kinds of pain are… Continue reading The Brain and “Social Pain”