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AI could predict cognitive decline leading to Alzheimer’s disease in the next five years

05.10.2018 Health Problems

A team of scientists has successfully trained a new artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to make accurate predictions regarding cognitive decline leading to Alzheimer’s disease. Dr. Mallar Chakravarty, a computational neuroscientist at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute, and his colleagues from the University of Toronto and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, designed an algorithm that learns signatures from […]

Machine learning IDs markers to help predict Alzheimer’s

19.09.2018 Health Problems

Nearly 50 million people worldwide have Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia. These irreversible brain disorders slowly cause memory loss and destroy thinking skills, eventually to such an extent that self-care becomes very difficult or impossible. While no cure currently exists, certain medications can delay the progression of symptoms for several years, extending the quality of life for patients. […]

Study shows new technology can predict fatal heart attacks

29.08.2018 Health Problems

Researchers at the University of Oxford, working with colleagues in Erlangen, Germany and at the Cleveland Clinic, USA, have developed a new technology based on analysis of computed tomography (CT) coronary angiograms that can flag patients at risk of deadly heart attacks years before they occur. Heart attacks are usually caused by inflamed plaques in the coronary artery causing an […]

Can we predict the long-term outcome of boys with ADHD?

02.08.2018 Health Problems

A study published in the August 2018 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP) reports on a group of boys diagnosed with ADHD in childhood (when they were, on average, 8 years old) and followed into adulthood (when they were in their early 40s). The goal was to examine whether boys’ characteristics in […]

PSA level three months after radiation tx may predict outcome

25.05.2018 Health Problems

(HealthDay)—Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels three months after radiotherapy (RT) are strong markers of prostate cancer outcomes for patients with intermediate- and high-risk disease, according to a study published online May 4 in Cancer. Alex K. Bryant, from University of California at San Diego, and colleagues used Veterans Affairs data to identify 5,783 patients with intermediate-risk or high-risk localized prostate cancer […]

Genetic fixer-uppers may predict bladder cancer prognosis

17.05.2018 Health Problems

Mutations in genes that help repair damage to DNA may aid in predicting the prognosis of patients with bladder and other related cancers, according to researchers. The researchers found that bladder cancer patients who had mutations in their ATM or RB1 genes—proteins that help repair DNA damage when they’re functioning normally—tended not to live as long as patients without the […]

Brain activity can predict success of depression treatment

11.04.2018 Health Problems

McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School researchers believe they have uncovered a method that could be useful in predicting a depressed patient’s treatment prognosis, prior to starting treatment. In the paper “Pretreatment Rostral Anterior Cingulate Cortex Activity in Relation to Symptom Improvement in Depression: A Randomized Clinical Trial,” currently available online and scheduled to appear in the June 2018 edition […]

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