March 24, 2022
An artificial intelligence (AI)-based computer algorithm accurately predicted a person's likelihood of suffering heart problems related to clogged arteries based on voice recordings alone.
Speaking from the heart: Could your voice reveal your heart health?
March 23, 2022
Researchers look at how fat tissue from different parts of the body may lead to diabetes onset in men and women. They reviewed almost 200 hundred scientific papers looking for a deeper understanding of how fat operates at the surface and tissue level, and the mechanisms by which that tissue contributes to diabetes onset.
March 23, 2022
Children of mothers with clinical depression are at three times greater risk to develop depression themselves than are their low-risk peers. Researchers are working to understand the neural underpinnings of the risk, and some studies have shown altered brain processing of reward in at-risk children as young as 6. An outstanding question remains as to whether children with a maternal history of depression have a biological predisposition to blunted neural reward responding or whether it depends more on social factors. Now, new work finds those dampened responses depended on maternal feedback, suggesting the latter.
Maternal socialization, not biology, shapes child brain activity
March 21, 2022
People who have had COVID-19 are at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a new study.
March 18, 2022
New research suggests that a novel, short-term forecasting method, using machine learning and vast, anonymized datasets from social media accounts, significantly outperforms conventional models for projecting COVID trends at the county level.
March 18, 2022
As science and health communicators, our main goal is to share our institutions’ wealth of science and health knowledge. We strive to make the information accessible to a broad range of people — from scientists and health professionals to health educators to patients and the general public. By pooling the experience and advice from experts in our community, we’ve started a list of strategies for communicating science and health research to the public.
A Checklist for Communicating Science and Health Research to the Public
March 17, 2022
As part of a push to expand GPU computing capabilities to meet the needs of researchers working in AI and machine learning, Purdue Research Computing has added eight MI50 AMD GPUs and six MI60 AMD GPUs to the Bell community cluster – and they are already making a big impact on campus.
New Bell cluster GPUs helping Purdue researchers in neuroscience, chemical engineering
March 17, 2022
Lifelong physical activity could protect against age-related loss of muscle mass and function, according to new research. Individuals aged 68 and above who were physically active throughout their life have healthier aging muscle that has superior function and is more resistant to fatigue compared to inactive individuals, both young and old. This is the first study to investigate muscle, stem cell and nerve activity in humans. The researchers from University of Copenhagen, Denmark, found that elderly individuals who keep physically active throughout their adult life, whether by taking part in resistance exercise, ball games, racket sports, swimming, cycling, running and/or rowing had a greater number of muscle stem cells, otherwise known as satellite cells in their muscle. These cells are important for muscle regeneration and long-term growth and protect against nerve decay.
March 17, 2022
An artificial intelligence (AI) tool can accurately and consistently classify breast density on mammograms, according to a new study.
March 17, 2022
A new study focuses on RNA molecules in plasma as biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease in African Americans -- the population at greatest risk for developing Alzheimer's disease. This approach enabled researchers to pinpoint specific molecules in plasma that could serve as biomarkers to confirm a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease in this population.
Plasma biomarker screening could improve accuracy, health equity in Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis
