April 24, 2025
Researchers in the field of exposomics explain how cutting-edge technologies are unlocking this biological archive, ushering in a new era of disease prevention and personalized medicine.
Can technology revolutionize health science? The promise of exposomics
April 23, 2025
An interdisciplinary research team has unveiled the world's first artificial intelligence (AI) model designed to classify both the cancer stage and risk category of thyroid cancer, achieving impressive accuracy exceeding 90%. This innovative AI model promises to significantly cut frontline clinicians' pre-consultation preparation time by approximately 50%, aligning with the HKSAR Government's initiative to harness AI technology in healthcare.
April 15, 2025
An artificial intelligence (AI) screening tool identified patients at risk for opioid use disorder and helped reduce readmission to hospitals. The findings hint that AI screening could be a cost-effective way to recognize at-risk patients and increase their access to addiction treatment.
April 15, 2025
Scientists uncovered a new biomarker that may help predict cognitive decline in people with Alzheimer’s disease. The findings suggest measures of two proteins could improve early detection of Alzheimer’s disease and help predict or monitor cognitive decline.
New biomarker tracks cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease
April 15, 2025
A study in mice found that female hormones can prompt sex-specific suppression of a type of pain by certain immune cells. The findings may help to explain why men and women differ in their sensitivity to pain.
April 11, 2025
Researchers at Purdue University are looking at the connection between sleep and Alzheimer’s disease. “Ultimately, we know there is an early onset type that influences people as long as young as 30, but it can affect people from the 40s through the 60s age group. Then we have a later onset group that tends to have the first signs happening at 65 and up. It is the most common type of dementia affecting more than 6 million Americans,” said A.J Schwichtenberg, associate professor of Human Development and Family Science and director of Purdue University’s Sleep and Developmental Studies Laboratory.
Purdue News: Researchers Examining Link Between Sleep and Alzheimer’s
April 10, 2025
Nursing poses major metabolic demands on mothers, to which they respond by eating more and saving energy to sustain milk production. There are significant hormonal changes during lactation, but how they lead to metabolic adaptations in nursing mothers remained unclear. Medical researchers uncovered a mechanism that connects prolactin, estrogen, the brain and metabolic adaptations during lactation.
April 7, 2025
When faced with a potential threat, mice often freeze in place. Moreover, when two animals are together, they typically freeze at the same time, matching each other's periods of immobility. In a new study, researchers found that coordination during fear looks different in males and females.
April 2, 2025
A new analysis of a vaccination program in Wales found that the shingles vaccine appeared to lower new dementia diagnoses by 20% — more than any other known intervention.
Study strengthens link between shingles vaccine and lower dementia risk, stronger response in women
March 11, 2025
For people with a certain sleep disorder, a simple blood test could help predict the development of dementia years before symptoms appear, a new study indicates. Idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder (iRBD) causes people to physically act out their dreams while sleeping. The disorder is also associated with a very high risk of Parkinson's disease and a related condition called Dementia with Lewy Bodies. This is a form of dementia that often causes memory and cognitive loss, as well as vivid visual hallucinations and movement difficulties similar to Parkinson's.
