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September 20, 2024

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Researchers Achieve a Significant Advancement in Early Diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder in Adolescents

Sep. 19, 2024 — Researchers report significant strides in enhancing early diagnosis of bipolar disorder in adolescents. They demonstrate the efficacy of integrating multimodal MRI with behavioral assessments for ...

Paving the Way for Antivirals Against Ebola Virus and Its Deadly Relatives

Sep. 17, 2024 — Scientists share detailed, complete images of a viral structure called the Ebola virus nucleocapsid. This breakthrough may accelerate the development of antivirals that target this viral structure to combat several filoviruses at ...

Wearable Brain Imaging Device Shines a Light on How Babies Respond in Real-World Situations

Sep. 11, 2024 — A technology which uses harmless light waves to measure activity in babies' brains has provided the most complete picture to date of brain functions like hearing, vision and cognitive processing ...

Neurodegenerative Diseases: Advances in Diagnosis

Sep. 12, 2024 — A new biomarker makes it easier to distinguish between Alzheimer's and primary ...

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Adhesive Cortical Device Enables Artifact-Free Neuromodulation for Closed-Loop Epilepsy Treatment

Sep. 19, 2024 — Researchers have developed a groundbreaking soft cortical device that could revolutionize the treatment of epilepsy and other neurological ...

New Alzheimer's Studies Reveal Disease Biology, Risk for Progression, and the Potential for a Novel Blood Test

Sep. 18, 2024 — Two new papers by a team of researchers demonstrate that evaluating microRNAs in blood can be used not only to diagnose mild cognitive impairment ...

Delayed Feedback Enhances Learning Performance in Individuals With Traumatic Brain Injury, Study Indicates

Sep. 10, 2024 — Researchers have published a novel study exploring the effects of delayed feedback on learning in individuals with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain ...

Novel Biomarker Could Lead to Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease

Sep. 5, 2024 — Research discovered a unique and promising avenue for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease (AD) earlier -- by analyzing AD biomarkers in blood -- so that the impacts of dementia can be reduced. The ...

Researchers Discover New Insights Into the Neurobiological Origins of Ataxia

Sep. 5, 2024 — A study investigated the origin of ataxia in the brain of patients with stroke. A significant number of the stroke lesions in the patients were ...

Pancreatic Cancer: Study Finds Most Early Staging Inaccurate

Sep. 5, 2024 — Staging of patients with early pancreatic cancer is inaccurate as much as 80% of the time, according to a new study. The finding underscores the urgent need for advancements in diagnostic technology ...

False-Positive Mammograms Discourage Some Women from Future Screenings

Sep. 2, 2024 — A false-positive mammogram may deter women from future screenings, according to a new study. But staying on schedule remains key to early detection of ...

A Healthy Lifestyle May Counteract Diabetes-Associated Brain Aging

Aug. 28, 2024 — Type 2 diabetes and prediabetes are associated with accelerated brain aging, according to a new study. The good news is that this may be counteracted by a healthy ...

New Technology 'Lights Up' Bacteria in Wounds for Better Infection Prevention

Aug. 27, 2024 — New research suggests there may be a more effective method to detect bacteria during wound ...

AI Spots Cancer and Viral Infections at Nanoscale Precision

Aug. 27, 2024 — Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence which can differentiate cancer cells from normal cells, as well as detect the very early stages of viral infection inside cells. The findings ...

Knowing You Have a Brain Aneurysm May Raise Anxiety Risk, Other Mental Health Conditions

Aug. 26, 2024 — Even if the risk is small, the potential of a debilitating brain vessel rupture may be a psychological burden, finds new ...

Finding Love: Study Reveals Where Love Lives in the Brain

Aug. 26, 2024 — We use the word 'love' in a bewildering range of contexts -- from sexual adoration to parental love or the love of nature. Now, more comprehensive imaging of the brain may shed light on why ...

Let Me Take a Look: AI Could Boost Diagnostic Imaging Results

Aug. 22, 2024 — Researchers compared the diagnostic accuracy of ChatGPT and radiologists in radiological imaging with 106 musculoskeletal radiology cases. The results showed that the diagnostic accuracy of the ...

Novel Molecular Imaging Tool Objectively Measures and Diagnoses Smell Disorders

Aug. 20, 2024 — A new fluorescent imaging probe can for the first time objectively and non-invasively measure loss of smell, clinically known as anosmia. Targeting the olfactory nerve, the new tool has potential to ...

Exploring Emerging Diagnostic Tools for Early Diagnosis of Endometriosis

Aug. 15, 2024 — Endometriosis affects more than 11% of women of reproductive age in the U.S. and 190 million women worldwide. The average time to diagnose endometriosis is seven years after the onset of symptoms, ...

New Microscope Offers Faster, High-Resolution Brain Imaging

Aug. 15, 2024 — Researchers have developed a new two-photon fluorescence microscope that captures high-speed images of neural activity at cellular resolution. By imaging much faster and with less harm to brain ...

Breakthrough Heart MRI Technique Accurately Predicts Heart Failure Risk in General Population

Aug. 12, 2024 — MRI scans could replace invasive heart tests, as new research shows they can reliably estimate pressures inside the heart to predict if a patient will develop heart ...

Advanced MRI Scans Help Identify One in Three Concussion Patients With 'Hidden Disease'

Aug. 9, 2024 — Offering patients with concussion a type of brain scan known as diffusion tensor imaging MRI could help identify the one in three people who will experience persistent symptoms that can be life ...

Noninvasive Measurement of Gene Expression at Target Locations in the Brain

Aug. 7, 2024 — Bioengineers have developed a noninvasive tool to measure gene expression and gene therapy delivery in specific brain regions using ...

Walking the Walk, Scientists Develop Motion-Compatible Brain Scanner

Aug. 7, 2024 — An upright neuroimaging device developed by neuroscientists, physicists and engineers allows patients to move around while undergoing a brain ...

Hospital Pneumonia Diagnoses Are Uncertain, Revised More Than Half the Time, Study Finds

Aug. 6, 2024 — An AI-based analysis of over 2 million hospital visits has found that most of the time, a pneumonia diagnosis made in the hospital will change from a patient's entrance to their discharge -- ...

White Matter May Aid Recovery from Spinal Cord Injuries

Aug. 2, 2024 — Scientists are focusing on a previously understudied part of the brain and spinal cord -- white matter. Their discoveries could lead to treatments that restore nerve activity through the targeted ...

Electrical Impedance Tomography--Extracellular Voltage Activation Technique Simplifies Drug Screening

Aug. 1, 2024 — Recently, researchers developed a non-invasive method combining electrical impedance tomography and extracellular voltage activation to evaluate drug effects on ion channels. The resulting printed ...

Improving Alzheimer's Disease Imaging -- With Fluorescent Sensors

July 31, 2024 — Neurotransmitter levels in the brain can indicate brain health and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's. However, the protective blood-brain barrier (BBB) makes delivering fluorescent ...

New Score System to Better Screen and Treat HFpEF Heart Failure Patients

July 29, 2024 — A novel study co-authored by a heart failure cardiologist demonstrates the effectiveness of a newly developed scoring system in identifying patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection ...

Pioneering the Cellular Frontier

July 23, 2024 — Scientists use a multimodal approach that combines hard X-ray computed tomography and X-ray fluorescence imaging to see the structure and chemical processes inside of a single ...

Are AI-Chatbots Suitable for Hospitals?

July 22, 2024 — Large language models may pass medical exams with flying colors but using them for diagnoses would currently be grossly negligent. Medical chatbots make hasty diagnoses, do not adhere to guidelines, ...

Lab Develops Smallest Free-Floating Bubbles for Medical Imaging

July 15, 2024 — Bioengineering researchers developed ultrasmall, stable gas-filled protein nanostructures that could revolutionize ultrasound imaging and drug delivery for cancers and infectious ...

Artificial Intelligence Outperforms Clinical Tests at Predicting Progress of Alzheimer's Disease

July 13, 2024 — Scientists have developed an artificially-intelligent tool capable of predicting in four cases out of five whether people with early signs of dementia will remain stable or develop Alzheimer's ...

Artificial Intelligence Speeds Up Heart Scans, Saving Doctors' Time, and Could Lead to Better Treatment for Heart Conditions

July 12, 2024 — Researchers have developed a groundbreaking method for analysing heart MRI scans with the help of artificial intelligence, which could save valuable time and resources, as well as improve care for ...