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Medical Notes: May 29, 2022

>> May 29, 2022

AI accurately predicts if and when fatal heart attacks occur Artificial intelligence can predict fatal heart attacks. The new technology uses raw images of diseased hearts and patients’ medical backgrounds to determine if and when a heart attack will occur. …

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Medical Notes: November 14, 2021

>> November 14, 2021

Major surgeries, such as heart bypass, may increase the risk of dementia. A study in the journal JAMA Neurology finds that blood levels of a protein that’s highly predictive of Alzheimer’s disease rise markedly during major surgery…and remain …

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Medical Notes: Week of May 31, 2020

>> May 31, 2020

Far too few tests are available for Covid-19 right now. But a newly developed smartphone app is remarkably effective at predicting if a person is infected. The app, relies on people telling the app every day whether they have a cough, a loss of smell …

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Medical Notes: Week of May 24, 2020

>> May 24, 2020

Pancreatic cancer is the third leading cause of cancer deaths because the cancer has usually spread to other parts of the body by the time it’s detected. Now scientists have come up with a blood test that screens for a panel of biomarkers for pancreatic …

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Medical Notes: Week of October 27, 2019

>> October 27, 2019

If you like to eat red meat, a new major review of the evidence says, “Go ahead.” The study in the Annals of Internal Medicine finds that cutting back on red meat and processed meat in the diet has little impact on health and results in no …

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Medical Notes: Week of March 3, 2019

>> March 3, 2019

Women stay mentally sharp farther into old age than men typically do, and scientists now think they know why. It all has to do with how the brain burns energy. A study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that women’s brains burn energy …

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Remaking the FDA

>> March 5, 2017

The Trump Administration has signaled it intends to revamp the Food and Drug Administration to speed the approval of drugs. Some FDA commissioner candidates have proposed radical reform, including an end to the requirement that drugs must be effective to be …

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