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Taking a simple blood test and an online psychiatric assessment can now help you diagnose bipolar disorder, Cambridge University researchers say. In a study published in the JAMA Psychiatry journal on 25 October, researchers say that while the blood test can diagnose up to “30 percent of patients with bipolar disorder, it is even more […]
In 1953, the Swiss novelist Max Frisch published a play called The Arsonists. It’s a pitch dark comedy about a small town ravaged by a group of maniacs disguised as traveling salesmen, who sweet-talk their way into people’s homes and then set them on fire. Its protagonist is a dolt called Biedermann—bieder being German for […]
A recent study published in the journal Nutrition describes the impact of caffeine intake on cerebral blood flow in young, healthy individuals. Study: Effects of caffeine on cerebral blood flow. Image Credit: Danijela Maksimovic / Shutterstock.com Background Caffeine is the most commonly consumed pharmacologically active substance worldwide and is present in variable amounts in coffee, tea, soft drinks, chocolates, […]
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With the current chest imaging technology, patients with suspected lung infections are unable to receive a specific diagnosis unless they undergo an invasive procedure and wait 2 to 3 days for their results. In a Q & A with Healio news, Kotagiri explains the research, which is funded by the grant from the National Heart, […]
Most modern epidemics have been caused by pathogens that spread from animals to humans. These zoonotic diseases have been predicted to increase with climate change. ADVERTISEMENT Four types of animal-to-human infections are increasing at an “exponential rate” and could kill 12 times more people in 2050 than in 2020, according to a new study. Researchers […]
Abstract Susceptibility artifact (SA) is common in renal blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) images, and including the SA-affected region could induce much error in renal oxygenation quantification. In this paper, we propose to exclude kidney regions affected by SA in gradient echo images with different echo times (TE), based on a deep-learning segmentation approach. For kidney […]
