Accurate exclusion of kidney regions affected by susceptibility artifact in blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) images using deep-learning-based segmentation

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 […]

Standing blood pressure test more accurate in detecting hypertension

(Photo credit: Getty Images) DALLAS – Nov. 06, 2023 – Measuring blood pressure while patients are standing rather than sitting may improve the accuracy of readings, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report. Their findings, published in Scientific Reports, could lead to significant improvements in early detection of high blood pressure in healthy adults. Wanpen Vongpatanasin, M.D., […]

Socio-demographic predictors of obesity among women in Mukono Central Division in Central Uganda: a cross-sectional study

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Webinar preview: How Gnosis by Lesaffre’s folate ingredient can enhance women’s health across their lifespan

06 Nov 2023 — As a precursor to Gnosis by Lesaffre’s webinar “Healthy women: the effectiveness of active folate supplementation,” Nutrition Insight chats with Lorena Carboni, their senior scientific communication specialist, product manager, for the inside story about this supplement’s capabilities. “Quatrefolic is a dietary ingredient designed to act as a nutrient in all areas […]

JVS blood drive sees one of its largest turnouts

GIVING FOR ANOTHER’S SAKE — Ryan Scott, a senior in the criminal justice program at Jefferson County Joint Vocational School, did his part to help the American Red Cross and donated blood during the school’s Halloween blood drive. More than 50 people registered to donate at the health technologies lab, which organizers said was one […]

Epidemiologic changes of infectious diseases in the post-SARS era in China, 2004–2018

Epidemiological changes Although the overall incidence of infectious diseases in China showed an increasing trend from 2004 to 2018, fortunately, the trend levelled off after 2010. Overall mortality from infectious diseases has risen significantly, with HIV/AIDS replacing tuberculosis and rabies as the leading cause of death from infectious diseases since 2008. The incidence of most […]

Karyopharm Announces New Preliminary Data in Overall Survival (OS) in Selinexor-Treated Patients with Advanced or Recurrent TP53 Wild-Type Endometrial Cancer as Part of Pre-Specified Exploratory Subgroup Analysis of the SIENDO Study

Karyopharm Announces New Preliminary Data in Overall Survival (OS) in Selinexor-Treated Patients with Advanced or Recurrent TP53 Wild-Type Endometrial Cancer as Part of Pre-Specified Exploratory Subgroup Analysis of the SIENDO Study Long-Term Safety and Efficacy Data from SIENDO Study in the TP53 Wild-Type Exploratory Subgroup Showed Signals of Improvement in Overall Survival  (OS) Regardless of […]

Impact of cardiac rehabilitation on cardiovascular event in Korea

Abstract This study aimed to evaluate the effects of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) on major adverse cardiac events (MACE) among patients who underwent PCI procedure. We used data from the electronic medical records (EMR) of a tertiary hospital in Seoul, Korea, from January 2014 to February 2020. Data from 2988 patients who had experienced their first […]