Health

Recent artificial intelligence (AI) technology has the ability to accurately predict an individual’s future lung cancer risk, according to researchers.  In a study published earlier this year, a team of international researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital — as well as …

Up to one million smokers will be encouraged to swap cigarettes for “vapes”, with pregnant women offered financial incentives to make the change in what will be a world first, the British government said on Tuesday. Under the scheme, almost one in five smokers will be given a vape – …

Washington, D.C. – America’s medical community appears to be embracing artificial intelligence products in an effort to speed up patient care and prevent burnout among health care professionals. AI technology is already rolling out in doctors’ offices, hospitals and clinics nationwide through a variety of formats.  California-based Regard has launched …

John V. Williams is a professor of pediatrics, microbiology and molecular genetics at the University of Pittsburgh. In the year 2000, Dutch scientists went on a mission of exploration – not to discover lands or riches, but to identify unknown causes of acute respiratory infections. These illnesses, from the common cold to …

A Chinese woman has become the first person to die from a type of bird flu that is rare in humans, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said, but the strain does not appear to spread between people. The 56-year-old woman from the southern province of Guangdong was the third person …

The U.S. has named a veterinary tranquilizer as an “emerging threat” when it’s mixed with the powerful opioid fentanyl, clearing the way for more efforts to stop the spread of xylazine. The Office of National Drug Control Policy announced the designation on Wednesday, the first time the office has used …

Nearly 100 people have likely contracted blastomycosis in an outbreak at the Billerud Paper Mill in Escanaba, Michigan, according to numerous reports and a press release from Public Health Delta & Menominee Counties (PHDM). Blastomycosis is an infection caused by a fungus called Blastomyces, per the Centers for Disease Control …

Weight loss in older adults may increase their risk of death, according to new research.  A cohort study published in the journal JAMA Network Open Monday looked at more than 16,000 adults in the U.S. and Australia. The authors from the University of Melbourne, Monash University and others said weight …

File: Rep. Jennifer Wexton participates in the annual Haymarket Day parade Oct. 20, 2018 in Haymarket, Virginia.  Alex Wong / Getty Images Democratic Rep. Jennifer Wexton of Virginia announced Tuesday she has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease but vowed to continue her work in Congress, saying, “I’m not going to …

Amid reports of two confirmed Marburg virus outbreaks in the African countries of Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released an alert last week for U.S. doctors to keep an eye out for any potential cases. “Currently, the risk of MVD [Marburg virus disease] …