Medical Research

“All of Us” Program Expands COVID-19, SDOH Data Available to Researchers

by Shania Kennedy

The National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) All of Us Research Program has announced that health data from 20,000 people who have had SARS-CoV-2 is now available to researchers in the US, expanding...

Using Real-World Data to Improve Cancer Care Delivery, Precision Medicine

by Shania Kennedy

As efforts to reduce and eventually eliminate cancer, such as President Biden’s Cancer Moonshot, gain traction, providers are tasked with finding ways to improve cancer care delivery and research. As a result, the healthcare industry...

Geisinger, Eisai to Use Artificial Intelligence to Detect Dementia

by Mark Melchionna

Geisinger and Eisai plan to study the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) by testing the effectiveness of an algorithm to identify individuals with cognitive impairment who may develop...

New AI System Assists in Detecting Heart Transplant Reactions

by Mark Melchionna

To help improve heart transplants, investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital created an artificial intelligence (AI) system known as the Cardiac Rejection Assessment Neural Estimator...

Artificial Intelligence Helps Cut Miss Rate of Colorectal Polyps

by Mark Melchionna

Intending to put a dent in colorectal cancer (CRC) cases, researchers from the US and UK applied artificial intelligence to colonoscopies in an effort to reduce the number of colorectal polyps missed...

Smartphone App Can Help Detect Genetic Risk for Heart Attacks

by Mark Melchionna

Researchers from Scripps Research Institute developed a new app called MyGeneRank that can predict the genetic risk for heart attacks along with information from 23andMe. The researchers detailed how...

Computer Vision Model Improved Quality of Head MRIs

by Mark Melchionna

Following the increased demand for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and the shortage of radiologists in recent years, a study published in Medical Image Analysis shows how creating a computer vision...

Risk Prediction Model Can Help Determine, Curb Opioid Misuse

by Mark Melchionna

In response to the addiction and medical risks associated with excessive opioid use, Michigan Medicine researchers developed a risk prediction model that can help define appropriate opioid dosages for...

New MIT Technique Aims to Boost Fairness Within Machine-Learning Models

by Mark Melchionna

Recognizing the harm that unbalanced data can bring to the creation of machine-learning models, a study shows how Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers attempted to increase fairness...

Machine Learning Can Help Predict Severe COVID-19

by Mark Melchionna

Machine learning techniques can be used to predict the severity of COVID-19, thereby enabling providers to optimize care, a study from Infectious Diseases of Poverty shows. The study included 287...

Data Analytics to Help Identify Clinical Approaches to Long COVID

by Erin McNemar, MPA

Using data analytics, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University (LSU), and Tulane Health Science Center researchers will investigate prevention and treatment methods for...

Few Hospitals Learned Population Health Lessons from COVID-19

by Erin McNemar, MPA

Although most hospitals across the country suffered due to the impact of COVID-19, in Numerof’s sixth annual State of Population Health Survey report, research indicates that few hospitals took...

NIH Antibody Study Examines Early COVID-19 Biospecimens

by Jill McKeon

A recent antibody study analyzed preserved biospecimens from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) All of Us Research Program and discovered that COVID-19 infections appeared as early as...

Eye Protein Biomarkers Show Potential for Precision Medicine

by Jill McKeon

Minimally invasive liquid biopsies can reveal proteomic cancer biomarkers associated with metastatic disease earlier and safer than direct tumor biopsies, showing potential for precision medicine...

Deep Brain Stimulation Highly Effective in Parkinson’s Patients

by Jill McKeon

Deep brain stimulation has sustained benefits for Parkinson’s patients fifteen years after device implantation, a recent study published in Neurology reveals. Study participants continue to...

Racial Disparities Impact Symptom Burden in Breast Cancer Patients

by Jill McKeon

Black women with early-stage breast cancer reported a higher symptom burden for adverse treatment effects before chemotherapy, but lower levels of distress compared to White women, according to a...

NIH to Leverage Data Management for Opioid Crisis Research

by Jessica Kent

The NIH Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) Initiative is tapping into data management and stewardship expertise to better inform research related to the opioid crisis. The NIH HEAL Initiative...

“All of Us” Aims to Expand Tribal Engagement for Precision Medicine

by Jessica Kent

NIH is seeking to expand the inclusion of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people in the All of Us Research Program, an effort to advance precision medicine treatments for all populations. In...

$1M Award Will Help Expand COVID-19 Treatment Database

by Jessica Kent

Researchers at the Center for Cytokine Storm Treatment and Laboratory at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have received a $1 million award to enhance their COVID-19...

Machine Learning Technique Reveals Cancer Genetic Insights

by Jessica Kent

Machine learning approaches could help detect mutational signatures in patients with cancer, revealing the genetic effects of the underlying contributors to the disease, a study published in eLife...