Chronic Disease

OR Health System to Test AI App That Tracks Blood Sugar Levels

by Mark Melchionna

After receiving a grant from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) researchers developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-based app to evaluate...

Analytics-Based Strategies Show Potential for Infectious Disease Testing

by Mark Melchionna

Published in the American Association for Clinical Chemistry's The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine, recent research describes two analytics-based strategies that were effective in helping...

New Machine-Learning Model Identifies Long COVID Subtypes

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley have developed machine-learning (ML) software that uses entries in EHRs to shed light on long COVID, including finding common symptoms and...

Machine-Learning Models Can Accurately Predict Hypertension Risk

by Shania Kennedy

A study published this week in Scientific Reports comparing hypertension incidence prediction models found little difference in performance between machine-learning (ML) models and conventional...

Researchers Use ML to Predict Diet, Chronic Disease Risk

by Mark Melchionna

Led by a Michigan Medicine cardiologist, a recent study found that a novel method using machine learning and molecular profiling can be leveraged to create blood-based dietary signatures that can...

Rutgers Launches Development Collaboration for AI-Based ECG Algorithms

by Shania Kennedy

Rutgers University and medical technology company HeartSciences announced a multi-year collaboration agreement to develop artificial intelligence (AI)-based electrocardiogram (ECG) algorithms and...

Deep-Learning Assessment of Liver Fat Identifies Risk of Severe COVID-19

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers from Emory University and University Hospitals (UH) Cleveland have developed a deep learning (DL)-based liver fat assessment tool which shows that patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver...

Mayo Clinic Expands Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Diagnostics Partnership

by Shania Kennedy

Mayo Clinic and healthcare diagnostics company Numares Health announced an expansion of their partnership focused on developing artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled diagnostic testing for patients with...

Cedars-Sinai Develops AI to Improve Accuracy of Heart Condition Detection

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers in the Division of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine at Cedars-Sinai have developed artificial intelligence (AI) models that improve quality and accuracy in heart imaging, predicting...

NIH Award to Support Informatics-Driven Population Health Research

by Shania Kennedy

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has received a $55.5 million Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Center for Advancing...

New Screening Tool Effective in Detecting Pediatric Asthma Risk

by Mark Melchionna

A study published in JAMA Network Open concluded that a newly developed symptom-based screening tool could detect asthma risk levels among pediatric patients as well as persistent wheezing symptoms and...

Blood Test Uses AI, Biomarkers to Identify Infant Heart Defects Before Birth

by Shania Kennedy

A study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology shows that a blood test, which leverages artificial intelligence (AI) and genetic biomarkers, can prenatally identify fetal...

Using Self-Reported Patient Data to Advance Lung Disease Care

by Shania Kennedy

Lung disease is a significant source of morbidity, mortality, and financial burden in the United States. However, those working to advance patient care and research in this area posit that many of the hurdles faced by patients, families,...

Artificial Intelligence Enhances Pediatric Tuberculosis Diagnosis Process

by Mark Melchionna

Developed by researchers at Tulane University and described in a study published in Nature Biomedical Engineering, a new blood testing system displayed the ability to enhance the pediatric tuberculosis...

Microsoft, NYU, Novartis Launch AI-Driven Heart Health Equity Network

by Shania Kennedy

The Novartis Foundation, Microsoft AI for Health, and the New York University (NYU) School of Global Public Health have partnered to launch the AI4HealthyCities Health Equity Network, an initiative to...

CDC Awards $9M for Development of Long COVID Surveillance System

by Shania Kennedy

Public health and medical researchers from Indiana University (IU) have announced a partnership with the Regenstrief Institute to develop a population-based surveillance system to determine the...

Prediction Model Forecasts Quality of Life Among Childhood Cancer Survivors

by Shania Kennedy

A study published in JAMA Network Open last month found that a prediction model could accurately forecast health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among adult survivors of childhood cancer using...

Collaborative Approach to Developing Radiography ML Helps Quantify Joint Damage

by Shania Kennedy

A new study published in JAMA Network Open last week shows that machine-learning (ML) models developed using a crowdsourcing approach can improve efforts to quantify radiographic joint damage in...

Artificial Intelligence Model Detects Parkinson’s From Breathing Patterns

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that detects the presence and severity of Parkinson’s disease (PD) using nocturnal breathing patterns, which occur while a patient...

AI Tool Predicts Pre-Diabetes, Diabetes in High-Risk Patients

by Shania Kennedy

New research published in BMJ Innovations last week shows that a machine-learning (ML) algorithm trained to analyze electrocardiogram readings can accurately predict pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes in...