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Online big data dashboard to help map enteric infectious diseases

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The Planetary Child Health & Enterics Observatory dashboard aims to shed light on the global public health threat of diarrheal diseases in children.

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Nanox Receives FDA Clearance for HealthFLD, an Advanced AI-Based Software Empowering Clinicians in Assessment of Fatty Liver

Imaging Technology

HealthFLD is intended to support clinicians in the detection of fatty liver, correlated with hepatic steatosis, an early sign of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), formerly referred to as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). An estimated 24% of U.S. and specificity of 93.2% at less than 80 HU. “In

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World Health Organization (WHO) Urges Health Professionals to Address Climate Change

Imaging Technology

As noted by WHO in its announcement, climate change is a big threat to health, and implementing solutions to address climate change presents a huge opportunity to promote better health and protect people from climate-sensitive diseases. WHO is an organization of 194 Member States.

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DEXA suggests link between schizophrenia and bone fragility

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“Our findings regarding poor bone health in people with schizophrenia are concerning, given previous studies have indicated that this population experiences more adverse events following a fracture,” the group wrote. Of these, 50% reported a significant association between schizophrenia and fracture, the researchers wrote.

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Columbia University Irving Medical Center Announces New Center for Innovation in Imaging Biomarkers and Integrated Diagnostics

Imaging Technology

CIMBID is a multidisciplinary center that will form collaborations across Columbia, including researchers from biomedical informatics, biomedical engineering, systems biology, the Mailman School of Public Health , and the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center. “I

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Amyloid PET scans improve outcomes in AD patients

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Alzheimer’s disease patients with cognitive impairment or dementia who were referred for amyloid PET scans had fewer hospitalizations compared with a matched control group, according to a study published October 9 in JAMA Neurology. The percentage of patients impacted was small – just 4.5%

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AI With Volumetric Thresholds Facilitate Opportunistic Screening for Splenomegaly

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Pickhardt , MD, from the department of radiology at University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health. A secondary cohort of 104 patients (62 men, 42 women; mean age, 56 years) with end-stage liver disease underwent pre-liver transplant CT from January 2011 to May 2013. Pickhardt et al.’s