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Doctors could soon use facial temperature for early diagnosis of metabolic diseases

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

With further research, doctors could one day use this simple and non-invasive approach for early detection of diseases. These temperature differences are not easily perceptible by one's own touch but can instead be identified using specific AI-derived spatial temperature patterns that require a thermal camera and a data-trained model.

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Blood Test 91% Accurate at Predicting Alzheimer's, Outperforming Doctors

Drugs.com

MONDAY, July 29, 2024 -- A new test gauging levels of key proteins in the blood was far more accurate than doctor assessments in spotting Alzheimer's disease in people with early-stage illness.The test, called APS2 (the amyloid probability score.

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AI Helps Spot Liver Disease Early

Drugs.com

18, 2024 -- AI can help doctors diagnose early cases of fatty liver disease, a new study says.An AI program trained to spot a leading type of the disease, called metabolic-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), unearthed hundreds. MONDAY, Nov.

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After surprise trial failure, ALS doctors brace for one less treatment option

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Physicians are preparing for tough conversations with patients on Amylyx Pharmaceuticals’ drug, Relyvrio, while holding out hope it still may help some with the disease.

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Overuse of Antifungal Skin Meds Could Be Driving Drug-Resistant Disease

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doctors are prescribing antifungal creams to patients with skin complaints at rates so high they could be contributing to the rise of drug-resistant infections, new research shows.These are "severe. THURSDAY, Jan. 11, 2024 -- U.S.

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As ALS research booms, one treatment center finds itself in the spotlight

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The Healey center is at the front of ALS research and care, earning acclaim from patients, doctors and scientists. Still, the complexities of the disease and of drug development have brought hard-felt losses.

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Doctors Describe Texas Dairy Farm Worker's Case of Bird Flu

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FRIDAY, May 3, 2024 -- Doctors in Texas are describing the only known human case of H5N1 avian flu connected to the ongoing outbreak of the disease in dairy cows.Bird flu in humans remains extremely rare, but in the hundreds of cases documented.

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