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In a recent study published in the Medicine in Novel Technology and Devices Journal, researchers used a large dataset comprising images of skin lesions from monkeypox (mpox) patients to develop a machine-learning-based detection tool to detect mpox. Study: Deep learning based…

The Bhopal gas explosion in 1984-;one of India's worst industrial disasters-;may have heightened the risk of disability and cancer in later life among future generations, curbed their educational attainment, and prompted a fall in the proportion of male births the…

TOPLINE: Children with obesity experienced better weight outcomes with a family-based intervention than with usual care, according to a new study. METHODOLOGY: Over a 2-year period, 452 children aged 6-12 years, who were overweight or had obesity, their parents, and…

Most women diagnosed with early stage breast cancer today can expect to become long-term cancer survivors, finds a study published by The BMJ today. The findings show that the average risk of dying from breast cancer in the five years…

The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) has released updated recommendations for CFTR carrier screening. Pathogenic variants in the CFTR gene can cause cystic fibrosis (CF) as well as CF-related disorders. The new updated ACMG CFTR variant list…

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More than 122 million Americans – about half of the U.S. population ages 20 and older – have high blood pressure, referred to medically as hypertension. Hypertension is a major cause of cardiovascular disease, and despite advances in treatment, even…

Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is the most common form, and yet the cause of this disease is poorly understood. Findings from previous genome-wide association studies suggest that there is a complex…

In children born at less than 29 weeks gestation, high-dose omega-3 docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) supplementation has improved IQ and augmented the risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). It is unclear whether the heightened risk of BPD is associated with decreased benefits…

France will bring home production of around 50 crucial medications for which it currently depends on imports, President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday, hoping to battle shortages of items like antibiotics and paracetamol. Of the initial slate of drugs with a…