Medically tailored meals produce better health and lower costs, analysis finds

byTufts UniversityMedically tailored meals are home-delivered, dietitian-designed meals customized for individuals with diet-sensitive conditions who often also have food insecurity and/or activity li

Updated on: July 13,2026

Medically tailored meals produce better health and lower costs, analysis finds

byTufts UniversityMedically tailored meals are home-delivered, dietitian-designed meals customized for individuals with diet-sensitive conditions who often also have food insecurity and/or activity li

Updated on:July 13,2026

PET imaging links brain metabolism patterns to effectiveness of Alzheimer's disease treatment

by Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular ImagingCerebral metabolic patterns of Alzheimer's Disease (AD, top row), Limbic-Predominant Age-Related TDP-43 Encephalopathy (LATE, middle row), and D

Updated on: June 22,2026

PET imaging links brain metabolism patterns to effectiveness of Alzheimer's disease treatment

by Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular ImagingCerebral metabolic patterns of Alzheimer's Disease (AD, top row), Limbic-Predominant Age-Related TDP-43 Encephalopathy (LATE, middle row), and D

Updated on:June 22,2026

First AI-designed 'universal vaccine' tested in humans: UK researchers

Credit: Thirdman from PexelsA vaccine targeting a broad range of viruses that was designed using artificial intelligence had a "modest" effect on immune systems in a small, early trial, acco

Updated on: August 05,2026

First AI-designed 'universal vaccine' tested in humans: UK researchers

Credit: Thirdman from PexelsA vaccine targeting a broad range of viruses that was designed using artificial intelligence had a "modest" effect on immune systems in a small, early trial, acco

Updated on:August 05,2026

Time-slip in AI sepsis models may inflate results, risking under- or overtreatment

by Carol Clark,Emory UniversityCausal relationships in discrete-time reinforcement learning trajectories and the effect of temporal alignment. Credit:npj Digital Medicine(2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41746-02

Updated on: June 25,2026

Time-slip in AI sepsis models may inflate results, risking under- or overtreatment

by Carol Clark,Emory UniversityCausal relationships in discrete-time reinforcement learning trajectories and the effect of temporal alignment. Credit:npj Digital Medicine(2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41746-02

Updated on:June 25,2026

AI model enables more than a million-fold acceleration of diffuse optical tomography for real-time diagnosis

byUniversity of TsukubaExample snapshots of the photon energy density at t = 0.5, 0.7, 0.9, 1.1 nanoseconds (ns) on the y = 2.0 cm plane. Credit:Biomedical Engineering Letters(2026). DOI: 10.1007/s135

Updated on: June 28,2026

AI model enables more than a million-fold acceleration of diffuse optical tomography for real-time diagnosis

byUniversity of TsukubaExample snapshots of the photon energy density at t = 0.5, 0.7, 0.9, 1.1 nanoseconds (ns) on the y = 2.0 cm plane. Credit:Biomedical Engineering Letters(2026). DOI: 10.1007/s135

Updated on:June 28,2026

Exoskeletons for people with cerebral palsy are now a reality—but there's still much to figure out

by Nicola Postol,The ConversationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainCerebral palsy is the most common disability that starts in childhood, affecting about50 million peopleworldwide.Cerebral palsy canim

Updated on: August 04,2026

Exoskeletons for people with cerebral palsy are now a reality—but there's still much to figure out

by Nicola Postol,The ConversationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainCerebral palsy is the most common disability that starts in childhood, affecting about50 million peopleworldwide.Cerebral palsy canim

Updated on:August 04,2026

Seven-second X-ray scan detects severity of heart valve regurgitation in patients with repaired congenital heart defects

byKyushu UniversityKyushu University researchers use Dynamic Chest Radiography (DCR) to evaluate the severity of Pulmonary Regurgitation (PR), a common complication after treatment of the congenital h

Updated on: July 15,2026

Seven-second X-ray scan detects severity of heart valve regurgitation in patients with repaired congenital heart defects

byKyushu UniversityKyushu University researchers use Dynamic Chest Radiography (DCR) to evaluate the severity of Pulmonary Regurgitation (PR), a common complication after treatment of the congenital h

Updated on:July 15,2026

Wearable device can continuously monitor blood pressure without the pesky cuffs

by Brian Maffly,University of UtahCredit:Nature Communications(2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-72693-1Blood pressure is a key metric of cardiovascular health, but standard methods for measuring it rely

Updated on: July 20,2026

Wearable device can continuously monitor blood pressure without the pesky cuffs

by Brian Maffly,University of UtahCredit:Nature Communications(2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-72693-1Blood pressure is a key metric of cardiovascular health, but standard methods for measuring it rely

Updated on:July 20,2026

New CAR T treatment opens door for patients in need of kidney transplant

byPerelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA pioneering clinical trial has successfully enabled two patients with end-stage kidney disease to recei

Updated on: July 24,2026

New CAR T treatment opens door for patients in need of kidney transplant

byPerelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA pioneering clinical trial has successfully enabled two patients with end-stage kidney disease to recei

Updated on:July 24,2026

ChatGPT is getting remarkably good at diagnosing health problems, but doctors are still better at treatment options

by Andrew Parsons,The ConversationCredit: Matheus Bertelli from PexelsA father is worried about his toddler, who has been running a fever for two days and pulling at one ear. A 65-year-old woman has b

Updated on: July 11,2026

ChatGPT is getting remarkably good at diagnosing health problems, but doctors are still better at treatment options

by Andrew Parsons,The ConversationCredit: Matheus Bertelli from PexelsA father is worried about his toddler, who has been running a fever for two days and pulling at one ear. A 65-year-old woman has b

Updated on:July 11,2026

Engineered gut bacteria match fecal transplants in small C. difficile trial

byThe Mount Sinai HospitalCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainResearchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have developed a new manufacturing platform for producing targeted mixtures of ben

Updated on: July 13,2026

Engineered gut bacteria match fecal transplants in small C. difficile trial

byThe Mount Sinai HospitalCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainResearchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have developed a new manufacturing platform for producing targeted mixtures of ben

Updated on:July 13,2026

Changing the long search for rare disease diagnoses with new AI breakthrough

byHebrew University of JerusalemA newly developed AI tool can dramatically speed up the search for the genetic causes of rare diseases, a process that often takes years and frequently ends without ans

Updated on: April 19,2026

Changing the long search for rare disease diagnoses with new AI breakthrough

byHebrew University of JerusalemA newly developed AI tool can dramatically speed up the search for the genetic causes of rare diseases, a process that often takes years and frequently ends without ans

Updated on:April 19,2026