Deep-seated racial and ethnic disparities persist in health care across the United States, even in states considered the most progressive, a new report shows ..read more

Advanced artificial intelligence (AI) systems have shown promise in revolutionizing the field of pathology by transforming the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of disease; however, the underrepresentation of certain patient populations in pathology datasets used to develop AI models may limit the overall quality of their performance and widen health disparities ..read more

Collaborative research, led from the University of Oxford and published today in Nature Medicine, has developed a new tool called QR4 that more accurately predicts an individual's 10-year risk of cardiovascular diseases, such as heart disease and stroke, particularly identifying high-risk patients that current prediction tools miss ..read more

A multi-institutional team of geneticists and genomic and genotyping specialists in Japan has sequenced the genomes of thousands of Japanese people from across the country, looking to settle the debate surrounding the ancestry of the Japanese people ..read more

With more than 200 types of cancer and every cancer individually unique, ongoing efforts to develop precision oncology treatments remain daunting. Most of the focus has been on developing genetic sequencing assays or analyses to identify mutations in cancer driver genes, then trying to match treatments that may work against those mutations ..read more

Polypharmacy, or the concurrent use of five or more medications, is common in older adults and increases the risk of adverse drug interactions. While deprescribing unnecessary drugs can combat this risk, the decision-making process can be complex and time-consuming. Increasingly, there is a need for effective polypharmacy management tools that can support short-staffed primary care practitioners ..read more

Myocardial infarction, more commonly known as a heart attack, is a leading cause of death worldwide. Biomarkers called plasma metabolites may play a key role in the physiological pathways involved in myocardial infarctions. Recently published research used a methodological approach called bidirectional Mendelian randomization to understand more about these biomarkers and what they can tell doctors about heart attack risk ..read more

Searching for evidence for health technology assessments (HTAs) is time-consuming because the evidence identified must be a reliable basis for robust assessment results: The scientific knowledge about the benefits and harms for patients must be completely available. This is why IQWiG's information specialists regularly review the effectiveness and efficiency of information retrieval conducted for the Institute's HTAs ..read more

The clinical knowledge and reasoning skills of GPT-4 are approaching the level of specialist eye doctors, a study led by the University of Cambridge has found ..read more

Researchers have used artificial intelligence techniques to massively accelerate the search for Parkinson's disease treatments ..read more