Asthma burden score reflecting patient experience may improve symptom management
In a Mayo Clinic-led study, researchers propose a new, personalized approach to asthma using patient-centered information based on healthcare burden data.
Researchers resolve uncertainty in BRCA2 testing, improving cancer risk assessment and patient care
Findings will help identify patients with breast, ovarian, pancreatic or prostate cancer who may benefit from targeted therapies ROCHESTER, Minn. — Findings from a multi-institutional, international study led by researchers from the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center have significantly advanced the understanding of genetic alterations in the BRCA2 gene, a key player in hereditary cancer […]
Elon Musk says a third patient got a Neuralink brain implant. The work is part of a booming field
Elon Musk said a third person has received an implant from his brain-computer interface company Neuralinkone of many groups working to connect the nervous system to machines. “We’ve got … three humans with Neuralinks and all are working well,” he said during a wide-ranging interview at a Las Vegas event streamed on his social media […]
How GE HealthCare Is Using AI To Revolutionize Every Aspect Of Patient Care
GE HealthCare is deploying AI across its entire ecosystem – from improving medical devices to … [+] transforming clinical workflows and boosting hospital efficiency. Adobe Stock The global healthcare system faces two massive challenges: an overwhelming flood of patient data and widespread operational inefficiencies that drain resources and overtax medical professionals. GE HealthCare believes artificial […]
‘She was waiting for a 1-in-a-million match’: Alabama woman is the 3rd patient to ever get a pig kidney
Last month, a woman became the third living person to receive a pig kidney. Now, her kidney function is completely normal, and she’s off dialysis. The transplant recipient — Towana Looney, 53, of Alabama — had donated a kidney to her mother back in 1999. A few years later, though, she developed high blood pressure […]
Mayo Clinic team will use AI to advance mental health research for better patient treatments
Getty Images Mayo Clinic researchers will work on a federally funded project to advance research in mental health using big data and machine learning to ultimately improve patient outcomes and personalize treatments. A grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is a five-year project on which Mayo Clinic will serve as the data […]
Vocal cord paralysis patient regains her breath and her life
Diane Newman’s problems started about a year ago. The first symptom she noticed was the loss of her voice. “I think I realized it at church,” Diane, who lives just outside of Jacksonville, Florida, says. “I couldn’t sing anymore. My voice was just something that was gone from me, and I didn’t know why.” Next, […]
Bird flu jumps from birds to human in Louisiana; patient hospitalized
A person in Louisiana is hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu after having contact with sick and dying birds suspected of carrying the virus, state health officials announced Friday. It is the first human H5N1 case detected in Louisiana. For now, the case is considered a “presumptive” positive until testing is confirmed by the Centers for […]
Mayo Clinic researchers develop new AI tools to reveal seizure hotspots, improve patient care
Getty Images Mayo Clinic researchers have developed new artificial intelligence (AI)-based tools to pinpoint specific regions of the brain with seizure hotspots more quickly and accurately in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy. Their study, published in Nature Communications Medicine, highlights the potential of AI to revolutionize epilepsy treatment by interpreting brain waves during electrode implantation surgery. […]
Taxpayers spend 22% more per patient to support Medicare Advantage – the private alternative to Medicare that promised to cost less
Medicare Advantage – the commercial alternative to traditional Medicare – is drawing down federal health care funds, costing taxpayers an extra 22% per enrollee to the tune of US$83 billion a year. Medicare Advantage, also known as Part C, was supposed to save the government money. The competition among private insurance companies, and with traditional […]