by Alfred Poor | March 19, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been racking up the wins in health and medical applications these days. From uncovering different forms of diabetes to predicting heart disease from retina scans, machine learning has uncovered all sorts of hidden knowledge that is...
by Bruce Brown | March 9, 2018 | General News, Medical
There are no big winners in the annual influenza lottery. The best possible outcome requires three correct matches. Researchers must accurately predict the strains that will appear in the next year’s flu. Correct vaccine formulations must be ready in time in...
by Alfred Poor | January 11, 2016 | General News, Health
Millions of people worldwide suffer from nausea for a variety of reasons. One common cause is motion sickness, which can strike sufferers when they are riding on a boat, in an airplane, or even in the family car. Some skiers even are susceptible to motion sickness....
by Alfred Poor | August 31, 2015 | Medical
Is there more to selfies than a duckface social media epidemic? A PhD candidate and professional medical photographer at the Queensland University of Technology in Australia believes that the smartphone is changing how patients and physicians are involved in...
by riddhi | August 21, 2015 | Medical
Anemia is a condition in of having a lower-than-normal number of red blood cells or quantity of hemoglobin (the protein found in red blood cells). The condition occurs due to excessive blood loss, when the body does not produce enough blood cells, or when the body...