According to a study by the American Heart Association, cardiovascular risks are “highly associated with increased social and environmental adversities.” People living in neighborhoods with high rates of environmental and socioeconomic problems may face a higher risk for heart disease and double the risk for stroke, new research finds. The study, published Wednesday in the Journal …
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Artificial intelligence is being used and tested in many different medical fields, including in the search for how to detect and treat heart disease. In the U.K., they’re using AI to find cardiovascular disease faster and earlier, when it’s easier to treat. Under a microscope, these lab-grown cells show a healthy beating …
University of Virginia scientists have developed a new approach to machine learning – a form of artificial intelligence – to identify drugs that help minimize harmful scarring after a heart attack or other injuries. Jeff Saucerman, PhD. Image Credit: University of Virginia The new machine-learning tool has already found a promising candidate to help prevent …
UTA Associate Professor Suvra Pal, right, and his student student Wisdom Aselisewine, left, published a new model predicting survival of cancer. [Sources: UTA photos, istockphoto background] A professor and his doctoral student at UT Arlington have published a new statistical modeling method of predicting survival from cancer based on machine learning technology. They say their …
Topline Surgeons with the University of Maryland Medical Center were able to successfully transplant a pig’s heart into 58-year-old Lawrence Faucette on Wednesday, who was facing death with end-stage heart disease, the doctors announced Friday—marking just the second time this procedure, which doctors hope leads to a breakthrough in saving the lives of terminal heart …