Eye Tracking of Social Visual Engagement Predicts Autism Diagnosis
THURSDAY, Sept. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Eye tracking-based measurement of social visual engagement is predictive of autism diagnoses by clinical experts in 16- to 30-month-old children, according to a study published online Sept. 5 in the Journal …
Learn MoreIn a First, Scientists Grow Human Kidneys Inside Pigs
THURSDAY, Sept. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For the first time ever, a solid humanized organ has been grown from scratch in an animal — a first step in a process that could potentially solve organ shortages and save countless lives.Chinese researchers…
Learn MoreIn a First, Scientists Grow Human Kidneys Inside Pigs
THURSDAY, Sept. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For the first time ever, a solid humanized organ has been grown from scratch in an animal — a first step in a process that could potentially solve organ shortages and save countless lives.Chinese researchers…
Learn MoreWere You a Big Baby at Birth? Your Infant May Be Also, Study Finds
THURSDAY, Sept. 7, 2023 (HealthDay News) — If you were a big baby — or your spouse or partner was — your baby has a good chance of being big, too.New research shows parents who were large babies are more likely to give birth to a large baby.Knowing…
Learn MoreLos chicos que fuman podrían estar dañando la salud de sus futuros hijos
MARTES, 5 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Fumar podría no solo dañar al fumador y a quienes inhalan el humo de segunda mano, sino también a sus futuros hijos.Una nueva investigación sugiere que los chicos que fuman en su adolescencia tempran…
Learn MoreDiagnostic Performance of AI Comparable to Humans for Mammograms
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Diagnostic performance of an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm is comparable to human reader performance for interpreting mammographic screening, according to a study published online Sept. 5 in Radiol…
Learn MoreAI Equals Human Radiologists at Interpreting Breast Cancer Scans
TUESDAY, Sept. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Another study is showing that artificial intelligence (AI) is as good as a specialist doctor in spotting breast cancer on a mammogram. But don’t expect computers to take over the job from humans, experts say….
Learn MoreBoys Who Smoke Could Be Harming Their Future Children’s Health
TUESDAY, Sept. 5, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Smoking may not only harm the smoker and those who breathe in the secondhand fumes, but also their future children.New research suggests that boys who smoke in their early teens risk passing on harmful geneti…
Learn MoreUn análisis de sangre podría ayudar a diagnosticar la enfermedad de Parkinson mucho antes
VIERNES 1 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Actualmente, ningún análisis de sangre o estudio de imagen cerebral puede diagnosticar definitivamente la enfermedad de Parkinson. Pero los investigadores informan que esto puede cambiar pronto si un…
Learn MoreCélulas madre modificadas genéticamente ofrecen esperanza contra la anemia de células falciformes
VIERNES, 1 de septiembre de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Un tipo de terapia génica que edita con precisión una parte clave del ADN podría ofrecer una nueva forma de tratar la anemia de células falciformes, una dolorosa condición hereditaria que afecta pr…
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