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Respiratory disease in children is a major global concern. Clinicians traditionally rely on stethoscopes to detect abnormal lung sounds, but access to auscultation can be limited by the need for in-person visits.
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Changes in our genes affect health risks from heart disease to cancer, but how those genes are turned on and off is just as crucial to health. What's more, almost all genes occur as two copies—one from each parent—that aren't necessarily turned on and off in sync. When that diff…
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Proteases are naturally occurring enzymes that break down proteins into peptides and even single amino acids. They are useful in medicine and industrial processes, where they clean tissue, digest waste and help in the manufacture of everyday products. Now scientists have used ar…
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An AI system trained on photographs of the face and tongue correctly identified every patient with coronary heart disease (CHD) in a small test, according to a new study from China.
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Photos of the face and tongue helped an AI identify heart disease with 98% accuracy, but screening the general public is a much harder task.
Read at The Conversation (opens in a new tab)npj Digital Medicine, Published online: 16 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41746-026-03341-7 A multi-stage validation framework for trustworthy large-scale clinical information extraction using large language models
Read at Nature: npj Digital Medicine (opens in a new tab)npj Digital Medicine, Published online: 16 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41746-026-03389-5 Sycophantic AI, critical-feedback tolerance, and the case for productive friction in medical training
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A new computational approach reveals how cells communicate to assemble into tissues. This could accelerate stem cell engineering, improve disease models, and inform therapies.
Read at MIT News (opens in a new tab)npj Digital Medicine, Published online: 15 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41746-026-03275-0 An artificial intelligence framework for end-to-end rare disease phenotyping from clinical notes using large language models
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Google is helping health leaders overcome reporting lags, forecast disease outbreaks, and deliver care to vulnerable communities.
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