Can AI reduce time to breast cancer diagnosis?
A new research study from Northwestern Medicine and Google will explore whether Artificial Intelligence (AI) models can reduce the time to diagnosis for women whose mammograms show a higher likelihood of breast cancer.
The trial will evaluate if investigational AI models could help by prioritizing radiologist review of mammogram images with a higher suspicion of breast cancer.
Added worry, waiting
Digital mammography, or X-ray imaging of the breast, is the most common method to try to catch breast cancer as early as possible, with approximately 40 million exams performed each year in the U.S.
First Compound That Potentially Halts Degeneration of Neurons in ALS Identified
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February 25, 2021
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ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. ALS, also known as Lou Gherig’s disease, destroys the nerve cells called motor neurons that control voluntary muscle movement. In ALS, these cells die off, causing the muscle tissues to waste away.
ALS affects as many as 30,000 in the United States, with 5,000 new cases diagnosed each year. Unfortunately, there is no cure or treatment that halts or reverses the progression of the disease. However, there are FDA-approved medications that help modestly slow the progression of ALS, and several promising clinical trials are being conducted to combat the devastating disease. A new study is also showing promising news. Using a mouse model, researchers from Northwestern University say they have identi
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If you’re one of the 30 million men in the United States experiencing erectile dysfunction (ED), you’ve probably heard of nitroglycerin gels. And you re probably wondering where to get them.
Unlike the little blue pills which often require hours to work and have to be taken on an empty stomach topical nitroglycerin gels and creams are rubbed directly onto the penis and begin working within minutes. “Nitro gels make sense because they’re more powerful than pills and can be applied right to where you need them to work,” says New York-based urologist Elizabeth Kavaler, MD, a