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The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has showcased its five key projects on information and communications technology (ICT) for health. (DOST-PCHRD Facebook page) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña said the ICT for Health program is one of the agency’s research priority ar
VinBrain and FIT Jointly Release a White Paper on Utilizing Artificial Intelligence in Tuberculosis Screening News provided by Share this article HANOI, Vietnam, June 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- On June 10, 2021, VinBrain (Vingroup) and FIT (a German NGO working in the field of Tuberculosis prevention and control) jointly release a white paper on utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) in Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis and screening in Vietnam. The white paper provides doctors and medical specialists with a better understanding of the current situation of TB diagnosis, as well as introducing th...
Chest X-rays showed doctors what they were up against. Healthy lungs full of air look black on the image. In Jason Barbosa's lungs, inflamed and filled with fluid, it looked like a whiteout. Barbosa was 24, a dad, a husband and a gym buff who liked to lift weights. He was strong, but he wasn't invincible against COVID-19 and a litany of complications. Doctors had tried everything possible to keep him alive. His ventilator had been turned to the highest setting. It still wasn't enough. Three times, Barbosa's condition seemed so dire that doctors told his family to say goodbye. "It takes a l...
The cdc is aware the vitamin e and some vape products is a possible cause of extreme illness in some patients, but so far the cdc is stressing that no single product or substance is being blamed. the cdc says the majority of patients that fall ill are young healthy men. they have sudden trouble breathing, abnormal chest x-rays and a ventilator. a mother and father of one illinois college student said their daughter was on her way back to school in colorado when she had to be rushed to the hospital for a severe vaping injury. >> he said he fears that had we brought her in a day earlier, she wou...
Welcome back to the show. here's to your health. doctors are reporting an uptick in the cases of severe lung disease which they say could be caused by vaping. the most recent update from the cdc in the last week says the agency is aware of at least 193 possible cases in 22 states reported since late june. cnn's chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta has the story of one teenagers illness. >> reporter: that 17-year-old a previously healthy athletic teen from texas whose symptoms initially baffled doctors and then took a turn for the worse. >> his chest x-rays wentd from having what we wou...