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News•Feb 28, 2026
Smartphone Photos May Be Misleading Doctors and Putting Patients at Risk: New Research
Remote consultations now rely heavily on patient‑generated smartphone photos, but new research shows that automatic image processing and compression often distort clinically relevant details. Color shifts, loss of fine texture, and lighting inconsistencies can cause doctors to miss or misinterpret skin lesions, rashes, or cyanosis. The problem is amplified for patients with darker skin, increasing diagnostic inequities. Researchers call for a dedicated healthcare camera mode and platform safeguards to protect patient safety.
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News•Feb 28, 2026
One-Question Screen May Flag Hoarding in Alzheimer's and Other Dementias
Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz introduced a one‑question screening tool, the Single‑Item Hoarding Screen (SIHS), to detect hoarding behaviors in patients with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. In a study of 135 clinic patients, 23 % of caregivers reported...
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News•Feb 28, 2026
Can Cold Plasma Improve Surgery Recovery? Study Suggests Faster Healing, Less Fat
Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University demonstrated that an FDA‑approved cold plasma device can speed muscle wound healing in rats. Within six hours, plasma treatment boosted neutrophil infiltration and activated repair‑related gene pathways, and after two weeks it reduced fat deposition...
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News•Feb 27, 2026
AI Accurately Spots Medical Disorder From Privacy-Conscious Hand Images
Kobe University researchers have created an AI model that diagnoses acromegaly from photographs of the back of the hand and a clenched fist, achieving higher sensitivity and specificity than seasoned endocrinologists. The system was trained on over 11,000 images contributed...
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News•Feb 27, 2026
E-Biking Boosts Health, Physical Activity Levels, Study Finds
A University of Otago pilot gave 26 Māori and Pacific participants e‑bikes, training and support, revealing notable improvements in mental wellbeing and management of chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension and asthma. Interviews conducted over 12 months showed participants valued...
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News•Feb 24, 2026
Clinically Informed AI Outperforms Foundation Models in Spinal Cord Disease Prediction
Washington University researchers built a clinically informed AI system that can flag cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) up to 30 months before formal diagnosis. The team trained seven models on more than 2 million electronic health‑record entries, comparing large foundation models with...
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News•Feb 24, 2026
Kenya-Uganda Trial Reduces HIV Incidence by 70% in Rural Populations
A randomized trial in 16 rural communities across Kenya and Uganda paired digital tools with home‑based testing and provider training. Over two years, the intervention lowered HIV incidence from 22 to 7 cases among roughly 42,000 adults, a 70% reduction....
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News•Feb 24, 2026
Study Finds that Telemedicine Visits Cost Far Less than Office Visits
A new JAMA Network Open study by the Perelman School of Medicine analyzed over 160,000 visits across five University of Pennsylvania Health System hospitals and found telemedicine episodes cost an average of $96 compared with $509 for in‑person visits, a...
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News•Feb 24, 2026
Solving Cancer Immunotherapy's Fuel Shortage with a Protected Sugar Source
UCLA researchers engineered T cells with two fungal proteins that let them import and metabolize cellobiose, a sugar tumors cannot use. This protected fuel restores T‑cell viability, cytokine production, and tumor‑killing capacity in glucose‑deprived environments. In mouse models of lung,...
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News•Feb 24, 2026
Ultrasound Gives the Brain a Nudge in the Right Direction
Neuroscientist Soha Farboud demonstrated that focused ultrasound can instantly alter activity in the human frontal eye fields, biasing participants to look left or right in a computer task. The non‑invasive method delivers inaudible sound waves through the skull, reaching deep visual...
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News•Feb 24, 2026
Valved Holding Chambers Vary Significantly in the Treatment of Young Children with Respiratory Distress
A new multicenter CHAMBER trial published in JAMA Pediatrics shows that valved holding chambers (VHCs) used for inhaled salbutamol in children aged 0‑3 produce markedly different clinical outcomes. Children treated with a higher‑delivery VHC had a 20% hospital admission rate...
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News•Feb 23, 2026
Faster Cancer Screening? New AI System Offers a Better Way to Detect Abnormal Cells
Researchers unveiled Whole‑Slide Edge Tomography, an AI‑driven 3D scanning platform that digitizes every cell on a cytology slide and classifies abnormalities with near‑human accuracy. In tests on cervical samples, the system recorded AUC scores from 0.84 for early changes up...
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News•Feb 23, 2026
New Targeted Base-Editing Tool Corrects Genetic Brain Disorder in Mice
Researchers unveiled a TadA‑embedded adenine base editor (TeABE) that precisely corrects the pathogenic A‑T to G‑C mutation in the CHD3 gene of a mouse model of Snijders Blok‑Campeau syndrome. Delivered via a dual‑AAV viral system, the editor restored normal CHD3 protein...
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