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A machine-learning algorithm has been applied to data from PET scans to diagnose early-stage Alzheimer’s disease about six years before a clinical diagnosis is made – potentially giving doctors a chance to intervene with treatment.

Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a rare form of heart failure that affects women in their last month of pregnancy and up to five months after giving birth. A stem cell-derived model has revealed underlying heart cell defects, which may have important diagnostic and therapeutic implications.

Researchers have launched a clinical trial to develop a breath test, analyzing molecules that could indicate the presence of cancer at an early stage.

The DNA markers from the blood of healthy centenarians are more similar to those of people in their 20s than people in their 70s.

Biomedical engineers led an international team to determine which patients would benefit most from a commonly used drug.

Patient-specific tumor ‘organoid’ models have been developed to identify the most effective treatment for each appendix tumor.

Black men diagnosed with prostate cancer classified as low risk may actually have a more aggressive form of the disease that is more likely to be fatal than in nonblack men placed in the same prognostic category, a new study suggests.

Home-based monitoring shows promise as an effective way to boost patient compliance while obtaining reliable clinical information without a hospital visit.

Researchers pioneer new computer imaging method to detect likelihood of cancer based on changes in blood vessels and regions outside tumor.

Chronic cellular stress mechanisms have been linked to the poor development of insulin-producing cells, in a study using gene-edited stem cells.