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Study Finds Age-Related Bias in NLP Tools for Chest X-ray Annotation

Research has revealed that four commercially available natural language processing (NLP) tools used for annotating chest x-ray reports show high overall accuracy but exhibit significant age-related biases, with models performing poorly in patients over 80 years old

AI Improves Maternity Care Outcomes

Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) have shown potential to improve outcomes in maternity care. This systematic review aimed to identify and evaluate CDSS used in maternity settings, assessing their effectiveness and synthesizing evidence on their impact.

Dengue Vaccine Shows Promising Long-Term T Cell Response in Children and Adolescents

TAK-003, a live-attenuated tetravalent dengue vaccine, has now become a promising candidate for prevention of dengue, as demonstrated in a Phase II clinical trial.

New Model Detects Liver Cancer Risk in Noncirrhotic Patients with Hepatitis B

A newly developed prognostic model predicts liver cancer risk in patients with hepatitis B without cirrhosis, identifying a nonlinear relationship between viral load and cancer risk

The Surprising Impact of Hot Temperatures on Raynaud’s Disease

The severity of Raynaud’s disease is not only linked to very low temperatures, but also hot environments that reach 35°C and above, according to recent research.

Exposure to Lead and Folate During Pregnancy Linked to Autistic-like Behaviours

Lead exposure during pregnancy is associated with increased autistic-like behaviours in children, and this relationship may be mitigated by higher gestational folate levels supplementation.

Frailty Predicts Severe Infections in Older Adults with Vasculitis

New research has demonstrated that frailty, a measure of biological age, predicts severe infections in older adults with incident antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis.

Home Versus Office Phototherapy for Psoriasis Care

Home-based narrowband UV-B phototherapy for plaque or guttate psoriasis is just as effective as office-based treatment according to a recent randomised clinical trial.

Paternal Hepatitis B Virus Increases Risk of Congenital Heart Disease in Offspring

Researchers have revealed that a previous paternal hepatitis B virus infection before conception is associated with an increased risk of congenital heart diseases in offspring.

Researchers Reveal the Symptoms of Long COVID are Caused by Brainstem Damage

New research using advanced 7T MRI has uncovered microscopic abnormalities in the brainstem of long COVID patients, revealing inflammation up to 18 months post-infection