A new type of blood test could help detect multiple cancers early. A team of researchers in California studied a new multi-cancer early detection (MCED) test called Galleri, which can reportedly detect more than 50 types of disease. The study analyzed about 23,161 participants 50 years of age and older across the US and Canada who did … Read more
It’s about thyme! The flu is one of the most common and contagious diseases — it causes up to 41 million illnesses, 710,000 hospitalizations and 52,000 deaths each year in the US, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It’s often diagnosed with a nasal or throat swab that’s tested for the presence … Read more
Want to B-positive about your health? Johns Hopkins researchers have developed a cutting-edge blood test that can detect signs of cancer three years before any symptoms surface. The breakthrough could help doctors diagnose cancer long before today’s screening tools allow, giving patients a better shot at beating the disease. Blood-based screening could one day compliment … Read more
This pen truly is mightier than the sword. A team of researchers at UCLA has developed a high-tech diagnostic pen that can detect signs of Parkinson’s disease with over 96% accuracy, offering a low-cost way to identify the neurodegenerative disorder far earlier than now. A pilot study in the journal Nature Chemical Engineering unveiled the … Read more
Talk about a kid with a lot of heart. A 14-year-old from Frisco, Texas, developed a groundbreaking smartphone app to detect early signs of heart disease in just seven seconds. Circadian AI records heart sounds, filters out ambient noise and analyzes the data using a cloud-based machine learning model — all by placing a smartphone … Read more
A groundbreaking blood test promises to transform the diagnosis of rare genetic diseases in babies and children, offering results in under three days and potentially eliminating the need for invasive procedures. Unveiled at the European Society of Human Genetics conference, the test requires only 1ml of blood, making it minimally invasive compared to procedures like … Read more
Howl-elujah! You’ve probably heard that dogs can be trained to sniff out cancer. Now, Israeli startup SpotItEarly is harnessing that remarkable ability — along with groundbreaking technology — to launch medicine’s next secret weapon. SpotItEarly is developing a revolutionary at-home cancer screening test that’s part pup, part AI. Courtesy of SpotitEarly Inc The biotech company … Read more
Blood and urine tests have been found to detect the amount of ultraprocessed foods (UPFs) a person eats, according to new research. Using machine learning, scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) identified hundreds of metabolites (molecules produced during metabolism) that correlated with processed food intake. The team developed a “biomarker score” that predicts ultraprocessed food … Read more
A mother of two credits ChatGPT for saving her life, claiming the artificial intelligence chatbot flagged the condition leading to her cancer when doctors missed it. Lauren Bannon, who divides her time between North Carolina and the US Virgin Islands, first noticed in February 2024 that she was having trouble bending her fingers in the … Read more
Scientists have long known of a link between loss of smell and dementia — mainly because the plaque buildup that signals dementia initially occurs in parts of the brain related to memory and smell. Now, researchers from Mass General Brigham have developed an innovative at-home smell test that could harness this knowledge to detect Alzheimer’s … Read more
Say goodbye to the stirrups. Women’s health startup Daye is selling a “vaginal microbiome test” in the form of a tampon that users wear and then mail back for screening — and it can detect everything from infections to possible fertility issues. Daye’s diagnostic tampon can detect different bacteria with an at-home test. Daye Daye … Read more
A remarkable new device promises to make cancer detection cheaper, faster and more accessible than ever before. As described in an upcoming issue of Lab on a Chip, researchers at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) say they have developed a system that can detect cancer markers in the blood with greater responsiveness than … Read more
Swish your way to early cancer detection? Researchers at Rutgers believe a simple oral rinse may be key to the early detection of gastric cancer, also known as stomach cancer. In a study scheduled for presentation at Digestive Disease Week later this month, the Rutgers team suggests oral bacteria alone could serve as biomarkers for … Read more
There’s yet another reason to love dogs. Humankind’s furry best friends could potentially sniff out flashbacks from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) before they happen, according to a study published in the journal Frontiers in Allergy. Scientists from Dalhousie University in Canada trained 25 dogs to sniff a person’s breath while they were in the … Read more
A study of frozen blood samples has turned up a trove of proteins that may predict several forms of dementia more than 10 years before the disease is diagnosed, researchers from the U.K. and China reported on Monday. The study, published in the journal Nature Aging, is part of ongoing research from multiple teams to … Read more
Call it chardonn-AI. Artificial intelligence has created an algorithm that can trace wines to their original sources, and perhaps more importantly, detect cheap knockoffs being corked as a collector’s delight. “There’s a lot of wine fraud around with people making up some crap in their garage, printing off labels and selling it for thousands of … Read more
Talk to your robo-doctor. New medical research finds that artificial intelligence can detect type 2 diabetes merely by listening to a patient speak for six to ten seconds. The study by Klick Labs, published in “Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Digital Health,” showed an 89% accuracy rate for diagnoses in women and 86% for men, according to … Read more
AI-driven technology being used by optometrists in the United Kingdom is able to spot Parkinson’s disease through eye scans with an average seven years of warning, according to researchers from London’s Moorfields Eye Hospital. “This is the first time anyone has shown these findings several years before diagnosis,” according to a release on the breakthrough … Read more
Discovering your risk of heart disease is just a rinse away. A new study published in Frontiers in Oral Health suggests that a simple mouthwash could determine a person’s chances of developing heart disease. “We are starting to see more relationships between oral health and risk of cardiovascular disease,” Ker-Yung Hong, first author of the … Read more
Artificial intelligence continues to demonstrate its impressive abilities, and now it’s outperforming radiologists. A new study from Sweden has proven that AI can screen for breast cancer as well — if not better — than a double reading of mammograms by two highly skilled radiologists. Additionally, AI can cut the workload of cancer radiologists by … Read more