American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias
Jan 1, 2020
BACKGROUND: The mobile screening test system for mild cognitive impairment (mSTS-MCI) was developed and validated to address the low sensitivity and specificity of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) widely used clinically.
Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM
Jan 1, 2020
INTRODUCTION: Unhealthy drinking is prevalent in the United States, and yet it is underidentified and undertreated. Identifying unhealthy drinkers can be time-consuming and uncomfortable for primary care providers. An automated rule for identificatio...
Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Sep 1, 2019
BACKGROUND: Human papillomavirus vaccination and cervical screening are lacking in most lower resource settings, where approximately 80% of more than 500 000 cancer cases occur annually. Visual inspection of the cervix following acetic acid applicati...
IMPORTANCE: For patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), hyperkalemia is common, associated with fatal arrhythmias, and often asymptomatic, while guideline-directed monitoring of serum potassium is underused. A deep-learning model that enables non...
BACKGROUND: Memory dysfunction is characteristic of aging and often attributed to Alzheimer's disease (AD). An easily administered tool for preliminary assessment of memory function and early AD detection would be integral in improving patient manage...
Integrative biology : quantitative biosciences from nano to macro
Jan 1, 2019
Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is estimated in nearly one quarter of the world's population, and of those immunocompetent and infected ~10% will proceed to active tuberculosis (TB). Current diagnostics cannot definitively identify LTBI and prov...
Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine
Jan 1, 2019
BACKGROUND: Screening tools are critical in the early prevention of cervical cancers. Acetic-acid based colposcopy test provides an affordable solution but is often challenged by the lack of experienced doctors in under-developed districts.
The use of big data is in its first years of entering the medical world. Big data research enables analysis of very large volumes of data, identifying patterns and findings which traditional statistical methods cannot handle. The diagnosis of colorec...