Lifting the veil: Astronomers conjure up the hazes that obscure alien worlds
In 2013, from a windowless office at the University of Chicago, Laura Kreidberg peered into the sky of a distant planet. Kreidberg, then an astronomy graduate student, parsed data from the Hubble Space Telescope, its gaze set on the exoplanet GJ1214b, roughly three times the size of Earth. GJ1214b is a popular target for astronomers seeking clues to the nature of alien worlds, and not only because it’s relatively close, a mere 48 light-years away. It also orbits its star every 1.5 days, and each lap exposes its atmosphere to inspection. On every pass, the planet briefly eclipses a portion of the star’s face. A fr...
Source: ScienceNOW - January 11, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news

The Coming Collapse of the U.S. Health Care System
It’s four in the morning and you awaken with crushing chest pain. Your family calls 911 and paramedics arrive and diagnose a cardiac event. They inform you that they need to transport you forty-five minutes away because your two local hospitals have closed over the last several months. Even when you arrive at the hospital, there is massive overcrowding and they inform you that there are no ICU beds open for you in that fifty percent of the beds in the cardiac unit are “browned out” due to lack of staff. This nightmare is an all too familiar post pandemic reality about the delivery of health care in our co...
Source: TIME: Health - January 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Robert Glatter and Peter Papadakos Tags: Uncategorized freelance health Source Type: news

Spine x-rays recommended in prostate cancer patients
Spinal x-rays should be considered to determine the true risk of vertebral fracture...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: Bone scan capacity increased to meet COVID-19 backlog AI may aid fracture detection in osteoporotic patients Bone fractures are common after breast cancer endocrine therapy AI predicts heart disease risk in DEXA images AI accurately detects vertebral fractures on CT (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 9, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Evaluation of health screening data for factors associated with peri-implant bone loss
Conclusions: The results of this study showed that periodontal bone loss was a predictor of peri-implant bone loss, suggesting that periodontal disease should be controlled before dental treatment. Diligent maintenance care is recommended for patients with moderate to severe periodontal bone loss. (Source: Dental Technology Blog)
Source: Dental Technology Blog - January 5, 2023 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news

tab32 Commemorates 10 Years of Innovation with " Past, Present, Future: 2023's Dental Landscape " Event
The December 16th virtual panel will play host to an educational and exciting conversation with some of the leading names in dentistry. SACRAMENTO, Calif. , Dec. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- tab32, the #1 all-in-one cloud technology dental platform, is celebrating ten years of success and innovation with a virtual event on Friday, December 16th at 10amPT/1pmET. " Past, Present, Future: 2023 ' s Dental Landscape " will include speakers from leading DSOs and organizations pushing the dental industry forward. RSVP and learn more about the event here. tab32 Commemorates 10 Years of Innovation with “Past, Present, Future: 2023’s...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - December 22, 2022 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news

AI could boost x-ray's performance for diagnosing aortic dissection
An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm could boost the performance of x-ra...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: AI chest x-ray algorithm shows promise for emergency department reads AI improves lung nodule detection in health screening AI may aid fracture detection in osteoporotic patients AI model predicts heart disease risk from x-rays New study questions reliability of bone age AI (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 22, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Early OA Common in Military Officers After Knee Injury
(MedPage Today) -- Nearly one-fifth of U.S. military officers with a history of traumatic knee injury had developed osteoarthritis (OA) visible on x-rays -- before age 30 in most cases, researchers found. In a prospectively followed cohort of... (Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology)
Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology - December 20, 2022 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: news

A hard pill bug to swallow: First X-rays of frog feeding show how they consume prey
The phrase " to swallow one ' s tongue " has been around since at least the 1880s and has been repurposed in several languages to mean everything from falling silent to a general feeling of fear. While it ' s anatomically impossible for a human to swallow … (Source: NSF News)
Source: NSF News - December 19, 2022 Category: Science Authors: NSF Source Type: news

Chest x-ray tool visualizes COVID-19 pneumonia
A newly updated chest x-ray imaging score could be a valuable tool for measurin...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: AI chest x-ray algorithm shows promise for emergency department reads COVID-19 prompted increase in radiology social media engagement Ultrasound shows long-term liver injury in COVID-19 patients AI model predicts heart disease risk from x-rays Dark-field chest x-ray and conventional x-ray go head-to-head (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 15, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

With historic explosion, a long sought fusion breakthrough
More energy out than in. For 7 decades, fusion scientists have chased this elusive goal, known as energy gain. At 1 a.m. on 5 December, researchers at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in California finally did it, focusing 2.05 megajoules of laser light onto a tiny capsule of fusion fuel and sparking an explosion that produced 3.15 MJ of energy—the equivalent of about three sticks of dynamite. “This is extremely exciting, it’s a major breakthrough,” says Anne White, a plasma physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who was not involved in the work. Mark Herrmann, who leads NIF as the ...
Source: ScienceNOW - December 13, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: news

AI chest x-ray algorithm shows promise for emergency department reads
An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that provided readings on bedsid...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: AI improves lung nodule detection in health screening AI may aid fracture detection in osteoporotic patients Video from RSNA 2022: AI implementation trends How to avoid the AI integration traps AI model predicts heart disease risk from x-rays (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 9, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

AI improves lung nodule detection in health screening
New research from South Korea shows that in countries using x-ray as part o...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: Deep learning plus CT bests EHR for identifying sarcopenia Video from RSNA 2022: AI implementation trends AI boosts patient follow-up imaging compliance How to avoid the AI integration traps AI model predicts heart disease risk from x-rays (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 8, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

FDA clears Imagen's computer-aided detection device for chest x-rays
Imagen Technologies has secured clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administratio...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: NYMIIS: Next-gen PACS will include 'best-of-breed' AI C-MIMI: FDA readies program to speed software reviews Imagen wins FDA nod for AI detection of wrist fracture (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 6, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

AI boosts patient follow-up imaging compliance
A new study from Philadelphia has proved that using an artificial intelligenc...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: Deep learning plus CT bests EHR for identifying sarcopenia AI model predicts heart disease risk from x-rays AI helps radiologists detect more breast cancers AI can safely reduce breast imaging workload as third reader AI increases PET/CT reporting efficiency in lymphoma staging (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 30, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

The Five Most Important Takeaways From Lung Cancer Awareness Month
Low Dose CT is a special form of x-ray that allows for three-dimensional images of your lungs to detect lung cancer at a stage it may not be visible with standard x-rays. The good news is the exam takes 1-2 minutes to complete and is completely non-invasive. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - November 29, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Omer Awan, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Source Type: news