Disease Detection, Prevention, and Treatment

The Path to and Impact of Disease Recognition with AI
Author(s)3: Yaron Gurovich
The Path to and Impact of Disease Recognition with AI 1243 843 IEEE Pulse
The process of rare disease identification by clinical geneticists is closely associated with the ability to correlate the phenotype of a patient with the relevant genetic syndromes. In order to perform this correlation, the phenotype has to be described in a canonical form read more

Treating Postpartum Depression: Beyond the Baby Blues
Author(s)3: Jennifer Berglund
Treating Postpartum Depression: Beyond the Baby Blues 1254 836 IEEE Pulse
Different from “baby blues,” a mild depression that affects the majority of new mothers in the first few weeks after giving birth, postpartum depression, a perinatal mood and anxiety disorder (PMAD), can last for months, and even up to a year. read more
Heart to Heart: Treating Heart Damage

Heart to Heart
Author(s)3: Leslie Mertz
Heart to Heart 620 375 IEEE Pulse

A person who has had a myocardial infarction often gets excellent emergency treatment at a hospital, and is able to go home or even return to work in a matter…

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Microbial Treatments for the Mind

Microbial Treatments for the Mind
Author(s)3: Sarah Campbell
Microbial Treatments for the Mind 620 375 IEEE Pulse

For $99, you can obtain a kit that includes two cotton swabs and instructions for properly collecting your own stool sample, along with oral and skin samples. Upon shipping those…

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Virtual Reality Is Taking the Hurt Out of Pain

Virtual Reality Is Taking the Hurt Out of Pain
Author(s)3: Leslie Mertz
Virtual Reality Is Taking the Hurt Out of Pain 620 375 IEEE Pulse

Slip on a set virtual reality (VR) goggles and connected gloves, and you are transported to another world. For the entertainment industry, that kind of immersive VR may mean shoot-‘em-up…

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Combating Neglected Tropical Diseases

Combating Neglected Tropical Diseases
Author(s)3: Jennifer Berglund
Combating Neglected Tropical Diseases 620 375 IEEE Pulse

Just 2 miles northeast of sleek downtown skyscrapers, across the Buffalo Bayou River from the Houston Astros’ Minute Maid Park, lies a landscape greener than most of the urban sprawl,…

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Battling Superbugs: How Phage Therapy Went From Obscure to Promising

Battling Superbugs: How Phage Therapy Went From Obscure to Promising
Author(s)3: Leslie Mertz
Battling Superbugs: How Phage Therapy Went From Obscure to Promising 620 375 IEEE Pulse

Above: After a grueling battle with a nasty bacterial infection that nearly killed Thomas Patterson (seated), bacteriophage therapy came to the rescue and saved his life. Patterson holds an image of…

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Natural Disasters and Public Health

Natural Disasters and Public Health
Author(s)3: Mary Bates
Natural Disasters and Public Health 620 375 IEEE Pulse

2018 brought multiple, unprecedented natural disasters, including hurricanes, floods, and in the United States, the deadliest wildfire in California’s history. After the immediate emergency is over and the media attention…

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New Quantitative Approach to Autism Diagnosis

New Quantitative Approach to Autism Diagnosis
Author(s)3: Leslie Mertz
New Quantitative Approach to Autism Diagnosis 620 375 IEEE Pulse

Only a few years ago, leading autism expert David Amaral described the disorder as a lifelong disability. Today, he acknowledges that description is no longer true. “Research lately shows that…

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