Category: Disease
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AI. Schizophrenia. (Unprepared…)
Researchers have taken a step forward in developing an artificial intelligence tool to predict schizophrenia by analyzing brain scans. The tool was used to analyze functional magnetic resonance images of 57 healthy first-degree relatives (siblings or children) of schizophrenia patients. It accurately identified the 14 individuals who scored highest on a self-reported schizotypal personality trait…
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Brain stimulation. Personalized. Full of grief.
Targeted neuromodulation tailored to individual patients' distinctive symptoms is an increasingly common way of correcting misfiring brain circuits in people with epilepsy or Parkinson's disease. Now, scientists have demonstrated a novel personalized neuromodulation approach that -- at least in one patient -- was able to provide relief from symptoms of severe treatment-resistant depression within minutes.…
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Hyperactive. Alive. Dead. (Easiest way to be…)
A psychology and neuroscience professor has just targeted an early biomarker of the disease. He found that Abnormal hyperactivation in the brain may be an early sign of Alzheimer's. (1) Hyper activity. Leading to destruction. The story of our lives. The story of civilization and being. Oh, so many good things happening because they do.…
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Blissfully sick…
While disease activity improves over time for most rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, long-term outcomes only improve in RA patients with autoantibodies, according to a new study. The findings add to a growing body of evidence that RA with and without autoantibodies are two distinct conditions. (1) Complicated beings humans are. Troubled by complicated diseases. Diseases…
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Coronavirus: Selecting who will die. Playing God. Hubris. Punishment.
Many talk about the coronavirus. Many have opinions. Many theories. And one theory that is starting to gain a lot of followers is the one that England has decided to apply: Let's sacrifice some to save others. Let the vulnerable groups and old men die and let the rest live. If we don't do it,…
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