Medicine and Life Sciences - Health
An international team led by UNIGE, HUG and NUS has developed an innovative method for evaluating AI interpretability methods, with the aim of deciphering the basis of AI reasoning and possible biases. Researchers from the University of Geneva , the Geneva University Hospitals (HUG), and the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a novel method for evaluating the interpretability of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, opening the door to greater transparency and trust in AI-driven diagnostic and predictive tools.
New research has debunked the idea that there is an "obesity paradox", whereby patients with heart failure who are overweight or obese are thought to be less likely to end up in hospital or die than people of normal weight.
The Commission of experts coordinated by UPF Prof. Joan Benach, together with the Second Vice-President of the Spanish Government and Minister of Labor and Social Economy, Yolanda Díaz, presented on Friday, March 17 the first government-driven report on the effects of work precariousness on mental health: "Precarious work and mental health: knowledge and policies".
In one of the most comprehensive studies to date, the findings showed more than one in ten Americans used prescription opioids in the past 12 months By Western Communications , March 21, 2023 By Western Communications , March 21, 2023 More than 30 million Americans – roughly 12 per cent of the U.S. population – rely on prescription opioids.
Today, Public Health Scotland (PHS) and The Lancet publish new evidence showing the impact of alcohol minimum unit pricing (MUP) on deaths and hospital admissions attributable to alcohol consumption.
It was only the beginning of March, but the pollen count Naresh Kumar measured with one of his aerosol samplers came in at more than 1,500 grains per cubic meter of air. "Extremely high for this time of year, and it wasn't even the official start of spring,” said the professor of public health sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
Clinical researchers from Oxford University's Department of Psychiatry and Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust have reviewed the international research evidence regarding the impact of viewing images of self-harm on the internet and in social media. This indicates that viewing such images usually causes harm, though the findings also highlighted the complexity of the issue.
Study by the University of Bonn could lead to therapies against skin and intestinal diseases in the medium term.
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- Swiss Public Health
- Apollon University for Health Care Management
- DHfPG University of Applied Sciences
- DHGS University of Applied Sciences
- HFH University of Applied Sciences
- Medical University of Innsbruck
- Medical University of Graz
- Medical University of Vienna
- Human Polymorphism Study Center
- Curie Institute
- Alzheimer Foundation
- Fondation Maladies Rares
- Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM)
- Institut Pasteur
- Institut Pasteur de Lille
- Hospital Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
- Helios University Hospital Wuppertal
- Universitiy Hospital Frankfurt
Major government funding for Greater Manchester innovation in materials, health and AI
From tires to brakes, University of Toronto researchers tackle 'non-tailpipe' air pollution from vehicles
Podium Analytics teams up with Bath to tackle growth and maturation challenges in youth sport

Green light for the European project 'SkinDev' to engineer skin microbiomes for detecting and treating skin inflammation
University of Toronto's Leah Cowen on Canada's opportunity to become a genomics 'powerhouse'

Assistive tech project to enhance prosthetic sockets and speed-up rehabilitation for amputees

Opening the door to mental health talks with your kids? Western expert recommends this rabbit

February jobs report: Job growth shows no signs of slowing, say U-Michigan economists
College students' anxiety, depression higher than ever, but so are efforts to receive care