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AI’s keen diagnostic eye

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When China locked down the city of Shanghai in April 2022 during the COVID-19 pandemic, the ripples from that decision quickly reached people receiving treatment for cardiac conditions in the United States. The lockdown shut a facility belonging to General Electric (GE) Healthcare, an important producer of ‘iodinated contrast dyes’, used to make blood visible … Read more

Children with ‘lazy eye’ are at increased risk of serious disease in adulthood

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Adults who had amblyopia (‘lazy eye’) in childhood are more likely to experience hypertension, obesity, and metabolic syndrome in adulthood, as well as an increased risk of heart attack, finds a new study led by UCL researchers. In publishing the study in eClinicalMedicine, the authors stress that while they have identified a correlation, their research … Read more