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  • Hydrodissection may offer hope for post-amputation pain relief
    on February 19, 2025 at 2:39 pm

    A reliable method to treat post-amputation pain remains elusive, but a new Northwestern Medicine study conducted in collaboration with Ukrainian physicians suggests that hydrodissection - a simple procedure that injects fluid around nerves - may reduce residual limb pain and opioid dependence.

  • Deny and delay? California seeks penalties for insurers that repeatedly get it wrong
    on February 19, 2025 at 1:59 am

    When Colleen Henderson's 3-year-old daughter complained of pain while using the bathroom, doctors brushed it off as a urinary tract infection or constipation, common maladies in the potty-training years.

  • AI predicts preterm birth risk with 82% accuracy
    on February 18, 2025 at 1:32 am

    Researchers used machine learning models to predict preterm birth risk, identifying linear SVMs as the most accurate, with key predictors including inflammation and blood composition markers.

  • New AI hub for healthcare and neuromodulation set to launch in Geneva
    on February 17, 2025 at 5:23 pm

    The University hospitals of Geneva (HUG), the Department of Health and Mobilities (DSM) of the Canton of Geneva and the Wyss Center for Bio and Neuro Engineering enter into a three-party agreement to create an artificial intelligence (AI) reference hub for healthcare and neuromodulation with its inauguration set for the second half of the year.

  • Babies develop food preferences in the womb, study suggests
    on February 13, 2025 at 5:38 am

    Babies show positive responses to the smell of foods they were exposed to in the womb after they are born, according to a new study.