Northwestern to Study New Alzheimer’s Disease Drug
More than 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease, including 230,000 in Illinois. By 2050, that number is projected to...
FDA proposes mammogram changes for first time in 20 years to identify breast cancer early
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed new rules Wednesday that will require mammogram centers to tell women more about how dense...
Eisai, Biogen move Alzheimer’s treatment into Phase III
Eisai and Biogen have announced that a Phase III trial has been initiated for the anti-amyloid beta protofibril antibody BAN2401, for use...
NYU open-sources breast cancer screening model trained on over 200,000 mammography exams
Breast cancer is the second leading cancer-related cause of death among women in the U.S. It’s estimated that in 2015, 232,000 women were...
Is It Alzheimer's Or Another Dementia? The Right Answer Matters
In the U.S., older people with dementia are usually told they have Alzheimer's disease. But a range of other brain diseases can also...
New Study Says Breast Cancer Is 11 Different Diseases, Allowing Researchers To Predict Relapse
New research published in the journal Nature shows that breast cancer is 11 genetically distinct diseases, and each has a different...
Eye scan can reveal changes associated with Alzheimer’s disease
Ophthalmologists at Duke University have found that a special type of eye scan can pick up changes indicative of Alzheimer’s disease....
Breast cancer awareness in focus in the UAE
east cancer is the fifth leading cause of death worldwide according to the World Health Organization. The MENA region, and some countries...
Training Artificial Intelligence to Predict Alzheimer’s Disease
As many as one in five people age 65 or older experience “mild cognitive impairment” — a condition marked by a slight decline in memory,...
FDA warns against using surgical robots for breast cancer surgery
The FDA warned patients and health care providers Thursday about using robotically assisted surgical devices for mastectomies and other...
