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Back to SearchDiabetes prevention programs may be utilized more with an AI approach, Elizabeth Tracey reports
People who have prediabetes frequently go on to develop diabetes, but diabetes prevention programs or DPPs can help. Nas Mathioudakis, a diabetes exp…
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People with prediabetes can benefit from an AI based diabetes prevention program, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Diabetes prevention programs or DPPs were developed by the CDC over a decade ago to help people with prediabetes avoid frank development of diabetes,…
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How does AI stack up against human provided diabetes prevention programs? Elizabeth Tracey reports
For people with the condition called prediabetes, prevention to full blown diabetes is key. Over a decade ago the CDC developed diabetes prevention p…
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How might very detailed cancer maps inform cancer management and treatment? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Have you heard of ultrasensitive genetic testing for cancer? This method produces a very detailed characterization of someone’s tumor, and William Ne…
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What is an ultrasensitive DNA test in cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports
The genetic makeup of a cancer is quite different than that of the person who has it, and now new efforts to very specifically characterize the cance…
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Should the complex business of organ transplantation be turned over to a private enterprise? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Obtaining human organs for transplantation is largely managed by UNOS, the United Network for Organ Sharing, and it’s a not for profit enterprise. Ye…
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Allowing the market to dictate organ transplantation increases inequity, Elizabeth Tracey reports
Does the organ transplantation system in the US need reform? That’s the agenda of a disgruntled family member whose relative waited years for a trans…
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Would an organ transplant system that is profit driven be acceptable? Elizabeth Tracey reports
UNOS, the United Network for Organ Sharing, oversees much of the organ transplantation taking place in the United States, and how it manages this is …
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Getting an organ transplant requires a number of factors to be aligned, Elizabeth Tracey reports
When it comes to organ transplantation one size does not fit all. A multitude of factors determine whether a given organ is right for a certain recip…
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How are special interests attempting to change our organ donation system? Elizabeth Tracey reports
Is five years unacceptably long to wait on a transplant list for a donor heart? The son of a recipient thinks so, and is attempting to radically chan…
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