More and more Americans are dying from drug overdoses, and this predictive model could tell us where there will be an outbreak

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego State University (SDSU) have designed and validated a predictive model to target people at risk for future outbreaks of overdose death . To do this, they have used the patterns of these drug-related deaths in the United States in the last twenty … Read more

GPS-recorded driving habits can help identify Alzheimer’s disease thanks to AI

People with Alzheimer’s disease often drive shorter distances and visit fewer new places than people without it . With this in mind, GPS data can serve as a biomarker to identify preclinical Alzheimer’s, according to the results of a study published in Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy . The participants, 75 people without preclinical Alzheimer’s and … Read more