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Biomarkers at midlife may predict cognitive decline

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Experts say cognitive abilities in older age may be influenced by brain health in midlife. Nata Segueza/Stocksy
  • Researchers report that cognitive functioning in midlife might provide insights to brain health later in life.
  • They say that staying physically healthy by adopting lifestyle habits such as not smoking, exercising regularly, eating properly, and participating in social activities can improve brain health.
  • They note that keeping the cardiorespiratory system healthy is essential to brain health.

Cognitive function and health in midlife – ages 40 to 65 – might provide clues to brain health later in life, according to a

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Patient safety

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“First, do no harm” is the most fundamental principle of any health care service. No one should be harmed in health care; however, there is compelling evidence of a huge burden of avoidable patient harm globally across the developed and developing health care systems. This has major human, moral, ethical and financial implications.

Patient safety is defined as “the absence of preventable harm to a patient and reduction of risk of unnecessary harm associated with health care to an acceptable minimum.” Within the broader health system context, it is “a framework of organized activities that creates cultures, processes, procedures,

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AI’s future in medicine the focus of Stanford Med LIVE event | News Center

Artificial intelligence-powered health care, generative models in medical research and the ethics of broad AI integration were key topics at the March 18 Stanford Med LIVE event featuring experts from across Stanford Medicine.

Panelists at the event explored what AI is; why it’s poised to change the future; and how it can support practices in research, education and patient care. It was a precursor to the first RAISE Health Symposium coming in May and sets the table for further exploration of how this current wave of excitement, fueled by advances in generative AI technology and access to massive amounts of

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COVID-19 had greater impact on life expectancy than previously known, but child mortality rates continued to decline during the pandemic

A new study published in The Lancet reveals never-before-seen details about staggeringly high mortality from the COVID-19 pandemic within and across countries. Places such as Mexico City, Peru, and Bolivia had some of the largest drops in life expectancy from 2019 to 2021. The research, which presents updated estimates from the Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) 2021, provides the most comprehensive look at the pandemic’s toll on human health to date, indicating that global life expectancy dropped by 1.6 years from 2019 to 2021, a sharp reversal from past increases. Among GBD’s other key findings, child mortality continued to

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