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A Simple Photo May Be Enough to Estimate Biological Age and Cancer Prognosis

16. 7. 2025 Source: proLékaře.cz

American researchers from Massachusetts General Brigham have introduced a tool that can estimate a person’s biological age from a simple facial photograph. What’s more, this estimate helps predict cancer patient prognosis more accurately than traditional clinical indicators.

What Are the New Possibilities for Using CAR-T Cell Therapies

There has been a major breakthrough in cancer treatment recently. A new type of gene therapy, known as CAR-T cell therapy, has been introduced into clinical practice. The first of these therapies…

4. 7. 2025 Source: proLékaře.cz

How Are Smart Wearable Devices Shaping the Future of Medicine?

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into wearable medical devices and their incorporation into the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) infrastructure is transforming healthcare. Current…

13. 6. 2025 Source: proLékaře.cz

What Most Often Leads to Voluntary Assisted Dying?

The main cause of voluntary medically assisted dying was the focus of a large international study. An increasing number of countries are legalizing this act. Most recently, in May of this year,…

9. 6. 2025 Source: proLékaře.cz

Brain scans of patients with multiple sclerosis will be evaluated by AI

MindGlide, a new artificial intelligence tool, could help doctors evaluate the treatment outcomes of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). It was developed by experts at University College London,…

6. 6. 2025 Source: proLékaře.cz

What Do We Already Know About Sibling Relationships? And What Still Needs to Be Explored?

Family relationships and ties are studied by experts across disciplines. Yet, there is one aspect that seems to have slipped under the researchers’ radar. Close sibling bonds and their impact on…

30. 5. 2025 Source: proLékaře.cz

Does AI Evaluate Patients' Health More Accurately Than Doctors?

Virtual healthcare is slowly becoming part of standard practice. Whether artificial intelligence (AI) can diagnose and recommend treatment as well—or even better—than physicians has been explored in…

28. 5. 2025 Source: proLékaře.cz

How to Align Heart and Mind: The Brain of Lovers in Action

Artificial urinary sphincters have been used to treat male stress incontinence for over 40 years. Modern times favor their refinement. Everything now points toward the digitization of these devices,…

23. 5. 2025 Source: proLékaře.cz

How to Align Heart and Mind: The Brain of Lovers in Action

How strong can the emotional connection between two people be? A recent study published in the journal Neuroimage explored how the quality of a relationship between partners is reflected in the…

21. 5. 2025 Source: proLékaře.cz

The Contribution of Flexible 3D Bone Models for Surgical Training and Planning

The development of 3D printing has significantly advanced medical education and preoperative preparation. The latest flexible 3D bone models with fracture fragments were evaluated by surgeons from…

2. 5. 2025 Source: proLékaře.cz

How Compassion Fatigue Threatens Doctors and Other Healthcare Workers

Moral distress, compassion fatigue, and burnout—these are the effects of long-term stressors on healthcare workers, the price of providing care. A recent survey by the UK organization MDDUS…

14. 4. 2025 Source: proLékaře.cz

Good, Bad, or Ugly? What's the Deal with Eggs?

You've probably heard that we should throw away egg yolks and eat only the whites to avoid high cholesterol. But you've also likely heard that we should eat lots of eggs and cut out nearly all carbs…

9. 4. 2025 Source: proLékaře.cz

Women who changed medicine: Groundbreaking discoveries even without a Nobel Prize

Women scientists have contributed to medicine with a number of discoveries that, although they have not won the prestigious Nobel Prize, are very significant. We have selected nine women researchers…

31. 3. 2025 Source: proLékaře.cz

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Women Who Changed Medicine: 13 Nobel Prize Laureates

Between 1901 and 2024, 976 individuals—including only 65 women—and 28 organizations received the Nobel Prize. Specifically, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded 115 times to 229…

28. 3. 2025 Source: proLékaře.cz

An Orange a Day to Keep Depression Away? The Secret Lies in the Microbiome

A recent study published in the journal Microbiome described a potentially protective role of citrus fruits in the incidence of depression. The connection involves a bacterium present in the gut…

26. 3. 2025 Source: proLékaře.cz

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