Preeclampsia: Starting Point for Rethinking Hypertension
By Deborah Borfitz The diagnosis and management of hypertension is in a troublingly bleak state, despite myriad treatments and regular blood pressure checks in primary care settings intended to catch the condition early. The...
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AI Framework for Differentiating Neurodegenerative Diseases
By Deborah Borfitz A team of computational scientists at Lund University (Sweden) have built a deep, joint-learning proteomics model for improving the diagnostic accuracy for a handful of dementia-related conditions which...
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Connecting Patients, Providers, and Farmers to Improve Chronic Care and Local Economies
By Irene Yeh Food intervention programs not only benefit patients by improving their lifestyle and health conditions but can enhance local economies, quality performance, and chronic care outcomes. At this...
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How to Integrate Food as Medicine into Existing Care Models
By Irene Yeh At this month’s Food as Medicine Summit, there were many conversations surrounding getting payers involved in expanding food as medicine into healthcare and how to expand programs...
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What Happens When You Team Up with Chefs, Dietitians, Local Communities, and Government
By Irene Yeh Food as medicine is increasingly gaining momentum as a preventative treatment for diseases and healthcare. Yet in the U.S., there are still people who cannot afford or...
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Food as Medicine on a Government Level
By Irene Yeh At the Food as Medicine Summit in Chicago last week, Calley Means, senior advisor to the White House and Health and Human Services, and Stephanie Carlton, deputy administrator and chief...
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Bacteria: Unsung Players in the Tumor Microbiome
By Deborah Borfitz How cancer patients will respond to treatment can be anticipated based on their genetics as well as the tumor microenvironment, although one relevant component is often all but dismissed: the tumor microbiota. This is despite an abundance...
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Machine Learning Sleep EEG Measures Brain Age and Dementia Risk
By Irene Yeh Sleep disturbances are emerging as early indicators for dementia. However, the broader architecture of sleep shows inconsistent associations between cognitive impairment and incident dementia. These broad sleep...
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