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• Google’s AI spots cancer better than humans: Study

  Scientists used deep learning to detect malignant lung nodules with performance meeting or exceeding that of radiologists

  

• Poverty leaves a mark on genes: Study

  Lower educational attainment and/or income predict increased risk for heart disease, diabetes, many cancers and infectious diseases, for example.

  

• Novel strategy to fight most deadly brain tumour in children

  Scientists have identified an enzyme inhibitor that slows down tumour growth and increases survival in an animal model of the most deadly brain tumour in children, opening the door to a promising new treatment strategy.

  

• New human protein may help fight Ebola: Study

  The newly discovered ability of the human protein RBBP6 to interfere with Ebola virus replication suggests new ways to fight the infection, according to the study published in the journal Cell.

  

• 'New toolkit improves heart attack care in Indian hospitals'

  The toolkit of checklists, education materials and quality and performance reporting improved the quality of care in hospitals in Kerala, according to the study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

  

• Smartphones can detect depression

  Your smartphone may tell if you are depressed by tracking the number of minutes you spend using the device and your daily geographical locations, according to a new study.

  

• New non-invasive method can detect Alzheimer's before symptoms appear

  Researchers have developed a noninvasive method that can detect Alzheimer's disease in a living animal, well before typical symptoms appear.