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How speech analysis via AI could predict dementia onset

  • June 28, 2024
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AI could be used to predict whether a person will develop Alzheimer’s-associated dementia by simply analysing their speech, scientists believe. Researchers at Boston University are exploring how analysis of speech patterns via a machine learning model could detect with a high degree of accuracy whether someone with mild cognitive impairment will develop Alzheimer’s-associated dementia within […]

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Federal Officials Revise Recommendations for R.S.V. Vaccine

  • June 28, 2024
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In an unusual move, federal health officials revised their recommendations for who should receive the vaccine against the respiratory syncytial virus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended last year that adults age 60 or older could receive a single lifetime dose of an R.S.V. vaccine, in consultation with their health care providers. On […]