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Advancing stroke imaging analysis with interpretable AI and effective connectivity models

Advancing stroke imaging analysis with interpretable AI and effective connectivity models

Interpretation of the LIME explainability outputs for each group. Cortical projection of the total contribution of each ROI (left) and its association with one of the 7 resting-state networks. The Dorsal attention network is distinctively necessary to discriminate the presence of a lesion. Credit: IEEE Access (2025). DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3529179 Stroke is a leading cause of

Healthy patients can put weight on ankles less than three weeks after surgical intervention, study finds

Healthy patients can put weight on ankles less than three weeks after surgical intervention, study finds

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new study from the University of Missouri School of Medicine suggests putting weight on an ankle—also known as weight bearing—within three weeks of recovering from a surgically repaired fracture is safe. There are no set guidelines to follow on when patients can start putting weight on fractured ankle bones, and

When Sudden Cardiac Death Happens Without Warning

Almost half of people who experience sudden cardiac death were never diagnosed with cardiovascular disease (CVD) before it was too late, warned investigators. “A substantial number of deaths happen in people we don’t see in the cardiac ward,” said Tobias Skjelbred, MD, a cardiologist at Copenhagen University Hospital and lead author of a new nationwide

Postpartum Intervention Improved PCP Visits in Year After Delivery

A postpartum intervention that prescheduled an annual primary care provider (PCP) appointment for pregnant participants increased their likelihood of visiting their PCP within the year after delivery, according to research presented at the Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine 2025 Pregnancy Meeting.  Prenatal visits during pregnancy often comprise a period of “high health activation and motivation for

Comprehensive CT scans may help identify atherosclerosis among lung cancer patients

Comprehensive CT scans may help identify atherosclerosis among lung cancer patients

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Several cardiovascular risk factors, such as advanced age and smoking history, are prevalent among lung cancer patients at the time of the diagnosis and increase their risk of future heart disease, according to a new study being presented at ACC’s Advancing the Cardiovascular Care of the Oncology Patient course. Comprehensive assessments

Leg muscle may serve as an early warning system for heart failure, study finds

Leg muscle may serve as an early warning system for heart failure, study finds

Representative skeletal muscle T1-weighted spoiled-gradient echo images during different intervals of normoxia-hypercapnia-recovery normoxia gas stimuli in a young male control rat. Images depict the leg muscle pre-contrast injection (A), post-contrast injection after 10 min on normocapnic-normoxia (B), after 10 min on 5% CO2 (C), and after 6 min on recovery normocapnic-normoxia (D). Dotted red line