Month: January 2022

(Getty Images) LEEDS, United Kingdom (StudyFinds.org) – An artificial intelligence system is capable of spotting whether someone will have a heart attack within the next year — through a routine eye scan. A team from the University of Leeds believes this AI tool opens the door to a cheap and simple screening program for the world’s No. 1 killer. Their tests find the computer can predict patients at risk of a heart attack in the next 12 months with up to 80% accuracy. The breakthrough adds to evidence that our eyes are not just “windows to the soul,” but windows to overall health as well. “Cardiovascular diseases, including heart attacks, are the leading cause of early death worldwide and the second-largest killer in the UK. This causes ...

Researchers this week announced findings that vitamin D and fish oil supplements — two widely available and cheap treatments — can help to treat the wide illness category of autoimmune disorders. The study, published in the journal BMJ, claimed that "vitamin D supplementation for five years ... reduced autoimmune disease by 22%," while omega 3 fatty accid supplements "reduced the autoimmune disease rate by 15%." The researchers, based in a variety of institutions out of Boston, Mass., noted that "autoimmune diseases, characterized by an inflammatory autoimmune response to self-tissues, are the third leading cause of morbidity in the industrialized world and a leading cause of mortality among women." Those diseases "are chronic conditions with increasing prevalence with age and major...