Author: David C. Gaze, Senior Lecturer in Chemical Pathology, University of Westminster

Lee Charlie/Shutterstock.com An AI system trained on photographs of the face and tongue correctly identified every patient with coronary heart disease (CHD) in a small test, according to a new study from China. The researchers recruited 518 people: 200 with diagnosed CHD and 318 healthy volunteers. Each had their face and tongue photographed with a […]

Me dia/Shutterstock.com High blood pressure is easy to detect – it takes only a few minutes and doesn’t require needles or laboratory tests. Relatively cheap, easy-to-use machines let people check their own blood pressure at home, and many high street pharmacies offer free checks. Yet new research suggests many adults in England are still walking […]

Dragon Images/Shutterstock Modern breast cancer screening and treatment have transformed survival. Many women now live long and healthy lives after diagnosis, thanks to increasingly effective chemotherapy and targeted therapies: medicines designed to attack particular features of cancer cells. But as cancer outcomes improve, another challenge has become more apparent: protecting the heart from the side-effects […]