What went right this week: the good news that matters
New medical technologies, including an AI-driven ECG tool and a urine test for bladder cancer, have shown high accuracy in early clinical trials. These advancements aim to improve diagnosis speeds and patient outcomes for heart disease and cancer.
Why it matters
Technological breakthroughs in early detection can significantly reduce mortality rates and alleviate the burden on healthcare systems.
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Software that can detect heart disease in seconds could help change the trajectory of the condition for millions of people, experts said this week.
The new tool, developed by Imperial College London, scans electrocardiograms (ECGs) for information that human cardiologists are unable to see.
ECGs record electrical activity in the heart and have long proved reliable in helping cardiologists diagnose heart attacks and abnormal rhythms. But even the most experienced among them are unable to detect signs of heart disease in ECG data. For that, they must carry out echocardiograms, which many patients wait months for – valuable time lost that could be spent seeing treatment.
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