This article appears in the March 2026 print edition with the headline “How America Got So Sick.” ...

Background Alcohol consumption is a well-established risk factor for injuries, yet the role of socioeconomic status (SES) in modifying this relationship remains underexplored. This study examines how ...

Ultra-processed foods have quietly shifted from occasional convenience to daily staple, and a sweeping body of research now links that shift to a long list of chronic diseases. The latest global ...

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The European Association of Dermato-Oncology classification flags the burden of difficult-to-treat tumours in transplant ...

Abstract: Accurate classification of coffee leaf diseases is essential for early intervention and improved crop yield. However, training deep learning models for this task often requires large labeled ...

The next version of the DSM is being planned with some potentially major changes. Will we get a giant leap forward or just baby steps?

aCentre for Adolescent Rheumatology, Department of Ageing, Rheumatology and Regenerative Medicine, Division of Medicine, University College London, London, UK bDepartment of Adolescent and Young Adult ...

In 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) released the 11th edition of the International Classification of Diseases — a global, standard-setting guideline for how institutions should understand and ...

University of Calgary provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. University of Calgary provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. In 2018, the World Health ...

Abstract: The accuracy of retina disease classification using deep neural networks in optical coherence tomography (OCT) is critically dependent on the integrity of the underlying datasets. In this ...

A neural-network artificial intelligence (AI) model trained on digitized minor salivary gland biopsy images showed high performance in classifying focus scores and Sjögren disease and identified a new ...