The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) heralds a significant revolution in healthcare, particularly in mental health. AI's potential spans diagnostic algorithms, data analysis from diverse sources, and real-time patient monitoring. It is essential for clinicians to remain informed about AI's progress and limitations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGoals: Despite the proliferation of over 45 000 smartphone mobile health applications (MHAs), as far as we know, there is no MHA for those living with rare diseases such as Bladder Exstrophy-Epispadias-Cloacal Exstrophy complex (BEEC). We hypothesized that an MHA could provide similar "on-demand" information and connectivity within health communities for patients with BEEC as they do for more common diseases. Thus, our primary goal was to create an MHA for patients and families affected by BEEC to provide them with important information about the condition and a format for them to connect with other affected patients and families.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Maternal response to allostatic overload during infant rearing may alter neurobiological measures in grown offspring, potentially increasing susceptibility to mood and anxiety disorders. We examined maternal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) glutamate response during exposure to variable foraging demand (VFD), a bonnet macaque model of allostatic overload, testing whether activation relative to baseline predicted concomitant CSF elevations of the stress neuropeptide, corticotropin-releasing factor. We investigated whether VFD-induced activation of maternal CSF glutamate affects maternal-infant attachment patterns and offspring CSF 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid concentrations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Herein we introduce a newly recovered partial calvaria, OH 83, from the upper Ndutu Beds of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. We present the geological context of its discovery and a comparative analysis of its morphology, placing OH 83 within the context of our current understanding of the origins and evolution of Homo sapiens.
Materials And Methods: We comparatively assessed the morphology of OH 83 using quantitative and qualitative data from penecontemporaneous fossils and the W.