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Kraków scientists develop AI-based diagnostic tool to speed up and improve radiology work

An AI-based diagnostic system designed to support radiologists in analysing CT and MRI scans has been developed at the AGH University of Science and Technology (AGH UST) in Kraków.

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    Wrocław Medical University launches ‘Digital Rash Atlas’ to improve diagnosis of childhood skin infections

    Scientists at Wroclaw Medical University have created a ‘Digital Rash Atlas’, a mobile tool designed to help doctors distinguish between allergic rashes and those caused by serious infections in children — and decide more quickly when hospitalisation may be needed.

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    University hospital researchers develop new method for diagnosing chronic leukaemia

    Geneticists and haematologists from the University Clinical Hospital in Rzeszów have developed a new method for diagnosing blood cancers. The test enables faster and more cost-effective analysis of immunoglobulin gene characteristics and can also help predict the course of the disease.

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    Footballers with higher Vitamin D levels perform better in training, Polish study finds

    Football players with higher vitamin D levels achieve better training results and physical performance, according to new research from the Academy of Physical Education in Katowice. The findings were published in the journal Frontiers in Physiology.

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    Mental health chatbots fail to respond adequately to suicide risk, Polish researchers warn

    Chatbots promoted as mental health support tools may be ineffective—and even dangerous—for people in suicidal crisis, according to a new study from Wrocław Medical University. Researchers found that none of the 29 popular apps they tested met the criteria for an adequate response to suicide risk.

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    Polish researcher investigates how to 'unclick' PTSD in the brain

    A traumatic event can alter the molecular “switches” placed on the DNA of brain cells. What changes post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) causes in individual cells — and whether they can be reversed — is the focus of research led by Mykhailo Batiuk, PhD, a European Research Council (ERC) grant recipient based at Łukasiewicz–PORT in Wrocław.

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    Polish scientists develop immunotherapy for lung cancer

    Scientists from the University of Gdańsk are working on an immunotherapy for lung cancer under a project fully funded by the EU’s Horizon Europe programme, with a budget of nearly €1.5 million.

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    Polish scientists develop protocols to model mental illnesses in lab conditions

    Scientists from Łukasiewicz-PORT have developed objective research protocols that allow mental illnesses to be modelled at cellular and behavioural levels.

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    Distinct daily energy swings linked to neuroticism, Warsaw study finds 

    People who experience clear peaks and dips in energy throughout the day may show higher neuroticism and a stronger tendency toward avoidance behaviour, according to researchers from the University of Warsaw.

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    Polish study finds AI may affect doctors' diagnostic accuracy

    A new Polish study has found that artificial intelligence (AI) support in colonoscopy procedures may inadvertently reduce doctors’ diagnostic performance when the technology is not used.

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Polish researchers co-develop AI-driven robotic platform that maps chemical reactions in record time

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