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Data, models and systemsAI in medicine refines
AI-derived ECG features add little beyond automated ECG reports for 30-day mortality
Deep-learning ECG features beat simple morphology measurements for 30-day mortality, but added little over the ECG machine's own automated report.
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Health todayDementia new
Amyloid and tau stage in 2711 Sao Paulo autopsies, by age and cognitive status
In 2711 Sao Paulo autopsies, 19.6% had both amyloid and tau at biomarker-detectable levels, rising steeply with age.
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Behavioural scienceInfection and pandemics new
RSV and rhinovirus caused more Brazilian respiratory deaths in 2026 than influenza
Brazilian surveillance over 35 weeks of 2026 recorded more severe respiratory deaths from RSV and rhinovirus than from influenza, concentrated in children under 2 and those aged 65 and over.
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Behavioural scienceInfection and pandemics confirms
Hospitalised Brazilian influenza patients with two vaccine doses had 32% lower mortality
Among Brazilians hospitalised with influenza between 2023 and October 2025, two trivalent vaccine doses within a calendar year were associated with 32% lower in-hospital mortality and 52% fewer ICU admissions.
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Behavioural scienceInfection and pandemics confirms
RSV hospitalisations in older Brazilians rose after 2020, with 21-31% dying in hospital
Recorded hospitalisations for RSV among Brazilians aged 60 and over rose from under 1 to over 15 per 100,000 between 2013 and 2024, with the sharpest rise after 2020.
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