A new AI-supported method can effectively predict the future weight gain of certain psychiatric patients. Early health and nutritional interventions can increase the life expectancy and quality of life of this patient group / publication in ‘Nature Mental Health’

A research team at the University of Kansas worked with a Division II football program to outfit players with wearable GPS tech. The data showed with position groups ran the most, how often players sprinted and in which practices the workload was the highest. Results not only showed early week practices can be up to 40% more demanding than games, they can help coaches and trainers design practices, routines and approaches that maximize performance and readiness, researchers argue.

Within the last two decades, multiple stem cell transplants and immunotherapy were added to intensive chemotherapy as the standard of care for high-risk neuroblastoma, drastically improving survival of this childhood cancer. Most survivors, however, suffer from long-term complications of treatments, according to the first study to examine late effects in this population since the new therapies were incorporated. Results were published in Lancet Child and Adolescent Health.