Researchers at Kumamoto University have discovered that behavioral changes during the COVID-19 pandemic—particularly widespread mask-wearing—may have reduced the risk of certain types of heart attacks triggered by air pollution.

A new artificial intelligence-based approach can detect fatty deposits inside coronary arteries using optical coherence tomography (OCT) images.

A new study reveals that different factors affect the relationship between inflammation and heart rhythm stability depending on whether patients are suffering from coronary disease or cirrhosis. In patients with coronary disease, C-reactive protein is closely related to cardiac repolarization, while in patients with cirrhosis, white blood cells, but not C-reactive protein, exhibited a trend for associating with unstable heart rhythms.

Loneliness has a critical impact on the mental health of citizens, particularly among the elderly. Robots capable of perceiving and responding to human emotions can serve as heart-warming companions to help lift the spirits. A research team at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has discovered that the combined power of music and empathetic speech in robots with artificial intelligence (AI) could foster a stronger bond between humans and machines. These findings underscore the importance of a multimodal approach in designing empathetic robots, offering significant implications for their application in health support, elder care, education and beyond.

A team from the Universitat Politècnica de València and the company Corify Care has made a major breakthrough in cardiac electrophysiology with the publication of its patented Global Volumetric Mapping technology in the journal Nature Communications Medicine. The publication validates the first system capable of simultaneously mapping all four chambers of the heart, providing physicians with a comprehensive, real-time view of arrhythmias that current solutions cannot offer.

In a new study published in the recent premier AI conference NeurIPS, the researchers demonstrated how their AI used its abilities to design thousands of new mechanisms to trace specified geometries.