PREVENT-HF validated in 1.99M US Veterans and shows excellent prediction of 10-year HeartFailure risk. Results support broader implementation and note performance gaps in key subgroups.
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Validation cohort: 1.99M US Veterans.
Predicts 10-year HeartFailure risk with excellent performance.
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Qwen3.5-0.8B weight-space programming improves MedQA accuracy to 32.9%
Qwen3.5-0.8B-weight-space-programming raises zero-data MedQA accuracy from 24.4% to 32.9% and cuts thinking-loop answers from 18.3% to 0.1%. The work reproduces Hugging Face’s weight-space programming on medicine and is available via the ML-Intern open-source harness.
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Accuracy on 1,273 MedQA questions increases from 24.4% to 32.9% after weight-space programming.
Answers cut at the token limit drop from 18.3% to 0.1% after the edit.
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Free medication plus incentives doubled quit rates
Free medication plus incentives of up to $600 roughly doubled six-month quit rates among underserved adults undergoing lung cancer screening. The result is compared with usual care.
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Free medication plus incentives of up to $600 roughly doubled six-month quit rates among underserved adults undergoing lung cancer screening
Compared with usual care
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ASH26 AML abstracts to watch – list of 11 trials
ASH26 AML abstracts to watch lists 11 AML abstracts with trial names, phases and session times at ASH2026. The list includes frontline, menin inhibitor, MRD and lower-intensity studies across age groups.
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Ivosidenib + intensive chemotherapy in newly diagnosed IDH1-mutated AML, HOVON150/AMLSG29-18 phase 3, superior event-free survival, Abstract 0001, Sun Dec 13 7:00 AM CT.
Venetoclax + 3-day multi-frequency decitabine vs AZA + VEN in older adults with newly diagnosed AML, updated randomized results, Abstract 1012, Mon Dec 14 4:30 PM.
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NSCLC Medicaid expansion earlier-stage diagnosis
NSCLC Medicaid expansion earlier-stage diagnosis linked to greater surgery use in >1.5 million patients. Health policy matters for cancer outcomes.
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1.5 million NSCLC patients analyzed.
Medicaid expansion associated with earlier-stage diagnosis and greater use of surgery.
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Journals 44 studies published across 4 journals
Journals published 44 peer-reviewed studies across four journals during Scientific Sessions 26. The work was reviewed rapidly and released simultaneously.
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44 peer-reviewed studies published
Publication across 4 journals
Simultaneous release during #ScientificSessions26
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Claude Code/Codex figure scripts open-sourced by Yale researcher
Claude Code/Codex figure scripts are open-sourced by a Yale researcher. The Python scripts generate publication-quality figures and include many options, with preview images available.
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Open-sourced Python scripts for publication-quality figures.
Tiny slice of options shown; preview images provided.
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16-strain bacterial therapy cuts infections in early trial
16-strain bacterial therapy cuts bloodstream infections in an early donor stem cell transplant trial. Larger trials are needed before approval.
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Result: 16-strain bacterial therapy reduced bloodstream infections in the early trial.
Next step: Larger trials are required before approval.
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