Behind the Paper
The real stories behind the latest research papers, from conception to publication, the highs and the lows
Toward Precision Medicine Approaches to Facilitate Safer Opioid Treatment
In our recent manuscript we describe our approach to objectively detect opioid administration using non-invasive wearable sensors. We envision this technology will ultimately be leveraged to support safer opioid prescribing, and identify warning signs before maladaptive use patterns occur.
Body iron stores and the risk for non-communicable disease in Indian children
High body iron stores have been associated with a higher risk for diabetes, dyslipidaemia and even hypertension in adults, with defined pathophysiological mechanisms. This association has not been described in iron supplemented children, and is relevant in India with universal iron fortification.
Procurement, not patents, was the key to vaccine and antiviral development during the pandemic
While intellectual property played a role in building technology platforms, the real star incentive bringing vaccines and antivirals forward was public sector investment, most prominently procurement. Understanding this reality provides an opportunity for proactive planning before the next pandemic.
Multimorbidity
This is a 'Behind the Paper' view of our recent Nature Reviews Disease Primer on Multimorbidity
Integrated multimodal artificial intelligence framework for healthcare applications
We propose Holistic AI in Medicine (HAIM), a unified framework to facilitate the generation and testing of AI systems that leverage multimodal inputs, and show its improvement by 6-33%. Its generalizability offers promising pathways for future multimodal predictive systems in healthcare settings.
