A simple selfie could hold hidden clues to one’s biological age — and even how long they’ll live.
That’s according to researchers from Mass General Brigham, who developed a deep-learning algorithm called FaceAge.
Using a photo of someone’s face, the artificial intelligence tool generates predictions of the subject’s biological age, which is the rate at which they are aging as opposed to their chronological age.
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FaceAge also predicts survival outcomes for people with cancer, according to a press release from MGB.
The AI tool was trained on 58,851 photos of «presumed healthy individuals from public datasets,» the release stated.
To test the tool’s accuracy, the researchers used it to analyze photos of 6,196 cancer patients taken before radiotherapy treatment.
Among the people with cancer, the tool generated a higher biological age that was about five years higher than their chronological age.
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Allergy season is upon us, and it’s bringing about some of the worst cases yet.
«Changes in temperature and precipitation patterns allow plants and trees to grow in places they didn’t before,» according to the American Lung Association — which means a rising pollen count, and even new types of pollen.
The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) recently released its annual allergy report, which identifies the «most challenging cities» for those living with seasonal allergies.
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The report focuses on tree, grass and weed pollen counts throughout the year, as well as over-the-counter allergy medicine use and the availability of board-certified allergists and immunologists.
The 2025 report named Wichita, Kansas, as the top allergy capital for the third year in a row, largely due to its worse-than-average tree and grass pollen.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first at-home screening test for cervical cancer, the product’s maker announced on Friday.
The DIY test could serve as an alternative to in-person «Pap smears,» which are recommended every three years for women up to age 65.
The self-collection device — the Teal Wand, made by Teal Health in San Francisco — allows women to procure a sample and mail it in for laboratory analysis.
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The test is designed to detect human papillomavirus (HPV), the virus that causes almost all cervical cancer cases.
The approval comes after a clinical trial including more than 600 women, in which the Teal Wand had a 96% accuracy rate of detecting cervical precancers.
In the study, 86% of participants said they’d be more likely to comply with cervical cancer screening recommendations if they could do it at home, Teal Health reported.
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An Ohio music conductor is using deep brain stimulation to combat his Parkinson’s disease.
Rand Laycock, 70, the director and conductor of a symphony orchestra, was diagnosed just before his 60th birthday, according to a press release from Cleveland Clinic.
«My doctor at the time told me [a Parkinson’s diagnosis] wasn’t a death sentence, and there would be advancements over the next few years to help with my treatment,» said Laycock.
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Even after a regimen of medications, however, Laycock's symptoms continued to progress over the next 11 years.
When tremors in his right hand began increasing in severity and frequency, he began exploring other treatments.
«The tremor would really start to be pronounced if I had a deadline coming up for something with the orchestra,» Laycock told Cleveland Clinic.
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Left-handedness and certain neurological disorders could go hand-in-hand, a new study revealed, though the researchers and others acknowledged potential limitations.
While about 10% of people in the world are left-handed, people with autism are 3.5 times more likely to have the trait, according to an international team of researchers that analyzed data from over 200,000 individuals.
The study, published in the journal Psychological Bulletin, indicated that left- and mixed-handedness also appear more often in people who have diagnoses such as schizophrenia, autism and intellectual disability.
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Mixed-handedness refers to a situation in which people may use their left hand for a certain task and their right hand for others, according to psychology experts.
This is slightly different from ambidexterity, which is the equal use of both hands.
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The list of potential benefits of the shingles vaccine continues to grow.
Beyond protecting against the viral infection and resulting painful rash, the shot has also been linked to a reduced risk of dementia, as Fox News Digital previously reported.
And now, a new study has found that the vaccine could lower the risk of heart disease for up to eight years.
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In the long-running study, researchers analyzed up to 12 years of data for more than 1.2 million people aged 50 or older in South Korea, focusing on shingles vaccination rates and 18 different types of cardiovascular disease.
They found that those who received the shingles vaccine had a 23% lower risk of heart issues, including stroke, heart failure and coronary artery disease.
The benefits were greater for people under 60 years old, likely because they have a better immune response, according to the researchers.
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A young Maryland woman is «relieved and recovering» after doctors performed a novel surgery to remove her potentially deadly cancerous tumors.
A surgical team at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) extracted the tumors, which had wrapped around the spinal cord, through the patient’s eye socket.
This was the first time surgeons removed a spinal tumor using a «transorbital» approach, according to a UMMC press release.
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Karla Flores was just 19 when she was diagnosed with a chordoma, which is a developmental bone tumor, in her spine.
At 18, Flores started experiencing double vision, ultimately leading to her diagnosis months later.
Chordomas are very rare, with only about 300 cases occurring in the U.S. each year.
«The tumor was wrapped around the patient’s spine and spinal cord and had invaded the vertebrae in her neck, just below the base of the skull,» according to Mohamed Labib, M.D., ..