Share on Pinterest A newly developed algorithm may detect early signs of Alzheimer’s. Westend61/Getty Images Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) often precedes the development of Alzheimer’s disease.

Signs of autism can be picked up as early as the first month of life, according to a new study from Duke University that used children's health records to create an algorithm. Infants later diagnosed ...

Using an algorithm developed by Duke researchers, scientists were able to correctly identify retinal scans of people with mild cognitive impairment about 79% of the time. File photo Researchers have ...

Bottom Line: An algorithm could detect signs of a serious eye disease in images from premature infants with accuracy comparable to or better than human experts. Why The Research Is Interesting: ...