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Why Have Fatty Liver? The Doctor Tells The Truth In A Word

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In recent years, the trend of younger patients with fatty liver has gradually aroused public attention and discussion.  How to properly prevent fatty liver has also become a focus of health concern.  Regarding the younger age of the disease, Shang Changzhen, the chief physician of the Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, believes that it is related to changes in life and eating habits. In the film and television work "It's Only Thirty" that is still "hot" after the end, the male character Xu Huanshan suffered from moderate fatty liver at the age of 30.  According to reports, a 10-year-old boy in Guangzhou also suffered from fatty liver. In recent years, the trend of younger patients with fatty liver has gradually aroused public attention and discussion.  How to properly prevent fatty liver has also become a focus of health concern.  Regarding the younger age of the disease, Shang Changzhen, the chief ...

The First In The World, Artificial Intelligence Platform For Early Diagnosis Of Colon Cancer And Peritoneal Metastasis!

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Peritoneal metastasis is generally considered to be the terminal stage of bowel cancer, with a poor prognosis.  At present, the diagnosis of peritoneal metastasis of colorectal cancer is mainly through imaging methods, and the sensitivity is lacking, especially for small peritoneal metastases below 5 mm.    Recently, the colorectal surgery research team of the Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University and Shenzhen Tencent AIlab have cooperated and successfully developed the world's first AI platform for the diagnosis of colon cancer peritoneal metastasis, which can automatically identify the characteristics of the primary tumor. The imaging features of the tumor adjacent to the peritoneum were extracted, and an artificial intelligence-based SVM classifier was constructed.  The AI ​​model automatically recognizes and diagnoses all verified images in only 34 seconds. The accuracy is as high as 94%, the AUC is 0.922, and the sensitivity and specif...

Schizophrenia "High Recurrence", The Main Reason Is That Patients Stop The Drug By Themselves!

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  Schizophrenia is a chronic and serious mental disorder, and high recurrence is the main problem and challenge in the treatment of this disease.  Data show that the recurrence rate of patients with schizophrenia one year after discharge is about 40%.  Interruption of drug treatment is the main reason for the recurrence of schizophrenia. The recurrence rate of patients with discontinuation within one year is as high as 77%. There are data showing that the recurrence rate of patients with schizophrenia one year after discharge is about 40%.  Interruption of drug treatment is the main reason for the recurrence of schizophrenia. The recurrence rate of patients with drug withdrawal within one year is as high as 77%.  On August 8, the "Spirit of Goodness-Bethune National Mental Health Symposium" sponsored by Bethune Charity Foundation was held in Guangzhou, focusing on the 2020 mental health policy and work priorities, local mental health medical security wor...