Month: November 2020

Study: Vaping Lures Teens to Smoking

Instead of being a safe alternative to smoking, vaping may serve as an enticing gateway to the cigarette habit for some teens, new research shows. It’s known that teens who use electronic cigarettes are more likely than… Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a co-founder of the Institute […]

Published on November 10, 2020

Eating Earlier in Day Doesn’t Boost Weight Loss

If you’re overweight, eating most of your calories early in the day won’t boost the benefit of a healthy diet, new research suggests. In a 12-week study, 41 people ate the same healthy diet, but one group ate 80% of their calories before 1 p.m. and the other group ate 50% of… Read Full Article […]

Published on November 10, 2020

Semi-Supervised Learning in Medical Images Through Graph-Embedded Random Forest

One major challenge in medical imaging analysis is the lack of label and annotation which usually requires medical knowledge and training. This issue is particularly serious in the brain image analysis such as the analysis of retinal vasculature, which directly reflects the vascular condition of Central Nervous System (CNS). In this paper, we present a […]

Published on November 10, 2020