Medical Notes: Week of January 16, 2022

About 25% of pregnant women have skipped taking care of their health needs due to cost. A new machine learning platform can analyze a short video clip created while taking selfies and accurately predict whether the person is at risk of Parkinson’s disease. Then, air pollution significantly lessens brain performance. And finally, if you want to help the planet, plant trees.

Sources:

• https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2785593
• https://www.jmir.org/2021/10/e26305
• https://www.nber.org/papers?page=1&perPage=50&sortBy=public_date
• https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ppp3.10245