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Prof. Giorgi Pkhakadze

Prof. Giorgi Pkhakadze, MD, MPH, PhD, is Editor-in-Chief of the Georgian Medical Journal and Chair of the Public Health Institute of Georgia (PHIG). He is Professor and Head of the Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences at David Tvildiani Medical University, and Secretary/Treasurer of the UEMS Section of Public Health. ORCID: 0000-0001-7609-4515.
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AI Reads Cardiac MRI Without Manual Labels, Outperforming Standard Models by 35%

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Cleveland Clinic have developed an AI system that interprets cardiac MRI without manual annotation,…

Exercise Hormone Irisin Shows Promise in Multiple Sclerosis Neuroprotection

A preclinical study from Mass General Brigham and University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf has identified irisin, an exercise-derived hormone, as a…

High fitness in men linked to lower atrial fibrillation risk, contradicting prior assumptions

New evidence challenges decades of clinical concern, showing that high cardiovascular fitness in men is protective against atrial fibrillation rather…

Leucine’s role in cellular energy: how protein metabolism may reshape disease treatment

Researchers have identified leucine, an amino acid in protein-rich foods, as a critical regulator of mitochondrial function with direct implications…

Georgia’s Liver Transplant Services Need Stronger Patient-Centred Systems, Study Shows

A new analysis in the Georgian Medical Journal shows that patient-centred liver transplant care depends on integrated organisational systems and…

How federated data systems are reshaping global disease surveillance

Federated disease surveillance networks allow countries to collaborate on disease tracking while keeping sensitive data under local control. Early implementations…

The Global Vaccine Landscape: New Technologies, Expanding Access, and the Challenge of Equitable Distribution

A comprehensive analysis in Nature Medicine reveals that vaccine development is being reshaped by two major transformations: rapid technological innovation…

Climate Change Is Reshaping Infectious Disease Patterns Worldwide

Rising temperatures and extreme weather are reshaping infectious disease transmission patterns and outbreak cycles worldwide, according to a Nature Medicine…