Prof. Giorgi Pkhakadze, MD, MPH, PhD
Mental Performance in Elite Football: How Top Players Use Psychology to Gain Competitive Advantage
Elite football players leverage cognitive psychology and mental performance techniques to enhance decision-making and tactical execution. Research reveals that world-class…
Functional Testing Reshapes Coronary Artery Disease Diagnosis: What Cardiologists Need to Know
Functional physiological testing, particularly fractional flow reserve (FFR), is reshaping how cardiologists diagnose coronary artery disease, improving diagnostic accuracy and…
Trampoline Injuries Rise Among Children: A Case for Vigilance and Prevention
A clinical case report in the New England Journal of Medicine highlights the continuing risk of serious pediatric fractures from…
High benchmark scores mask critical brittleness in health AI systems, Nature Medicine study reveals
A Nature Medicine study reveals that large language models achieve high scores on health AI benchmarks yet fail adversarial stress…
Tailored drug combinations show promise against treatment-resistant melanoma in preclinical study
Researchers at MD Anderson Cancer Center have developed a strategy to match drug combinations to tumor biomarkers in treatment-resistant melanoma,…
University of Queensland Drug Targets Immune Receptor, Offering Hope for Motor Neuron Disease
Researchers at the University of Queensland have developed a novel drug that activates a previously difficult-to-target immune receptor, a breakthrough…
Blood test with circular RNA markers predicts Alzheimer’s disease years before symptoms emerge
A blood test measuring 34 circular RNA markers predicts Alzheimer's disease progression with 92% accuracy, outperforming current protein biomarkers and…
Innate Immune Strength Paradoxically Linked to Worse Flu Symptoms in Controlled Challenge Study
A controlled human influenza challenge study in Nature Medicine reveals that heightened innate immune cell responsiveness paradoxically correlates with increased…