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A new AI model can predict the likelihood of premature death from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) with around 95% accuracy | Looking beyond the gut for early treatment of other chronic illnesses, the early mortality rate can be significantly reduced.
A new AI model can predict the likelihood of premature death from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) with around 95% accuracy. This is good news, though – because, by looking beyond the gut for early treatment of other chronic illnesses, the early mortality rate can be significantly reduced.
IBD, different to irritable bowel syndrome, is an umbrella term that includes Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, which is marked by chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. As machine learning advances, models can be tweaked to focus on specific premature death scenarios – in this case, for the population living with IBD, who are at much higher risk of one or more of 17 other serious conditions. Essentially, while IBD and its associated chronic conditions present complex problems for individuals and healthcare professionals, identifying and intervening in those multimorbidities at the onset of non-IBD illnesses can have a significant impact on life expectancy.
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