People with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the United States face a 14-year deficit in life expectancy, according to a new study by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and University of Colorado Anschutz. The study provides one of the first large-scale estimates of age-specific death rates and life expectancy among people with ASD.

An artificial intelligence model that analyzes women’s past and recent annual 3D mammograms is more effective at predicting five-year risk of developing breast cancer than a tool that uses only the most recent, single 3D mammogram, as well as an AI model that analyzes 2D mammograms, a new study shows.

New research by neuroscientists at the University of Chicago looked at what happens in the brain when it tries to complete multiple tasks. The study, published in Nature Neuroscience, showed that limits to our ability to juggle multiple tasks come from “interference” between the way our brains represent different inputs, especially when their relevance to a given task is uncertain.

The pathogen Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) — a leading cause of hospital-acquired infections — must contend with a variety of threats inside the harsh environment of the gut to survive and grow. Researchers at Vanderbilt Health have now discovered a unique system C. diff uses to simultaneously sense and respond to two different threats: host-mediated nutrient deprivation and a microbiota-produced antibiotic compound. Their findings, published Sept. 8 in Science Signaling, suggest new therapeutic options for preventing and treating C. diff infections.