Detecting Heart Disease & Diabetes with Machine Learning

Welcome to Detecting Heart Disease & Diabetes with Machine Learning course. This is a comprehensive project based course where you will learn step by step on how to build heart disease and diabetes detection models using Random Forest, XGBoost, logistic regression, and support vector machines. This course is a perfect combination between machine learning and healthcare analytics, making it an ideal opportunity for you to level up your data science and programming skills. In the introduction session, you will learn about machine learning applications in the healthcare field, such as getting to know its use cases, models that will be used, patient data privacy, technical challenges and limitations. Then, in the next section, we are going to learn how heart disease and diabetes detection models work. This section will cover data collection, data preprocessing, splitting the data into training and testing sets, model selection, mode training, and disease detection. Afterward, you will also learn about the main causes of heart disease and diabetes, for example, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity, excessive sugar consumption, and genetics. After you have learnt all necessary knowledge about the disease detection model, we will start the project. Firstly you will be guided step by step on how to set up Google Colab IDE. In addition to that, you will also learn how to find and download clinical dataset from Kaggle. Once everything is ready, we will enter the first project section where you will explore the clinical dataset from multiple angles, not only that, you will also visualize the data and make sure you understand the data pattern. In the second part, you will learn step by step on how to build heart disease and diabetes detection systems using Random Forest, XGBoost, logistic regression, and support vector machines. Meanwhile, in the third part, you will learn to evaluate the model’s accuracy and performance using several methods like k-fold cross validation, precision, and recall methods. Lastly, at the end of the course, we will conduct testing on the disease detection model to make sure it has been fully functioning and the detected result is accurate.

First of all, before getting into the course, we need to ask ourselves this question, why should we build heart disease and diabetes detection models? Well, here is my answer. Machine learning presents an extraordinary opportunity to elevate healthcare standards by enabling early disease detection. By developing precise models for identifying heart disease and diabetes, we can initiate timely interventions, personalise treatment plans, and proactively manage health concerns. This not only enhances patient outcomes but also streamlines healthcare delivery systems, reducing the burden on healthcare providers and curbing healthcare expenses over time. In essence, these models signify a significant leap in leveraging technology to boost healthcare accessibility, efficiency, and affordability. Last but not least, by building these projects, you will gain valuable skills and knowledge that can empower you to make a difference in the world of healthcare and potentially open lots of doors to endless opportunities.

Below are things that you can expect to learn from this course:

• Learn about machine learning applications in healthcare and patient data privacy

• Learn how heart disease and diabetes detection models work. This section will cover data collection, preprocessing, train test split, feature extraction, model training, and detection

• Learn about the main causes of heart disease and diabetes, such as high blood pressure, cholesterol, smoking, excessive sugar consumption, and obesity

• Learn how to find and download clinical dataset from Kaggle

• Learn how to clean dataset by removing missing values and duplicates

• Learn how to find correlation between blood pressure and cholesterol

• Learn how to analyse demographics of heart disease patients

• Learn how to perform feature importance analysis using Random Forest

• Learn how to build heart disease detection model using Random Forest

• Learn how to build heart disease detection model using Logistic Regression

• Learn how to find correlation between blood glucose and insulin

• Learn how to analyse diabetes cases that are caused by obesity

• Learn how to build diabetes detection model using Support Vector Machine

• Learn how to build diabetes detection model using XGBoost

• Learn how to build diabetes detection model using K-Nearest Neighbors

• Learn how to evaluate the accuracy and performance of the model using precision, recall, and k-fold cross validation metrics