Ophthalmology
Restoring sight to the blind with cutting-edge brain implants
European researchers are striving to improve the technology that could one day help blind people see again.
Aug 22, 2023
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News tagged with medical information
Health informatics
Natural language processing to extract social risk factors influencing health
Social risk factors such as financial instability and housing insecurity are increasingly recognized as influencing health. But unlike diagnosis codes, prescription information, lab or other test reports, social risk factors ...
Aug 21, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Long COVID: The pandemic's testing aftermath
By tracking COVID-19 patients, doctors in Europe are in search of treatments for a lingering sickness that is both debilitating and puzzling.
Aug 19, 2023
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Medical economics
Using broad race categories in medicine hides true health risks
Many medical studies record a patient's race using only the broad categories from the U.S. Census, which may conceal racial health disparities, a new study reports.
Aug 14, 2023
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Health informatics
Harnessing artificial intelligence for better patient care
The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) provides one of the most promising—and fraught—advancements in the ever-evolving landscape of the health care sector. Electronic records let physicians access patient information ...
Aug 10, 2023
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Health informatics
Google & ChatGPT found to have mixed results in medical information queries
When you need accurate information about a serious illness, should you go to Google or ChatGPT?
Aug 1, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
251 cases of soft tick relapsing fever reported in 2012 to 2021
During 2012 to 2021, 251 cases of soft tick relapsing fever (STRF), caused by certain Borrelia spirochetes and transmitted to humans by soft-bodied Ornithodoros ticks, were reported in 11 states, according to research published ...
Jul 21, 2023
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Medical research
One pill doesn't fit all: Cholesterol study reveals effects on lung function and brain size
One of the world's largest studies on the impact of cholesterol-lowering medication has highlighted an issue with a new class of drugs that could impair lung function in some patients.
Jul 20, 2023
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Health informatics
AI came close to residents, medical students with clinical reasoning in studies
ChatGPT may have some of the reasoning skills doctors need to diagnose and treat health problems, a pair of studies suggests—though no one is predicting that chatbots will replace humans in lab coats.
Jul 19, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Diversity plays a key role in Black Americans' trust of prostate cancer videos
Black Americans are 1.6 times more likely to believe medical information presented by a Black physician or patient compared with information presented by a white speaker, a new study shows. This finding, the authors say, ...
Jul 19, 2023
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