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US researchers seek to legitimize AI mental health care
Researchers at Dartmouth College believe artificial intelligence can deliver reliable psychotherapy, distinguishing their work from the unproven and sometimes dubious mental health apps flooding today's market.
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Medical economics
Ambient AI technology can reduce documentation burden for health care providers
Researchers at Sutter Health, led by Cheryl Stults, Ph.D., found that an innovative ambient artificial intelligence platform showed promising results in easing the burden of clinical documentation for health care providers. ...
May 2, 2025
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Estimated 7.2 million Americans 65 years and older have Alzheimer's dementia
An estimated 7.2 million Americans aged 65 years and older are living with Alzheimer's dementia, and almost all adults feel it is important to diagnose the disease in the early stages, according to a report published by the ...
May 2, 2025
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Researchers develop explainable AI toolkit to predict disease before symptoms appear
Researchers at the University of Utah's Department of Psychiatry and Huntsman Mental Health Institute have published a paper in Patterns introducing RiskPath, an open-source software toolkit that uses explainable artificial ...
May 2, 2025
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AI successfully identifies risk factors linked to more severe pain after knee replacement
A study using artificial intelligence to classify patient pain archetypes and identify risk for severe pain after knee replacement has earned a Best of Meeting award at the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Regional ...
May 2, 2025
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AI uncovers hidden patterns in genes that shape disease vulnerability
Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered protein models combined with genome sequencing technology could help scientists better diagnose and treat genetic diseases, according to new research from The Australian National University ...
May 1, 2025
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Making AI models more trustworthy for high-stakes contexts, like classifying diseases in medical images
The ambiguity in medical imaging can present major challenges for clinicians who are trying to identify disease. For instance, in a chest X-ray, pleural effusion, an abnormal buildup of fluid in the lungs, can look very much ...
May 1, 2025
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Roughly half of all women may need extra screening for breast cancer: Some struggle to access it
When Dr. Shoshana Hallowell, a breast surgeon with McLaren Health System in Lapeer, Michigan, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2020. She knew it put all of her first-degree relatives at higher risk of developing the same ...
May 1, 2025
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AI chatbots can help pregnant women with opioid use disorder, study finds
For expectant mothers struggling with opioid use disorder, the stigma surrounding addiction can make it difficult to seek help.
May 1, 2025
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What's that rash? Put some thought into asking Google for medical help
Dr. Google is often on call for worried patients, but it may not give the best advice.
May 1, 2025
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Medicine's over-generalization problem—and how AI might make things worse
In medicine, there's a well-known maxim: never say more than your data allows. It's one of the first lessons learned by clinicians and researchers.
May 1, 2025
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AI is giving a boost to efforts to monitor health via radar
If you wanted to check someone's pulse from across the room, for example to remotely monitor an elderly relative, how could you do it? You might think it's impossible, because common health-monitoring devices such as fingertip ...
Apr 30, 2025
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AI tools can make education materials more patient friendly
Artificial intelligence (AI) tools significantly improve the readability of online patient education materials (PEMs), making them more accessible, a new study shows.
Apr 30, 2025
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Most Americans want easy early testing for Alzheimer's, survey reveals
Most Americans want to know if they're destined to lose their brain power to Alzheimer's disease, according to an annual report produced by the Alzheimer's Association.
Apr 30, 2025
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Greater share of US losing faith in health guidance, poll says
About 44% of U.S. adults say they expect to lose trust in government health recommendations over the next four years because of federal leadership changes, according to a poll published April 29 by Harvard University and ...
Apr 30, 2025
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App helps asthma patients track symptoms
A smartphone app can help asthma patients better track their symptoms and live healthier, a new study says.
Apr 30, 2025
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Platform technology screens millions of drugs and genes to reveal new therapeutic pathways
Researchers from the University of Adelaide have developed a new technology for drug and functional genomics screenings, which could reshape the way diseases are treated.
Apr 29, 2025
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AI technique can uncover antiviral compounds using limited data
Artificial intelligence algorithms have now been combined with traditional laboratory methods to uncover promising drug leads against human enterovirus 71 (EV71), the pathogen behind most cases of hand, foot and mouth disease.
Apr 29, 2025
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Study lauds Indiana's data-driven approach to population health
A study by Assistant Professor Karmen S. Williams and colleagues highlights Indiana's health data network as a model for the nation.
Apr 29, 2025
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AI-driven analysis of digital pathology images may improve pediatric sarcoma subtyping
An artificial intelligence (AI)-based model accurately classified pediatric sarcomas using digital pathology images alone, according to results presented at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting, ...
Apr 29, 2025
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Bridging the AI gap in medicine: New framework targets family doctor education
A team of Canadian researchers has developed a curriculum framework to help train future family physicians in the use of artificial intelligence (AI), addressing a critical gap in medical training as digital tools become ...
Apr 29, 2025
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AI-ECG aids early heart issue detection in women
Every year, some mothers die after giving birth due to heart problems, and many of these deaths could be prevented. The ability to screen for heart weakness before pregnancy could play a crucial role in identifying women ...
Apr 29, 2025
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Trouble hearing in noisy places and crowded spaces? A new algorithm could help hearing aid users
When a group of friends gets together at a bar or gathers for an intimate dinner, conversations can quickly multiply and mix, with different groups and pairings chatting over and across one another.
Apr 28, 2025
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Making AI speak the doctor's language: AI tool interprets ECG images with pixel-level precision
The electrocardiogram (ECG) is one of the most essential tools in modern medicine, used to detect heart problems ranging from arrhythmias to structural abnormalities. In the U.S. alone, millions of ECGs are performed each ...
Apr 28, 2025
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AI analyzes patient data to detect multiple sclerosis progression, improving early treatment decisions
To provide the right treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS), it is important to know when the disease changes from relapsing-remitting to secondary progressive, a transition that is currently recognized on average three years ...
Apr 28, 2025
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