Health informatics
AI chatbots miss most open-ended medical diagnoses in simulated study
You may want to think twice about using powerful artificial intelligence (AI) programs such as ChatGPT to self-diagnose health problems.
May 22, 2025
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
A machine learning tool can help with diagnosing, monitoring colorectal cancer
Scientists aiming to advance cancer diagnostics have developed a machine learning tool that is able to identify metabolism-related molecular profile differences between patients with colorectal cancer and healthy people.
May 22, 2025
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Pandemic predictions that promised certainty—and delivered confusion: What we must learn
In the early months of 2020, a curious thing happened. Around the globe, a new kind of number began appearing in government briefings and newspaper headlines. These weren't just case counts or hospital admissions. They were ...
Oncology & Cancer
'Fast-fail' AI blood test could steer patients with pancreatic cancer away from ineffective therapies
An artificial intelligence technique for detecting DNA fragments shed by tumors and circulating in a patient's blood, developed by Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center investigators, could help clinicians more quickly identify ...
May 21, 2025
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Ophthalmology
Better cataract surgery thanks to AI video analysis
Although manual small incision cataract surgery (SICS) is widely practiced in countries of the global South, there is no publicly available surgical video dataset for this operation, leaving a critical gap in cataract surgery ...
May 21, 2025
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AI-powered framework can predict the evolutionary fitness of SARS-CoV-2 variants
Viral infectious diseases pose significant challenges due to the rapid evolution of viruses through mutations. This was particularly evident during the COVID-19 pandemic, when emerging variants of SARS-CoV-2 sparked new waves ...
May 21, 2025
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Chatbots perceived as more judgmental than human mental health provider counterparts, study suggests
Recognizing that some people facing mental health issues are not turning to traditional providers for assistance, a Temple University associate professor has examined how artificial intelligence could be leveraged to help ...
May 23, 2025
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Health informatics
Smart sanitary pads use rapid test strips and AI app to reveal key health biomarkers
Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed the first technology that is able to recognize biomarkers in menstrual blood—directly in sanitary towels. MenstruAI promises a simple, non-invasive method for recording health data ...
May 27, 2025
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feedback loops between disease and human behavior can produce epidemic waves
Epidemics of infectious disease often come in waves, but the causes of these waves aren't clear, frustrating efforts to predict or mitigate them. Are waves of infection caused by transmission seasonality, viral mutations, ...
May 27, 2025
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Mental health and substance misuse treatment is increasingly a video chat or phone call away
More Californians are talking to their therapists through a video screen or by phone than in person, marking a profound shift in how mental health care is delivered as record-setting numbers seek help.
May 21, 2025
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