Ophthalmology
AI beats doctors in accurately assessing eye problems
The clinical knowledge and reasoning skills of GPT-4 are approaching the level of specialist eye doctors, a study led by the University of Cambridge has found.
Apr 17, 2024
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News tagged with general practitioner
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Doctors have more difficulty diagnosing disease when looking at images of darker skin: AI may offer a solution
When diagnosing skin diseases based solely on images of a patient's skin, doctors do not perform as well when the patient has darker skin, according to a new study from MIT researchers.
Feb 5, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New study gives hope to patients with medically unexplained physical symptoms
Medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS) are characterized by persistent bodily symptoms and functional impairment that lack an explanation through known medical condition or pathology.
Oct 17, 2023
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Medical economics
Self-regulation of pharma industry marketing is unsustainable and failing patients, according to new analysis
Health care professionals and organizations need to respond more forcefully to unethical marketing from the pharmaceutical industry by holding offending companies to greater account and by supporting stronger regulation, ...
Sep 19, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Study supports 'catch up' HPV test in older women
For women over the age of 65 who have never had a high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) test, a "catch up" HPV screening intervention may improve cervical cancer prevention by detecting more cervical pre-cancer lesions as ...
Jul 6, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
COVID-19 pandemic traumatized physicians working in hospitals and private practices, says study
The COVID-19 pandemic entailed exceptional circumstances posing major challenges to the majority of people. Here, health care workers were particularly concerned. A relevant question was: Were physicians able to overcome ...
Apr 27, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Study: Pregnant women on ADHD medications shouldn't worry about pediatric neurodevelopmental disorders
Women around the world who have taken medication to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) during their pregnancy can now breathe a sigh of relief. There are no differences in rates of neurodevelopmental disorders ...
Feb 13, 2023
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Health
How many free hot drinks and biscuits are excessive?
When free hot drinks and biscuits are on offer to health care staff, how much is reasonable to take before it's deemed "excessive" consumption, ask researchers in the Christmas issue of The BMJ?
Dec 19, 2022
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Cardiology
Sex differences and AFib: New study flips conventional wisdom
Science has long shown that men are at greater risk for developing atrial fibrillation (AFib) than women; but it has never been fully understood why women would be protected from developing the condition. New research from ...
Aug 31, 2022
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Neuroscience
Hit your head, lose your sense of smell
It's long been known that people who suffer a major concussion can lose their sense of smell temporarily and also develop affective problems, such as anxiety and depression. Now scientists have found that's true even for ...
Jul 24, 2019
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