Health informatics

Despite AI advancements, human oversight remains essential: Study

State-of-the-art artificial intelligence systems known as large language models (LLMs) are poor medical coders, according to researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Their study, published in the April ...

Addiction

Smartphone swabs provide convenient toxicology testing

A simple and convenient method to collect drug use data from the surface of a smartphone has been revealed for the first time in a new study published in Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM). By helping clinicians ...

Overweight & Obesity

Abdominal obesity might predict risk of fecal incontinence

Fecal incontinence (FI), or involuntary loss of bowel control, significantly impacts quality of life and mental health for millions of adults in the U.S. Obesity is thought to affect bowel function, but the relationship between ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Video: Prescribing nature for mental, physical health

Eating right and exercising are important ways to stay mentally and physically healthy. And instead of getting off the couch and hopping on a treadmill, you might want to consider going outdoors and reaping the health benefits ...

Medical research

Research analyzes government intervention and COVID-19 pandemic

While there's a strong determination worldwide to return to a new normal in a post-COVID world, the pandemic is nearly impossible to forget. A large amount of data also provides insight we may not want to move past just yet—how ...

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