Precision Medicine

Also called personalized medicine, this evolving field makes use of an individual’s genes, lifestyle, environment and other factors to identify unique disease risks and guide treatment decision-making.
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31M Americans are covered under Obamacare

A record 31 million are covered under health insurance through the Affordable Care Act, the White House announced in a report. 

 

Explainable AI helps solve tough cardiology cases, suggesting clinical adaptability by other specialties

Sifting the literature for real-world challenges thwarting adoption of clinical AI across medicine, a team of biomedical engineers and computer scientists has identified and fleshed out an exemplary use case.

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FDA approves controversial Alzheimer’s drug

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug that claims to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. The drug is the first approved for Alzheimer’s disease since 2003.

 

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Popular states have some of the worst healthcare

Deficiencies in healthcare systems are emerging in states with some of the fastest growing populations.

Opinion: Want less bias in medical AI? Let patients help train models

Healthcare AI has potential not only for neutralizing its inherent algorithmic bias but also for personalizing its outputs to help humans address health inequities.

Mute AI not to be trusted to help make imaging-based diagnoses; explainable AI, fire away

Black-box AI should be barred from reading medical images in clinical settings because machine learning, like human thinking, tends to take diagnostic shortcuts. 

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AI impressive as a second set of eyes in colonoscopy

When the network interpreted complete videos from 42 consecutive patients, it boosted detection rates by as much as 50% over physician-alone reads.

Dermatologists wary about AI, more sanguine on AuI

Upon examining a skin lesion they suspected of being malignant, few dermatologists—only 8%—would hold back from performing a biopsy if an AI tool disagreed, classifying it as benign.