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AI-aided kidney care rolls into the Salt Lake State

Intermountain Healthcare has opened an AI-powered service line for patients with chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease.

Survey: Consumers aren’t fond of the pharma industry

The reputation of the pharmaceutical industry is tanking among U.S. consumers, the latest Gallup poll reveals.

Evidence mounts for deep learning’s potential to help fight Alzheimer’s

There’s still a long way to go with both research into Alzheimer’s disease and AI tools to help detect it, but deep-learning approaches continue to show promise for classifying the condition on images of the brain.

How insurers are grappling with million-dollar therapies

New gene therapies are carrying price tags in the millions, leaving insurers scrambling to figure out how to cover them and offer the treatments to enrollees, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Second death linked to vaping reported in Oregon

A second death, this time in Oregon, has been linked e-cigarette use after a patient was diagnosed with a severe respiratory illness.

Deep neural network detects sleep apnea in sound data

Sleep apnea can be diagnosed with good accuracy by AI analysis of spectrograms—sounds rendered as images—after recording patients’ breathing patterns as they sleep. And the finding may lead to improvements in at-home apnea test devices.

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Dermal filler recently approved by FDA could skew breast imaging results, experts warn

The filler contains hydroxylapatite microspheres, which may be visible on medical imaging.