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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AI-based tool maps fertility, hormones

OOVA, a Mount Sinai Health System spinout and diagnostic device company, is piloting an AI-based fertility tool that measures and monitors the concentrations of luteinizing hormone and progesterone—two key fertility hormones. The program is being piloted in collaboration with Thorne Research.

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AI app Google Translate helps bridge the language gap

Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco found Google Translate, Google’s AI-based app, can help non-English speaking patients and their providers. However, it's not perfect, according to research published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

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AI screens for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder with 85% accuracy

A new machine learning-based system, detailed in the journal Frontiers in Neurology, screens children for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) in a quick and more cost-efficient way. The system was developed by researchers at the University of Southern California, Queen’s University in Ontario and Duke University, and will be accessible to children in more remote areas of the globe. 

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Machine learning model designed to measure sepsis risk

An AI-based sepsis screening tool could better help physicians find patients most at risk of developing the illness after it outperformed other traditional screening methods, according to a study published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.

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Sepsis mortality likely unpreventable with better hospital care

Sepsis is a leading cause of mortality in U.S. hospitals. However, most of these deaths are unlikely to be prevented with better care in hospitals, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open. 

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Shanghai Cancer Center, Tencent to streamline cancer treatment with AI

Multinational investment holding conglomerate Tencent is working with the Shanghai Cancer Center to establish an AI-based, big data laboratory to streamline the cancer treatment process, according to a report by Shine, a digital news organization under Shanghai Daily.

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Machine learning predicts arthritis severity in children

Researchers have developed a machine learning system that predicts the severity of arthritis in a pediatric population, allowing for treatment to be personalized. Findings of their research were published in PLOS Medicine.

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Google, Verily’s diabetes machine learning algorithm gets clinical testing

As the number of diabetes cases continues to rise in India, Google and Verily, the life sciences research organization under Alphabet, have a solution to better screen for the disease and associated eye diseases.

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Cardiologist compensation still rising, especially in invasive and interventional cardiology

Updated compensation data includes good news for multiple subspecialties. The new report also examines private equity's impact on employment models and how much male cardiologists earn compared to females.

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FDA’s tirzepatide decision creates uncertainty for patients—and leads to a lawsuit

When drugs are on the FDA’s shortage list, outsourcing facilities can produce their own compounded versions. When the FDA removed tirzepatide from that list with no warning, it created a considerable amount of chaos both behind the scenes and in pharmacies all over the country. 

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Cardiology groups cheer new bill that would improve access to Medicare claims data

If passed, this bill would help clinician-led clinical registries explore Medicare data for research purposes. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons and American College of Cardiology both shared public support for the bipartisan legislation. 

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