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.

AI guides treatment of World Trade Center responders suffering post-traumatic stress

Working with 9/11 responders as retrospective subjects, researchers in mental health and computer science have shown AI language tools can help predict the course of PTSD.

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How Nevada is creating a public healthcare option

Nevada lawmakers have passed a new law that creates a public healthcare option, aiming to reduce costs and incentivize consumers to consider lower priced healthcare plans rather than none at all. 

 

AI helps head off shock in pediatric sepsis patients

Comparing four methods for predicting septic shock in children hospitalized with sepsis, Johns Hopkins researchers have found a newer machine-learning approach superior to an older one as well as to two conventional methods.

Tell me how you really feel: AI analyzes unbound verbal expression to personalize mental healthcare

Psychology researchers have demonstrated a way to finetune diagnoses of major depression and generalized anxiety disorder by analyzing freely elaborated thoughts and feelings using machine learning and natural language processing.

Aided by AI, a tiny device may offer nearly instant testing for COVID, seasonal flu

Researchers have developed a nanopore that uses AI to detect COVID-19 and other viruses in easily obtained saliva specimens.

4 ways machine learning is fixing to finetune clinical nutrition

Clinical nutritionists won’t be left out of the medical AI revolution, as researchers are exploring use cases for augmented diet optimization, food image recognition, risk prediction and diet pattern analysis.

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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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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.

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. 

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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