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ChatGPT Diagnoses Patients ‘Like a Human Doctor,’ Study Finds
A new study suggests ChatGPT performs as well as doctors in diagnosing emergency department patients and may shorten hospital wait times.
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AI Might Boost Detection of A-Fib
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
- May 7, 2024
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An artificial intelligence (AI) program trained to analyze cardiac ultrasounds can detect abnormal heart rhythms that a doctor is apt to overlook, a new study reports.
"Atrial fibrillation can come and go, ...
Small Pump May Let Kids Stay Home As They Await New Heart
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- May 7, 2024
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A small, implantable heart pump could help children await heart transplants at home rather than languishing in a hospital, according to a new study.
The pump is surgically attached to augment the heart’s blood-pumping action, giving more time to find a donor heart, res...
AI Might Spot Rare Diseases in Patients Years Earlier
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- May 3, 2024
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Artificial intelligence might be able to identify patients who have rare diseases years earlier than they would typically be diagnosed, a new study says.
A newly developed AI program was able to successfully identify people at risk of developing a rare immune disorder, r...
AI Won't Replace ER Doctors Anytime Soon: Study
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- May 2, 2024
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Artificial intelligence might be able to help doctors by filling out rote paperwork, but it’s not going to be useful in the ER anytime soon, a new study shows.
OpenAI’s ChatGPT program provided inconsistent conclusions when presented with simulated cases of patients ...
More Medical Lab Tests Will Soon Face Federal Scrutiny, FDA Says
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- April 29, 2024
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Laboratory tests used by millions of Americans are soon to be classified as medical devices, and as such be regulated by U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the agency announced Monday.
The new rule does not apply to tests and kits made by big medical device manufacturers...
Many Seniors Are Overmedicated, But ChatGPT Might Prevent That
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- April 18, 2024
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AI could help doctors cut back on the bewildering variety of medications that seniors frequently are prescribed, a new study suggests.
More than 40% of seniors are prescribed five or more meds, and this increases a person’s risk of adverse
AI Matches Experts in Spotting Radiology Errors
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- April 16, 2024
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Artificial intelligence can serve as a helpful backup editor to radiologists, making sure their reports are accurate and reliable, a new study says.
The OpenAI program GPT-4 performed about as well as a group of radiologists in detecting errors that had been placed into ...
Brain's Cerebellum Could Help Direct Prosthetic Limbs
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- April 16, 2024
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Tapping the power of the small brain region called the cerebellum could improve patients’ ability to move cutting-edge robotic limbs, a new study suggests.
The cerebellum is an ancient structure located under the brain, just above where the spinal cord connects to the ...
Have Only Well-Off Americans Gained From Recent Strides Against Heart Disease?
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- April 5, 2024
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America is making headway against heart disease, with heart-related deaths declining over the past three decades.
But it appears that only...
Abiomed Heart Pumps Linked to 49 Deaths
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- April 1, 2024
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A new warning is being issued over a heart pump whose use could perforate the heart.
The device has already been linked to over 100 injuries and 49 deaths.
These left-sided Impella heart pumps are made by Abiomed, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson MedTech. Abi...
Urinary Implant Helps Alert When Patients 'Gotta Go'
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- March 26, 2024
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It's hard for some folks who suffer illness-related urinary incontinence to judge whether they'll be able to hold it until they get home, or if they should rush to a bathroom now.
<...AI Can Help or Hinder a Radiologist's Accuracy, Study Finds
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- March 19, 2024
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Artificial intelligence tools don't always help radiologists better review a patient's X-rays or CT scans, a new study claims.
AI has been touted as a potential means of im...
Science Has Created a Cow That Produces Insulin in Its Milk
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
- March 18, 2024
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There may be an unexpected fix for ongoing shortages of insulin: A brown bovine in Brazil recently made history as the first transgenic cow able to produce human insulin in her milk.
"Mother Nature designed the mammary gland as a factory to make protein really, really ef...
Robotic Hip 'Exoskeleton' Helps With Stroke Rehab
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- March 5, 2024
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A new robotic hip exoskeleton could help stroke patients improve their walking stride, a new study shows.
More than 80% of stroke survivors develop problems walking, often because their step is shorter on one side than the other, researchers explained in background notes...
New AI Tool Could Diagnose Ear Infections
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- March 5, 2024
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A new smartphone app can help doctors more accurately diagnose ear infections in babies and small children, potentially reducing unnecessary antibiotic use in kids, researchers report.
Ear infections -- known by doctors as acute otitis media (AOM) -- can be difficult to ...
Healthy Fashion: Earrings That Track Your Wellness
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- February 12, 2024
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A new pair of earrings have joined the plethora of wearable technology that can help track wellness, researchers report.
The Thermal Earring continuously monitors a user's earlobe temperature, according to the University of Washington (UW) researchers who developed it.
FDA Panel Tackles Faulty Pulse Oximeter Readings That Come With Darker Skin
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- February 5, 2024
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A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Friday addressed a continuing issue with pulse oximeters -- that they give less accurate readings for folks with darker skin.
The devices are designed to measure oxygen levels in the blood, so correct readings are cri...
Americans Have Mixed Feelings on Tech, AI in Health Care: Poll
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- February 2, 2024
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Americans are cautiously optimistic that AI will be able to improve the health care they receive, a new Cleveland Clinic survey finds.
About three out of five Americans believe that AI will lead to better heart care, and 65% say they would be comfortable receiving h...
A Vibrating Capsule You Swallow Might Keep Weight Gain at Bay
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- December 22, 2023
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Can't afford Ozempic?
You might soon have another weight-loss option, in the form of an ingestible vibrating capsule that tricks the body into thinking the stomach is full.
Animals given the multivitamin-sized pill 20 minutes before eating ate about 40% less than u...
AI May Predict Survival After Heart Surgery
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- December 18, 2023
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A technology from the 19th century meets one from the 21st to better help doctors predict who'll survive a heart surgery.
Cardiologists from three major U.S. hospitals gathered data from the electrocardiograms (ECGs, invented in 1895) of almost 46,000 patients. They then...
Doctors Are Excited, Concerned About AI's Role in Medicine: Poll
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- December 15, 2023
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American physicians have mixed feelings on the advent of artificial intelligence (AI) into mainstream medical practice, a new survey shows.
The survey of nearly 1,100 doctors, conducted...
ChatGPT Performs Well as 'Partner' in Diagnosing Patients
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- December 12, 2023
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Doctor's brains are great decision-makers, but even the smartest physicians might be well-served with a little diagnostic help from ChatGPT, a new study suggests.
The main benefit comes from a thinking process known as "probabilistic reasoning" -- knowing the odds that s...
Latest AI Has 100% Success Rate in Spotting Melanomas
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- October 13, 2023
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The ability to detect skin cancer using artificial intelligence (AI) software has rapidly improved.
New research presented Wednesday at a medical conference in Berlin shows that this AI technology now has a 100% detection rate for melanoma, the most serious form of skin ...
'Liquid Biopsy' Could Help Guide Lung Cancer Treatment
- Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter
- October 9, 2023
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For a subset of patients with advanced lung cancer, radiation therapy can sometimes substantially extend their lives.
Now a new study hints that a blood test could...
Scientists Produce 'Bioprinted' Human Skin for Wound Healing
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- October 5, 2023
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People recovering from wounds or severe burns might one day be treated with fully functional “bioprinted” skin created in a lab, a new study suggests.
Researchers say they “printed” skin samples containing all six major human cell types found in skin.
The r...
AI Gets High Marks From Doctors in Answering Medical Questions
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- October 3, 2023
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The ChatGPT artificial intelligence (AI) program could grow into a source of accurate and comprehensive medical information, but it's not quite ready for prime time yet, a new study reports.
ChatGPT's responses to more than 280 medical questions across diverse specialtie...
Humans Outperform AI in Interpreting Chest X-Rays
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- September 26, 2023
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AI tools may help boost radiologists' confidence in their diagnoses, but they can't be relied on to identify common lung diseases on chest X-rays, a new study says.
Researchers pitted 72 radiologists against four commercially AI tools in an analysis of more than 2,0...
Future of 'Artificial Wombs' for Human Preemies to Be Weighed by FDA Advisors
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- September 19, 2023
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Advisors to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will weigh the possibilities and parameters of experiments with artificial wombs for premature human babies.
Scientists have already had some success with the concept in animals.
ChatGPT Equals Doctors in Diagnosing Emergency Department Patients
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- September 18, 2023
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Emergency medicine doctors someday might rely on consultation from artificial intelligence (AI) programs like ChatGPT to help them quickly and accurately diagnose patients' ailments.
A new study found that ChatGPT performed about as well as human doctors in diagnosing pa...
Kim Kardashian Just Got a Whole-Body MRI Scan. Should You?
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- September 18, 2023
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Whole-body MRI scans are the latest health fad to be promoted by celebrities, with Kim Kardashian taking to Instagram last month to tout the practice.
But doctors are warning that such whole-body scans, while tempting, are pricey and not all that accurate.
In fact,...
Implant Can Warn Weeks Early That Transplanted Organ Will Be Rejected
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- September 8, 2023
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Receiving an organ transplant can be a nerve-wracking, if lifesaving, affair, said Dr. Joaquin Brieva, a kidney transplant recipient.
...
In a First, Scientists Grow Human Kidneys Inside Pigs
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- September 7, 2023
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For the first time ever, a solid humanized organ has been grown from scratch in an animal — a first step in a process that could potentially solve organ shortages and save countless lives.
Chinese researchers grew partially human early-stage kidneys inside embryonic pi...
AI Equals Human Radiologists at Interpreting Breast Cancer Scans
- Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter
- September 5, 2023
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Another study is showing that artificial intelligence (AI) is as good as a specialist doctor in spotting breast cancer on a mammogram. But don't expect computers to take over the job from humans, experts say.
In a study that compared the mammography-reading skills of an ...
Can You Rely on AI to Answer Questions About Cancer?
- Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter
- August 24, 2023
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AI might not always be your most accurate source of health information, especially when it comes to cancer care, new research finds.
Two new studies assessed the quality of responses offered by AI chatbots to a variety of questions about cancer care.
One, published...
ALS Robbed Her of Speech, But Technology Is Changing That
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- August 23, 2023
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Many people with Lou Gehrig's disease, also called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), first start to lose the ability to move their arms and legs.
That's not Pat Bennett. She can move just fine. She can still dress herself, and she can even use her fingers to type.
...Using Only 'Brain Recordings' From Patients, Scientists Reconstruct a Pink Floyd Song
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- August 15, 2023
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The famous Pink Floyd lyrics emerge from sound that is muddy, yet musical:
“All in all, it was just a brick in the wall.”
But this particular recording didn't come from the 1979 album "The Wall," or from a Pink Floyd concert.
Instead, researchers cre...
TENS Device Could Ease Sleep Apnea, Freeing Patients From CPAP
- Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter
- August 10, 2023
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A small battery-operated device long used as a treatment for pain may also help patients with sleep apnea, a British study suggests.
Sleep apnea is a condition that impedes breathing during sleep, reduces oxygen intake and undermines sleep itself.
The remedy: zappi...
'Brain Zap' Therapy Shows Promise in Quieting Childhood ADHD Without Meds
- Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter
- August 7, 2023
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A new brain-zapping technology may help ease the symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children without some of the side effects stimulant medications can cause, a small, preliminary study suggests.
Marked by trouble concentrating, sitting still ...
AI-Assisted Mammograms Could Be a Big Advance: Study
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- August 2, 2023
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Artificial intelligence (AI) programs can safely be used to help radiologists review mammogram images and detect breast cancers, early results from an ongoing clinical trial show.
A single radiologist aided by AI wound up detecting about 20% more breast cancers from mamm...
New Ultrasound Patch Spots Tiny Breast Abnormalities in Early Trial
- Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter
- July 28, 2023
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Scientists have developed a wearable ultrasound patch that might eventually allow women to monitor themselves for early signs of breast cancer in the comfort of their home.
The achievement, reported July 28 in the journal Science Advances, is the latest in a br...
Step Counts Aren't Just for the Healthy: They Also Help Heart Failure Patients
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- July 26, 2023
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Wearable devices like smartwatches continually track physical activity, urging folks to take more daily steps for their health.
Now, a new study suggests this gentle technological nagging could be of great benefit to people whose hearts are giving out.
Heart failur...
Imaging Technology May Make Radiation Safer for Prostate Cancer Patients
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- July 25, 2023
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A technique that uses imaging technology as a guide can make radiation therapy safer for patients undergoing treatment for prostate cancer, a new research review finds.
The technology enables clinicians to accurately aim the radiation beams at the prostate, while avoidin...
AI Came Close to Residents, Medical Students With Clinical Reasoning in Studies
- Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter
- July 19, 2023
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ChatGPT may have some of the reasoning skills doctors need to diagnose and treat health problems, a pair of studies suggests — though no one is predicting that chatbots will replace humans in lab coats.
B 7/12 -- New Bionic Hand Implant Allows Control of All Fingers
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- July 12, 2023
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A multinational team of engineers and surgeons has developed a bionic hand with a high level of function in every finger -- a significant advance for amputees.
The team, from the United States, Sweden, Australia and Italy, developed a way to reconfigure what remains of ...
AI Tool 'Reads' Brain Tumors During Surgery to Help Guide Decisions
- Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter
- July 11, 2023
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Scientists have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool capable of deciphering a brain tumor's genetic code in real time, during surgery — an advance they say could speed diagnosis and personalize patients' treatment.
The researchers trained the AI tool to recog...
New Heart Implant Monitors, Treats -- and Then Dissolves Away
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- July 7, 2023
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An experimental implant now under development could serve as a temporary monitor and pacemaker for ailing heart patients -- then dissolve away when it's no longer needed.
The soft, lightweight and transparent implant is about the size of a postage stamp, and is made of p...
Someday, Your Shopping Cart Might Gauge Your Heart Health
- Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter
- June 28, 2023
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Could a grocery cart save lives by preventing possible strokes? It just might.
The notion stems from a new British study in which grocery cart handles were embedded with electrocardiogram (EKG) sensors.
The goal: to screen shoppers for undiagnosed cases of atrial ...
Using Your Smartphone to Take Your Temperature? There's Now an App for That
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- June 26, 2023
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Smartphones are already handy devices, but researchers have now developed an additional use for them -- to check for a fever.
An app called FeverPhone is the first ever to transform a smartphone into a personal thermometer without adding new hardware to the device, accor...
New High-Tech CT Might Expand Heart Imaging
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- June 20, 2023
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The benefits of noninvasive imaging may soon be available to patients at high risk of coronary artery disease, according to researchers studying a newer technology.
That technology is called ultra-high-resolution coronary CT angiography.
Currently, patients have co...
An 'AI' Doctor Is Helping Hospitals Predict Readmissions
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- June 7, 2023
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New York University doctors and hospital executives are using an artificial intelligence (AI) computer program to predict whether a newly discharged patient will soon fall sick enough to be readmitted.
The AI program “NYUTron” reads physicians' notes to estimate a pa...