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Humanoid robots controlled by surgeons did world-first operation on live pigs
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More than a month into DR Congo Ebola outbreak, doctors warn 'this epidemic will last'
While France confirmed its first case of Ebola, reports of people successfully treated for the condition are also emerging from Mongbwalu, the epicentre of the epidemic in the eastern part of the DRC. Although successful treatments are sparking hope among teams on the ground, hea
Scientists develop 'explainable' AI tools to help doctors diagnose mental illness
New James Cook University research has shown that AI can be used to help doctors differentiate between healthy people and people with schizophrenia, even when patients are stressed. The research was published in the journal Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, led by JCU Ph.
Medicare's AI push snarls patients and doctors in errors and delays
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How high cholesterol dismantles the liver's defenses—and how a new drug could combat it
Cholesterol-related heart disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide, and while doctors have more tools than ever to treat it, many patients still can't achieve safe cholesterol levels or can't tolerate the side effects of available medications.
Simple eye scan in preterm infants may help predict brain development
Very preterm infants face up to a 50% higher risk of developmental challenges affecting movement, learning, language and behavior. Today, many of those challenges are not fully recognized until later in infancy or early childhood. Doctors have lacked reliable tools to identify wh
Most patients want cancer diagnoses from doctors, not portals, survey finds
The widespread use of electronic patient portals to provide quick access to test results presents health care professionals with an important challenge: How should new cancer diagnoses be communicated?
How AI could help doctors monitor children born with common congenital heart defect
Every echocardiogram is a moving story. For a baby born with a complex heart condition, the gray and black images on the ultrasound screen can influence some of the earliest and most important decisions a medical team makes: What exactly is wrong with the heart? How urgent is sur
Light-based imaging offers hope in improving thyroid cancer diagnosis while reducing surge
A new Houston Methodist study highlights a promising noninvasive imaging technique that could help doctors more accurately diagnose papillary thyroid cancer, the most common type of thyroid cancer.
Language models read doctors' notes to reveal why patients discontinue medication
Researchers at the University of Tartu showed that large language models can identify with high accuracy why patients stop using antidiabetic medications or statins based on doctors' electronic clinical notes. The study opens new possibilities for using clinical information that