[ad_1] The algorithm was introduced in a study published in Nature Medicine in January 2019. It was trained on 44,959 patients and tested on 52,870 patients. In those initial tests, it showed 87.5 percent accuracy. The algorithm is designed to work with Eko’s DUO digital stethoscope. The handheld device can be placed on the left […]
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Ads on Facebook are spreading misinformation about anti-HIV drugs
[ad_1] GLAAD said it contacted Facebook’s public policy team and reached out to five fact-checking agencies, but the social network answered by pointing to a public ad policy page explaining why ads can be removed. In response, GLAAD posted an open letter asking Facebook to remove the ads, with support coming from 50 organizations, New […]
FDA clears an interoperable, automated insulin pump
[ad_1] The software needed to make this work will be ready in January 2020, although you can’t expect to walk into a store and buy this. US law will still require that you buy the pump from (or on the order of) a physician. This isn’t the first time the FDA has cleared multiple devices […]
Study suggests vapers are 1.3 times more likely to develop lung disease
[ad_1] “What we found is that for e-cigarette users, the odds of developing lung disease increased by about a third, even after controlling for their tobacco use and their clinical and demographic information,” senior author Stanton Glantz said in a statement. “We concluded that e-cigarettes are harmful on their own, and the effects are independent […]
The best DNA testing kit
[ad_1] Why you should trust us I’ve written for Wirecutter since 2013 and have reported stories for The New York Times (now the parent company of Wirecutter), the PBS NewsHour, Politico, and The Atlantic. In researching this guide I spoke with experts in the fields of genetics, anthropology, and medical ethics from the National Institutes […]
Amazon and the NFL team up to create a ‘Digital Athlete’ simulation
[ad_1] The platform will combine Amazon’s AI, machine learning and computer vision technologies with NFL’s data sets, which include info on player position, play type, equipment used, playing surface, player injury info and more. In the near-term, they hope to better treat and rehabilitate injuries, but in the future, they’ll use the Digital Athlete platform […]
Fake news can help you kill the world in ‘Plague Inc.’
[ad_1] The new fake news scenario challenges players to get their own made up story into the minds of the general population using modern technology and psychological tricks — all before fact checking organizations have the opportunity to debunk it. The best part? Developer Ndemic Creations have actually partnered with a legit fact checking group, […]
Researchers create lung ‘blueprint’ that could aid organ regeneration
[ad_1] Using sophisticated screening processes, the team has created a cellular blueprint of the human lung, making it easier to understand the design of lung function and respiratory diseases. The technology offers an ultrahigh resolution of millions of cells at once. Professor Naftali Kaminski of the Yale School of Medicine explained that this has only […]
Ford GoRide Health shifts to autonomy and shuts down in five cities
[ad_1] GoRide Health will no longer be available in Detroit or Toledo, Dayton, Cleveland and Cincinnati, Ohio. That will leave customers searching for new ways to get to appointments, which is not a great look for Ford. The company has not revealed what its Miami-based program will look like, only that the pilot will research […]
Amazon AI generates medical records from patient-doctor conversations
[ad_1] According to Matt Wood, vice president of artificial intelligence at Amazon Web Services, the tool can understand medical language. Additionally, doctors don’t have to worry about calling out commas and periods; the software will take care of that automatically. Wood also claimed that Transcribe Medical is very accurate, though Amazon has yet to publish […]