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Healthcare’s Shadow AI Problem Just Got Worse
Hospitals are letting autonomous AI make decisions before IT departments even know the software...
Early identification of rare disease using deep phenotyping of electronic health records
An algorithm scanning millions of medical records proved that rare genetic conditions leave clear...
Genetic ancestry data exposes medical research gaps
Self-reported ethnicity has long been a blunt instrument in clinical research, masking the precise...
Should healthy toddlers wear continuous glucose monitors?
Putting continuous glucose monitors on toddlers without diabetes risks turning normal childhood eating into...
Machine learning finds hidden aggressive prostate cancers
Standard clinical guidelines are letting aggressive prostate cancers slip through the cracks, but a...
Novo Nordisk bets big on Anthropic AI
Big Pharma is no longer just buying software; it is panic-buying entire tech ecosystems...
AI synthetic data research fails to reach clinics
A massive surge in medical AI synthetic data research has produced thousands of academic...
Google DeepMind Loses Its Day-to-Day Captains
Alphabet's sudden leadership shakeup reveals a deeper tension between immediate commercial pressure and the...
AI Scribe Error Rates Miss Clinical Safety Risks
A popular metric used to grade medical AI scribes fails to flag the rare...
New map proves hearing types do not exist
A massive new analysis of four million audiograms blows up a century of clinical...
Oracle Targets Nursing Burnout With Voice AI
Silicon Valley has spent years building AI tools for doctors, but the real administrative...
Glaucoma screening works offline on standard smartphones
A new offline AI diagnostic tool achieves perfect sensitivity in cross-site testing, proving that...