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AI models identify digital exclusion in older adults
Complex machine learning adds almost no predictive power over simple regression when identifying older...
EU Allocates Millions to Fix Fragmented Health Data
Europe is placing a multi-million euro bet that standardized data sharing can relieve overstretched...
Explainable AI Improves Diagnostic Accuracy in Brain Scans
Ignoring correct AI advice hurts diagnostic accuracy more than trusting wrong recommendations, but adding...
AI Generated Protein Candidates Fail to Create Antivenom
Drafting target-binding molecules in hours does not bypass the physical lab work required to...
AI Pipeline Resolves Conflicting Penile Cancer Guidelines
A new software workflow combines three AI models with human experts to automatically spot...
FDA Clears AI Stethoscope for Primary Care
Primary care clinicians now have an FDA-cleared tool that combines traditional listening with algorithm-driven...
New Checklist Finds Public Imaging Datasets Often Unusable
Public medical imaging datasets frequently lack the basic technical features needed to train artificial...
Teladoc Bets on AI to Reverse Financial Losses
Adding ambient scribing and camera-based vitals to virtual care tools highlights a desperate industry...
AI Finds Heart Dysfunction in Standard Chest X-Rays
A deep learning model can flag silent heart failure on standard chest radiographs, potentially...
AI Risk Scores Refine Skin Biopsy Decisions
Dermatologists may soon rely on machine vision to reduce unnecessary skin biopsies without missing...
FDA-Cleared AI Tool Reduces Invasive Lung Biopsies
An FDA-authorized AI tool for lung disease is directly altering how doctors treat patients...
Microsoft Diagnostic AI Beats Generalists On Hard Cases
Multi-agent orchestration pushes complex diagnostic accuracy higher, but foundational models still do the heavy...