Each day, more companies add generative artificial intelligence assistants to their products and services. This week, some of the biggest names in software announced integrations and implementations they say are safe and transparent uses of AI while a healthcare IT industry research organization published guidance on automation, ethics and trust. IBM introduces Watsonx legal protections To ease customer apprehensions about use of […]

The Mercy health system plans to roll out a series of artificial intelligence-based tools in the coming months, in partnership with Microsoft. Mercy, based in a St. Louis suburb, is the sixth largest Catholic health care provider in the country, operating in four states. Its efforts are still in the early stages, but if they succeed, officials believe the technology […]

Researchers from the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and the Institute of Cancer Research in London conducted a trial in men with prostate cancer to see whether 5 higher doses of radiation therapy could be as effective as 20 or more lower doses. While the 5 doses of radiation therapy exposed the men to higher doses of radiation daily, the […]

In a randomized, sham-controlled study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), researchers investigated the effect of remote ischemic conditioning (RIC) on functional outcomes in patients with acute stroke in a combined prehospital and in-hospital setting. They found that at 90 days, RIC treatment did not significantly improve functional outcomes in patients with acute stroke compared to […]

A study published in the journal Children addresses the risk factors associated with the use of social media among adolescents and its impact on their overall wellbeing. ​​​​​​​Study: Healthy Social Network Use and Well-Being during Adolescence: A Biopsychosocial Approach. ​​​​​​​Image Credit: Rawpixel.com / Shutterstock Background Social media use has become an integral part of daily life particularly among adolescents and young adults. […]

New research suggests close to one in three deaths in inpatient psychiatric care in New South Wales were due to self-harm or potentially avoidable medical conditions. Almost a third of deaths that occur in mental health wards could be potentially avoidable. That’s the finding of new research from UNSW Sydney, which suggests more needs to be done to improve physical […]

Source: Read Full Article

HAMBURG, Germany – Screening for type 2 diabetes in emergency departments could find thousands of undiagnosed cases of glucose intolerance among patients who may not have been picked up otherwise. The researchers, led by Edward Jude, MD, consultant in diabetes and endocrinology at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust in Ashton-under-Lyne, UK, suggest that such screening might offer a […]

There are striking inequalities in the provision of major (aortic) heart valve replacement surgery across England, with women, Black and Asian people, and those living in areas of deprivation much less likely to receive the life-saving procedure, suggests a large data analysis, published in the open access journal Open Heart. Public health initiatives to understand and tackle these inequalities should […]

Immunotherapy can extend the response of some head and neck tumors to treatment, maintaining the anti-tumor effects and preventing them from growing or spreading for longer, a study reports. A new trial shows that among patients whose tumors were sensitive to immunotherapy, the treatment could keep their cancer from growing or spreading for longer and with fewer side effects than […]