by Bruce Brown | July 28, 2020 | Medical
Sepsis is a killer; the CDC reports that each year at least 1.7 million adults in the U.S. develop sepsis, and one in three patients who die in a hospital have sepsis. Assigning the cause of death to sepsis is tricky because it’s not a disease nor an infectious...
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by Bruce Brown | March 18, 2020 | Enabling Tech
Brain-computer interfaces figure in much of the research and development in new prosthetics technology. We’ve written about work mind-controlled prosthetics often, including the BrainGate consortium’s work with a mind-controlled mouse for people with...
by Bruce Brown | March 2, 2020 | Medical
Patients who have an initial psychotic episode generally have good response rates to antipsychotic injection treatments, according to a 2015 study. Treatment success odds correlate with the time lapse between the onset of psychotic symptoms and treatment. The less...
by Bruce Brown | January 15, 2020 | Medical
Studies continue to pile up that show artificial intelligence can wield diagnostic prowess along with potential use in treatment planning and patient compliance monitoring. So far, however, AI’s net benefits for patients, clinicians, and health care institutions...
by Bruce Brown | January 13, 2020 | Medical
Evidence continues to pile up supporting the promise of artificial intelligence in diagnosing medical issues. We’ve written about numerous studies in which machine learning proved equal to or better than physicians diagnosticians. Researchers at Heidelberg...
