Telehealth is as Safe as a Visit to the Clinic for Abortion Pills

Large national study finds that video visits, texting and mailing pills are all effective, as the U.S. Supreme Court considers limiting access to telemedicine abortion.

Medication abortion can be delivered safely and effectively through telemedicine, according to new research from UC San Francisco that comes as the U.S. Supreme Court is about to hear a case that could severely restrict access to one of the two pills that are used to induce abortions.

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Both Virtual and in-Person Nutrition Visits Help to Lower Cholesterol

Despite an end to the national public health emergency in May 2023, the use of telehealth remains high, with over 20% of American adults taking appointments online.

These visits include video calls with registered dietitian nutritionists, who have a critical role in helping patients take on lifestyle changes through medical nutrition therapy.

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Machine Learning Promises to Accelerate Metabolism Research

A new study shows that it is possible to use machine learning and statistics to address a problem that has long hindered the field of metabolomics: large variations in the data collected at different sites.

"We don't always know the source of the variation," said Daniel Raftery, professor of anesthesiology and pain medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle.

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Philips Introduces AI-Enabled Diagnostic Imaging and Treatment Innovations to Help Improve Patient Care at #ECR2024

Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, announced it will introduce its latest differentiating, AI-enabled innovations to improve patient care at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) annual meeting in Vienna. By leveraging AI, these new technologies can help healthcare professionals make more accurate diagnoses, streamline workflows, and ultimately improve patient outcomes.

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New Digital Therapy Reduces Anxiety and Depression in People Living with Long-Term Physical Health Conditions

A therapist-guided digital cognitive behavioural therapy reduced distress in 89 per cent of participants living with long-term physical health conditions, a new King's College London study finds.

Researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London found that people living with long-term conditions who received the therapist-guided digital programme called COMPASS showed a significant reduction in psychological distress (a combined score of anxiety and depression) 12-weeks after starting the study.

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Making AI a Partner in Neuroscientific Discovery

The past year has seen major advances in Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT. The ability of these models to interpret and produce human text sources (and other sequence data) has implications for people in many areas of human activity. A new perspective paper in the journal Neuron argues that like many professionals, neuroscientists can either benefit from partnering with these powerful tools or risk being left behind.

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Evaluating the Performance of AI-Based Large Language Models in Radiation Oncology

A new study evaluates an artificial intelligence (AI)-based algorithm for autocontouring prior to radiotherapy in head and neck cancer. Manual contouring to pinpoint the area of treatment requires significant time, and an AI algorithm to enable autocontouring has been introduced. The study is published in the peer-reviewed journal AI in Precision Oncology.

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Could ChatGPT Help or Hurt Scientific Research Articles?

Since its introduction to the public in November 2022, ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence system, has substantially grown in use, creating written stories, graphics, art and more with just a short prompt from the user. But when it comes to scientific, peer-reviewed research, could the tool be useful?

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Chapman Scientists Code ChatGPT to Design New Medicine

Generative artificial intelligence platforms, from ChatGPT to Midjourney, grabbed headlines in 2023. But GenAI can do more than create collaged images and help write emails - it can also design new drugs to treat disease.

Today, scientists use advanced technology to design new synthetic drug compounds with the right properties and characteristics, also known as "de novo drug design." However, current methods can be labor-, time-, and cost-intensive.

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Europe's Digital Health Industry Meets at DMEA in Berlin

9 - 11 April 2024, Berlin, Germany.
In just over two months, from 9 to 11 April 2024, DMEA, Europe's leading event for digitalisation of healthcare, will gather digital health experts at the Berlin Exhibition Grounds. Around 700 exhibitors and 300 speakers from Germany and abroad will present their solutions and products for the future of digital healthcare.

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