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What AI could do for mental healthcare

BY Jeff Rowe | October 27, 2021

While AI-powered solutions have the potential to revolutionize the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness, providers need to understand the technology better so that the promise can be harnessed without unintended consequences.

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AI algorithm enhances ability to diagnose heart failure

BY Jeff Rowe | October 21, 2021

Among other things, analysis suggested that the algorithm may be effective at detecting heart weakness in all patients, regardless of race and gender.

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How AI could help mental health providers with the growing demand for care

BY Jeff Rowe | October 19, 2021

Spending in the U.S. on behavioral health treatment and services reached $225 billion in 2019, a 52% increase since 2009. 

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Experts turn up volume on calls for AI in hearing care

BY Jeff Rowe | October 19, 2021

The WHO projects that by 2050, nearly 2.5 billion people will experience some degree of hearing loss, with 700 million requiring rehabilitation.

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Researchers use AI to expedite infant genomic analysis

BY Jeff Rowe | October 18, 2021

With the rise of AI, researchers noted, a new class of genome interpretation methods are being developed with the promise of removing the interpretation bottleneck for rare genetic disease diagnosis.

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Researchers turn to AI for help predicting COVID severity in children

BY Jeff Rowe | October 13, 2021

While children infected with COVID-19 have tended to have milder symptoms, researchers note some have developed severe complications such as respiratory failure or heart inflammation.

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How the FDA could root out hidden bias in new AI

BY Jeff Rowe | October 12, 2021

AI can facilitate faster diagnoses, predict the likelihood of a particular patient outcome and help conduct research on new treatments, says one stakeholder, but the risks, including hidden biases, are real.

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AI seeks “genes of importance” to enhance disease prognosis

BY Jeff Rowe | September 29, 2021

New algorithm that uses “evolutionary principles” to identify genes enabling plants to grow more with less fertilizer also has myriad medical applications.

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ML helps researchers decipher immune system for cancer patients

BY Jeff Rowe | September 28, 2021

Among other outcomes, the new algorithm predicted which patients had better responses to specific therapies and had better overall survival rates.