AI can evaluate your heart health easily: Study – ET HealthWorld

AI can evaluate your heart health easily: Study – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: Artificial intelligence is better than humans at assessing heart ultrasounds, the main test of overall cardiac health, the most rigorous trial yet conducted on the subject was found on Wednesday. While previous research has illustrated the potential power of AI models for reading medical scans, the authors of the new US study said … Read more

Google announces tool that can easily decipher your doctor’s bad handwriting – ET HealthWorld

Google announces tool that can easily decipher your doctor’s bad handwriting – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: It’s an evergreen joke that nobody can read a doctor’s handwriting, not even the doctor! Well, health professionals do write prescriptions in a rushed manner as they work long hours, attending several patients in a day.And then it becomes quite difficult to understand or even identify the medicines mentioned in the prescription and … Read more

A decade from today – will Health records be maintained and available as easily as social media? – ET HealthWorld

a decade from today will health records be maintained and available as easily as social media

By Anurag Khosla India is proving itself as a major player in the digital economy. By any number of metrics, from internet connections, smartphone users to app downloads, both the volume and the growth of India’s digital economy now exceed those of most other developing countries. But what does this increased connectivity and digital revolution … Read more

Covid: Double vaccinated can easily spread virus at home

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Prof Ajit Lalvani, of Imperial College London, UK, who co-led the study, said: “The ongoing transmission we are seeing between vaccinated people makes it essential for unvaccinated people to get vaccinated to protect themselves from acquiring infection and severe Covid-19, especially as more people will be spending time inside in close proximity during the winter … Read more

Was FDA Lax in Approving Opioids Too Easily?

Was FDA Lax in Approving Opioids Too Easily?

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Sept. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) — For at least two decades, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been approving new formulations of prescription opioids without requiring drug manufacturers to gather important information on safety and effectiveness, a new study claims. The FDA approved dozens of these highly addictive … Read more