At the intersection of medicine and technology, an Artificial Intelligence tool to assist doctors 

At the intersection of medicine and technology, an Artificial Intelligence tool to assist doctors 

Dr. Prathap C. Reddy says CIE helps physicians in a diagnosis by analysing the symptoms and presenting them with a set of options they could consider.  | Photo Credit: R. Ravindran In the era of ChatGPT and at a time when the conjunction between technology and medicine is alive and bristling with innovation, it is … Read more

Patna: Artificial intelligence a boon for medical field, says experts – ET HealthWorld

Patna: Artificial intelligence a boon for medical field, says experts – ET HealthWorld

Patna : The three-day workshop on ‘Artificial intelligence for healthcare technology and management’, organised by IIT-Patna under its continuing education programme concluded here on Sunday with a call to serve humanity with the application of advanced technology in the healthcare system. Highlighting the ever-increasing importance of artificial intelligence in day-to-day life, IIT-Patna director T N … Read more

Blood-Sucking Leeches: Quack Medicine or Medical Miracle?

Blood-Sucking Leeches: Quack Medicine or Medical Miracle?

Pity the poor leech. For more than a century, it has been a poster child for the once-decrepit state of medicine. Nothing illustrates the relative backwardness of pre-20th century health care than the image of a hapless patient covered in bloodsuckers, or the cringe-inducing curios that draw spectators to medical museums, like the vaginal speculums … Read more

Metaverse Medicine and the Doctor, Patient Avatars Ahead

Metaverse Medicine and the Doctor, Patient Avatars Ahead

Aug. 12, 2022 — In what some are calling the next iteration of the internet, the metaverse is an unfamiliar digital world where you could be an avatar navigating computer-generated places and interacting with others in real time. In this space, the constraints of our physical, bricks and mortar world and travel habits fade. And … Read more

Medicine, AI, and Bias: Will Bad Data Undermine Good Tech?

Medicine, AI, and Bias: Will Bad Data Undermine Good Tech?

May 18, 2022 – Imagine walking into the Library of Congress, with its millions of books, and having the goal of reading them all. Impossible, right? Even if you could read every word of every work, you wouldn’t be able to remember or understand everything, even if you spent a lifetime trying. Now let’s say … Read more

Homeopathy: Do ‘Cherry-Picked?’ Studies Exaggerate Benefits?

Homeopathy: Do ‘Cherry-Picked?’ Studies Exaggerate Benefits?

Traditional medicine practitioners often decry the use of anecdote over consistent evidence-based medicine to support homeopathic remedies. Still, an estimated 6 million Americans, or about 2% of the population, regularly uses homeopathic treatments. Source link