When a doctor examines a patient’s throat, they use a process that’s been handed down pretty much unchanged since ancient times. It’s one of the most fundamental components of the physical exam, alongside measuring body temperature and listening to a heartbeat. However, the patterns of findings that appear in the throat differ depending on the
Bioengineering can produce tools for use in cutting-edge cell therapies, among other applications.Credit: Philippe Lopez/AFP via Getty Europe is losing ground in one of the most innovation-intensive sectors in biomedicine and health care: bioengineering1. Many advances in biomedicine are technologically driven, for example, the use of artificial intelligence to predict protein structures and rapid genome
Artificial intelligence is rapidly being integrated into hospitals and healthcare clinics. However, the benefits of AI tools come with new risks to patient safety and questions about who is responsible when things go wrong. Conventionally, health care responsibilities are clearly delineated. Doctors must provide an established standard of treatment. Institutions must organize safe treatment processes.
UK-based healthcare billing software maker Craneware is responding to a cyberattack in which hackers stole a “significant volume” of customer data from its systems, the company said Monday. The company said the hackers appear to have been kicked out of its systems, but its investigation into the breach is ongoing, according to a statement filed
Computer scientist Pan Hui with a digital teaching avatar used at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in Guangzhou.Credit: Yawei Zhao At the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in Guangzhou, students can listen to lectures given by AI avatars that look and talk exactly like Albert Einstein or mathematician John Nash.
On June 30, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized 20 ZYN nicotine pouch products to carry a specific “modified risk” statement. This means that in the US, ZYN can now claim that “using ZYN instead of cigarettes reduces the risk of oral cancer, heart disease, lung cancer, stroke, emphysema, and chronic bronchitis.” The decision
