STAT+: Can AI fix the emergency room?
AI can't change the ER's problems, which exemplify health care's bigger problems, writes Brittany Trang in this week's AI Prognosis.
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STAT+: Orexin discoverers awarded prestigious Lasker award
A new FDA CBER head, AI company Schrodinger with a new startup, and more biotech news from The Readout
Read full article →STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about an AstraZeneca COPD win, the FDA filling key jobs, and more
An AstraZeneca drug reduced the dangerous flare-ups that worsen COPD in a pair of late-stage trials
Read full article →Telemedicine company offers GLP-1s for addiction
A CDC Covid restructuring, public trust in Fauci, and more health news from Morning Rounds
Read full article →STAT+: Leukemia drug data suggested a different way to treat diabetes. A new biotech will test that idea
Caspian Therapeutics, is launching with $50 million in financing to develop menin inhibitors for diabetes and other cardiometabolic diseases.
Read full article →Whatever happened to the measles outbreak that shocked a country this year?
Bangladesh has seen over 50,000 confirmed or suspected cases of measles this year. The death toll among children just surpassed 1,000. How are officials trying to bring the outbreak under control?
Read full article →Opinion: Autonomous AI will beat AI-assisted physicians at some medical tasks by 2030
“Autonomous AI will likely soon exceed both unaided physicians and physicians aided by AI at five core cognitive medical tasks,” write Ezekiel J. Emanuel and Abe Baker-Butler.
Read full article →Opinion: AMA CEO: AI won’t replace doctors — it will work alongside them
“The goal should not be to reproduce today’s health care system with fewer humans,” writes American Medical Association CEO John Whyte.
Read full article →STAT+: Can AI fix health care? In the chaos of emergency rooms, the technology comes up short
CEOs of the biggest AI companies have predicted the technology will “eliminate most cancer” and “improve treatment of most other ailments.” But nowhere better illustrates the challenge facing AI than…
Read full article →COMIC: If we fight, is our love doomed? And other honest questions about conflict
Arguing with a partner or a loved one can be anxiety-inducing. Conflict resolution facilitator Priya Parker explains how to start and end a fight — while easing dread for everyone.
Read full article →A Louisiana case could upend telehealth abortion. What exactly is it?
As a federal appeals court considers Louisiana's lawsuit to end telehealth abortion access, a longtime OB-GYN in Arizona explains how telehealth works in his clinic.
Read full article →STAT+: FDA names acting heads of drug and vaccine centers to permanent roles
The moves bring stability to an agency that's been rocked by the exits of top leadership.
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