Extracting and analyzing relevant medical information from large-scale databases such as biobanks poses considerable challenges. To exploit such "big data," attempts have focused on large sampling ...

A millisecond delay in the speed of nerve impulses from the legs of a jogger can lead to a loss of balance with the potential for a severe or even fatal fall; a disturbance in the smooth interplay of ...

Dr. Rodman is the director of A.I. programs for the Carl J. Shapiro Center for Education and Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. As a practicing physician, I know that my ...

Subtle shifts in how users described symptoms to AI chatbots led to dramatically different, sometimes dangerous medical advice.

When a patient shared the story of her sister’s death, an AI captured the clinical details—freeing physician Christopher ...

Scientists and medical experts are countering climate denialism, vaccine scepticism and wellness pseudoscience on social ...

Raphael Cuomo, also the creator of ‘Cuomo’s paradox,’ says survival epidemiology puts a greater focus on what helps people live longer after they get sick rather than on prevention in ...

Peer-reviewed journals, major news outlets, government agencies, universities, and nonprofit organizations are generally considered evidence-based, reliable sources. Many of these sources offer ...

Science communication has exploded since the COVID-19 pandemic. While Carl Sagan, PhD, MS, was the first household name in science communication, it took a long time for the field to gain traction.

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Scientists used a medical treatment known as triple therapy to cure pancreatic cancer in mice, according to a report published in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ...