How AI is Making Medical Treatment More Personalized
Artificial intelligence, or AI, programs contain algorithms designed to learn specific tasks. Once completed and ready for use, AI software performs assigned jobs faster and more accurately than people. The programs also have the ability to learn and improve...
What a Heart Cell Transplant Means for the Future of Medicine
Organ transplants save many lives every year, but the system as it exists today is far from perfect. According to statistics from the United States Health Resources and Services Administration, twenty people die each day waiting for a transplant. Part of this has to...
Top Drug Breakthroughs of the 2010s
As we enter the new decade, let’s do a retrospective and take a look at the advances of the last decade that got us to where we are now. While some things still haven’t changed, such as the pharmaceutical industry’s propensity for price gouging, we have come a long...
Why AI Won’t Replace Doctors
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been the buzzword and hot topic as of late. It’s in every industry from retail to medicine. In recent years, technological advances in computing and Big Data have proven to be promising. Tedious tasks are becoming automated, lightening...
Depression and Suicide: A Crisis Sweeping the Medical Community
For years, the heightened occurrence of suicide among doctors and medical students was hidden, but it’s starting to become a more widely-discussed issue.
TED Talks Every Healthcare Professional Should See
In the medical profession, I’ve found that we can all learn from each other’s stories and experiences. One of the biggest platforms for sharing knowledge is TED and TEDx talks.
Anticipating “The Doorknob Phenomenon” in Clinical Practice
Most clinical doctors know that seeing a patient won’t always go as planned. The end of an appointment is often when patients find the courage to mention something serious or embarrassing about their health.
When to Seek Medical Attention for Flu Symptoms
For adults, children and the aging community alike, it’s common for patients to be confused about when they should consider seeking medical attention for flu symptoms.
Your Wait Time in the Emergency Room: A Discussion by Dr. John Webb
Emergency medicine is an essential part of our public health system. In a medical emergency, timely access to quality care can sometimes mean the difference between life and death.
AI in Healthcare
Artificial intelligence (AI) is showing great promise in a wide range of fields. From customer service to retail, AI is helping businesses do so much more with less. It is also helping make the world safer through AI-driven security and traffic control systems. There...