Tech & Innovation
Review: Artificial intelligence in health and medicine.
24 Jan, 2022 | 08:16h | UTCAI in health and medicine – Nature Medicine (if the link is paywalled, try this one)
Related: High-Performance Medicine: The Convergence of Human and Artificial Intelligence
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
🆕 Our review of #AI for medicine, just published @NatureMedicine https://t.co/OAoAGmErns@pranavrajpurkar, Emma Chen, Oishi Banerjee pic.twitter.com/oufp3nnOob
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) January 20, 2022
Perspective: Preventing digital overdiagnosis.
24 Jan, 2022 | 08:14h | UTCPreventing Digital Overdiagnosis – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Related: Overdiagnosis: it’s official – the term is now included in the medical subject headings (MeSH) vocabulary. (several articles on the subject)
Artificial intelligence for diagnosis and Gleason grading of prostate cancer: the PANDA challenge.
16 Jan, 2022 | 22:41h | UTCCommentary: Large international evaluation shows AI accurately diagnoses prostate cancer – Karolinska Institutet
Commentary from one of the authors on Twitter (thread – click for more)
Honored to be part of the recently published study in Nature Medicine on the global #AI competition PANDA as a member of the @Google team and an expert panel of 6 US and Canadian Uropathologists. Check out this thread for my 5 top takeaways 👇#pathology #PathTwitter
— Dr. Mahul Amin (@DrMahul) January 14, 2022
The year in cardiovascular medicine 2021: digital health and innovation.
13 Jan, 2022 | 08:27h | UTCThe year in cardiovascular medicine 2021: digital health and innovation – European Heart Journal
Using wearable data, a real-time alerting system can be used for the early detection of Covid-19 and other stress events.
1 Dec, 2021 | 09:59h | UTCReal-time alerting system for COVID-19 and other stress events using wearable data – Nature Medicine
Commentary: Scientists develop a smartwatch-based device for early detection of COVID-19 – News Medical
Commentary on Twitter
A study in @NatureMedicine shows that a smartwatch-based alerting system was able to detect pre-symptomatic and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection in a high percentage of cases. https://t.co/tquzpYa4pV pic.twitter.com/VIq3phKZ7J
— Nature Portfolio (@NaturePortfolio) November 30, 2021
193 countries adopt first-ever global agreement on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence.
30 Nov, 2021 | 10:16h | UTCNews Release: 193 countries adopt first-ever global agreement on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence – United Nations
See Guidance: Outcome document: first draft of the Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence – United Nations
Viewpoint: The growing phenomenon of “virtual-first” primary care.
24 Nov, 2021 | 08:39h | UTCThe Growing Phenomenon of “Virtual-First” Primary Care – JAMA (free for a limited period)
RCT: Educating outpatients for bowel preparation before colonoscopy using virtual reality videos improved bowel preparation, polyp and adenoma detection rates, and improved compliance and satisfaction.
23 Nov, 2021 | 08:28h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
RCT finds patients who received virtual reality video education before a colonoscopy had better bowel preparation, higher polyp and adenoma detection rates, and improved compliance and satisfaction. https://t.co/dAUtFf2m4B pic.twitter.com/RKAVZcVGuy
— JAMA Network Open (@JAMANetworkOpen) November 22, 2021
Novel gene therapy for hemophilia A leads to sustained expression of clotting factor and reduced bleeding events.
19 Nov, 2021 | 10:25h | UTCOriginal Study: Multiyear Factor VIII Expression after AAV Gene Transfer for Hemophilia A – New England Journal of Medicine
Commentary on Twitter
3.5 years after therapy with factor VIII-containing adeno-associated virus, 16 of 18 men with hemophilia A had enough factor VIII expression that bleeding events were reduced to nearly zero and prophylaxis was discontinued. https://t.co/n3cPyjGDkn pic.twitter.com/vPyz0OmT1S
— NEJM (@NEJM) November 18, 2021
Pro-Con Debate: Should all babies have their genome sequenced at birth?
19 Nov, 2021 | 10:19h | UTCShould all babies have their genome sequenced at birth? – The BMJ
Related:
Review: Genome sequencing as a diagnostic test.
Observational study found monitoring outpatients with Covid-19 using text messages that allowed the report of worsening symptoms was associated with improved outcomes.
17 Nov, 2021 | 08:53h | UTCNews Release: Automated Texting System Saved Lives Weekly During First COVID Surge – Penn Medicine
Commentaries:
Monitoring outpatients by text appeared to reduce mortality from COVID-19 – ACP Internist
Texting saved lives during Covid. What does that mean for health care’s future? – STAT
Commentary from the author on Twitter (thread – click for more)
1/ For the >80,000 people in the U.S who will test positive for #Covid19 today, what can we offer to support access to care but help them safely remain at home?
Our team is excited to finally share important, new findings out today in @AnnalsofIM
👉https://t.co/VOtpucwWGD pic.twitter.com/UbNRP5bnW4— M. Kit Delgado, MD, MS (@kit_delgadoMD) November 16, 2021
Whole genome sequencing may improve the diagnosis of rare diseases and shorten diagnostic journeys for patients.
11 Nov, 2021 | 08:46h | UTCOriginal Study: 100,000 Genomes Pilot on Rare-Disease Diagnosis in Health Care — Preliminary Report – New England Journal of Medicine
Related:
Review: Genome sequencing as a diagnostic test.
Review: Genome sequencing as a diagnostic test.
28 Oct, 2021 | 09:42h | UTCGenome sequencing as a diagnostic test – Canadian Medical Association Journal
Opinion | We Need to Ground Truth Assumptions about Gene Therapy – “Researchers, practitioners and patients must balance the discipline’s promise with its reality”.
27 Oct, 2021 | 01:21h | UTCWe Need to Ground Truth Assumptions about Gene Therapy – Nature
Systematic Review: Virtual care in patients with cancer.
27 Oct, 2021 | 01:04h | UTCVirtual Care in Patients with Cancer: A Systematic Review – Current Oncology
In a major scientific advance, a pig kidney is successfully transplanted into a human.
21 Oct, 2021 | 09:52h | UTCIn a major scientific advance, a pig kidney is successfully transplanted into a human – NPR
A new surgical robot is smaller, nimbler, and cheaper, its maker claims. But will it be better for patients?
3 Oct, 2021 | 22:26h | UTC
Efficient and targeted COVID-19 border testing via reinforcement learning.
1 Oct, 2021 | 10:33h | UTCEfficient and targeted COVID-19 border testing via reinforcement learning – Nature
Editorial: Greece used AI to curb COVID: what other nations can learn – Nature
Commentary: An algorithm may have helped slow the spread of COVID-19 in Greece – University of Southern California
Commentary on Twitter
A @Nature paper describes Eva, a learning system that led to targeted SARS-CoV-2 testing of travellers arriving in Greece. It identified nearly twice as many asymptomatic, infected people than would be expected for random testing or entry restrictions. https://t.co/Xogj5l4KCS pic.twitter.com/VT5HcXN3ic
— Nature Portfolio (@NaturePortfolio) September 22, 2021
AAN Position Statement: Use of social media in health care—opportunities, challenges, and ethical considerations.
30 Sep, 2021 | 10:19h | UTC
World Heart Day 2021: COVID-19, digital health, and tackling cardiovascular disease.
30 Sep, 2021 | 10:20h | UTCWorld Heart Day 2021: COVID-19, digital health, and tackling cardiovascular disease – The Lancet
Commentary on Twitter
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) claims around 18.6 million lives every year. Could the rapid uptake of digital health during the pandemic transform the #CVD response?
On #WorldHeartDay🫀, a Comment from @fjpinto1960 and colleagues: https://t.co/4dF3I8MCEq pic.twitter.com/sQQg7kMbyC
— The Lancet (@TheLancet) September 29, 2021
Video: The tedious process of training computers to think about medicine, explained.
30 Sep, 2021 | 10:12h | UTCWatch: The tedious process of training computers to think about medicine, explained – STAT
WHO releases new compendium of innovative health technologies for COVID-19 and other priority diseases.
23 Sep, 2021 | 10:03h | UTC
RCT: The addition of telemedicine to improve standard care for medically complex children was associated with improved clinical outcomes and reduced costs.
17 Sep, 2021 | 10:00h | UTCTelemedicine for Children With Medical Complexity: A Randomized Clinical Trial – Pediatrics
Systematic review finds there is insufficient evidence that AI breast cancer screening is accurate enough to replace human scrutiny.
10 Sep, 2021 | 05:12h | UTCOriginal study: Use of artificial intelligence for image analysis in breast cancer screening programmes: systematic review of test accuracy – The BMJ
Commentary on Twitter
A systematic review of #AI for mammography is very disappointing
"Thirty four (94%) of 36 AI systems evaluated in these studies were less accurate than a single radiologist, and all were less accurate than consensus of two or more radiologists"https://t.co/zqFTxojU9J @bmj_latest pic.twitter.com/wylwOsf4ua— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) September 2, 2021
Opinion | Liquid biopsy: misplaced faith in early cancer detection?
7 Sep, 2021 | 21:30h | UTCLiquid biopsy: misplaced faith in early cancer detection? – STAT
Commentary on Twitter
Opinion: "The real money isn’t in testing the relatively few people with advanced cancer, it’s in testing everyone else: those not known to have cancer." Screening liquid biopsies could become standard care before we know if they save lives https://t.co/1IAo5Kb0vm via @statnews
— Gideon Gil (@GideonGil) August 31, 2021