Google vets health record tool for patients; Microsoft bets on healthcare AI
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 13, 2021
Google is recruiting Android users to see how they prefer to interact with their own health data, and Microsoft is working to develop software that transcribes patient-doctor conversations directly into...
How will artificial intelligence transform resident care?
By
Deepak Gaddipati
Dec 02, 2020
Early intervention is the key to better health outcomes for older adults, but achieving this can be rather elusive in senior care. Care today is reactive and often bogged down in busywork. As it is, many...
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, Nov. 4
By
Alicia Lasek (f3)
Nov 04, 2020
Artificial intelligence accurately predicts Alzheimer’s disease in IBM study … CMS finalizes policies encouraging home dialysis … Mild COVID has 7 “disease forms” with different effects, investigators...
Algorithm accurately predicts Alzheimer’s risk, study finds
By
Alicia Lasek
May 05, 2020
A computer algorithm can go head-to-head with neurologists, accurately diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease and predicting risk, say investigators.
Machine learning tracks tremor severity over time in Parkinson’s
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 30, 2019
Wearable devices that use machine learning can accurately detect and rate Parkinson’s disease tremors outside the clinical setting.
Clinical Briefs for Friday, September 27
By
Alicia Lasek
Sep 26, 2019
More stroke survivors should take statins: study … Artificial intelligence helps scientists predict depression outcomes … Inflammation the likely culprit in gene linked to Parkinson’s, Crohn’s...
Clinical Briefs for Thursday, September 26
By
Alicia Lasek
Sep 25, 2019
A healthy diet may help prevent kidney disease … Blood pressure and prostate treatment may prevent or slow Parkinson’s … Hormone therapy tied to decreased diabetes biomarkers … Artificial intelligence...
Clinical Briefs for Tuesday, August 27
By
Alicia Lasek (f3)
Aug 26, 2019
Brookdale Senior Living explores use of artificial intelligence … $1.6M grant supports study of antipsychotic drugs and long-term care … Augmented reality glasses could help seniors better navigate...
Clinical Briefs for Monday, August 12
By
Alicia Lasek
Aug 09, 2019
Gait, non-motor symptoms perceived as chief Parkinson’s challenges … iPhone, Apple Watch data may spot signs of dementia … Depression in Alzheimer’s could signal cognitive decline … Predicting...
Clinical Briefs for Friday, August 9
By
Alicia Lasek
Aug 08, 2019
Lonely seniors may soon have emotionally intelligent AI companion … Low vitamin D tied to non-motor Parkinson’s symptoms … Study illuminates quality of life for seniors with knee osteoarthritis …...