Artificial Intelligence
In May 1954, Roger Bannister did something the medical establishment had declared physiologically impossible: he ran a mile in under…
HHS has launched an initiative to promote the development of a mobile app to help people fight heart disease, according to a Hill report.
WellPoint announced a collaboration with the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center in Indianapolis to develop healthcare solutions in oncology using IBM Watson.
Health insurer WellPoint is expected to announce a partnership today with Watson technology — the IBM data-crunching software featured on “Jeopardy!” in January — to help physicians diagnose and design treatment plans, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Watson…
A study recently published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery shows that two-year outcomes of artificial disc replacement for two-level disc disease is an effective alternative to fusion, according to a RedOrbit report.
A research team at Vanderbilt University is studying the use of robotics in emergency departments, according to a report by U.S. News and World Report. The team, made up of Vanderbilt computer engineers and specialists in emergency medicine from Vanderbilt…
Richard Fessler, MD, PhD, of Northwestern University and Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, is leading the first clinical trial testing the safety of embryonic stem cells in humans, according to a Reuters report.