The researchers found the AI tool, PanEcho, could perform 39 diagnostic tasks based on multi-view echocardiography and accurately detect conditions such as severe aortic stenosis, systolic dysfunction, and left ventricle ejection fraction, among others.
A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis identifies a possible way to slow or block progression of age-related macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness in people over age 50.
As temperatures soar in New York City, emergency rooms are getting an influx of patients with symptoms of heat-related illnesses, including heat exhaustion, muscle cramps, fainting and heat stroke, according to city data. And not all hospitals are providing the relief patients might expect. Brookdale Hospital Medical Center patients and staff were suffering earlier in the week after the Central Brooklyn hospital's air conditioning system failed, PIX11 reported.
Healthcare is already a hotbed of AI activity, which has more than proved its worth as a tool for diagnosing illness, monitoring recovery, and developing new medicines. But globally, the industry is still grappling with longstanding challenges, including shortages of clinical staff, aging populations, and managing the front-loaded costs of transitioning to more preventative models of healthcare. This is where AI agents, the next wave of AI transformation, will come in.
As residents across the Chicago area continue battle intense heat, three hospitals within the region are dealing with air conditioning issues, impacting patients already hospitalized with unrelated health issues.
Rural Americans are likelier to develop chronic pain than their urban counterparts, a grim trend exacerbated by limited access to healthcare, age and economic status. A study conducted by the University of Texas at Arlington, released last week, found that more than a third of people in rural areas experience increased pain or are nearing a chronic pain diagnosis. Residents in urban areas, meanwhile, aren't as vulnerable to persistent, years-long pain and are likelier to experience no pain at all.