Artificial intelligence (AI), defined as algorithms that enable machines to perform cognitive functions (such as problem solving and decision-making), has changed for some time now the face of healthcare through machine learning (ML) and natural language processing (NLP). Its use in surgery, however, took a longer time than in other medical specialties, mainly because of missing...

What if a powerful tool could be created, using artificial intelligence (AI), that would help diagnose, predict and treat the disease process in a retina? That is the question T.Y. Alvin Liu, M.D., assistant professor of ophthalmology at Wilmer Eye Institute at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a retina specialist, has set out to answer.

Source: Ultrasound imaging technology has been used in medicine since the 1950s. It uses high-frequency sound waves to create an image of the inside of your body and is often used in pregnancy. 

Source: Chest CT is emerging as a valuable diagnostic tool for clinical management of COVID-19 associated lung disease. Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to aid in rapid evaluation of CT scans for differentiation of COVID-19 findings from other clinical entities.

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Source: According to the CDC long-COVID many patients exhibit a constellation of pain conditions. 

Source: The AMA’s #SicklySweet campaign turns the tables on the soft drink industry marketing techniques and asks Australians to drink water instead.

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Healthcare is the nation's fourth biggest contributor to GDP and Australia was also recently ranked as having the second best health system overall in the developed world. By Jane Worthington from afr.com