Two artificial intelligence (AI) programs, including ChatGPT, have passed the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE), according to two recent papers.

Efforts to screen for ascending aortic enlargement in the general population may be improved using a new prediction model based on common clinical variables easily gathered from medical records, researchers found.

Heading into the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2022 meeting, Health Imaging sat down with Signify Research to find out what the key trends and new technologies are in the computed tomography market.

A small trial has found that radiotherapy led to a “dramatic” slowing of prostate cancer progression, increasing time with normal testosterone. “Metastasis-directed therapy combined with hormone therapy as part of an intermittent regimen improves PFS and thus time off from hormone therapy,” said Chad Tang, MD, of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center...

Google Cloud enables the development of AI for imaging to support faster, more accurate diagnosis of images, increased productivity for healthcare workers, and improved care access and outcomes for patients.

“Many Australians experience stroke. There is huge public demand for information about how to stop stroke, which can be met by our “Love Your Brain” digital platform. The platform comprises an online course and messaging system on risk factor management, leveraging an existing Stroke Foundation program,” said Dr Kilkenny.

The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) grants went towards 11 projects including a new breakthrough test that will screen genetic mutations, a world-first genomics platform for Indigenous Australians and an international trial examining cardiac arrest interventions.

An experimental drug has slowed the rate of decline in memory and thinking in people with early Alzheimer’s disease in what is being described as a “historic moment” for dementia treatment.

In a first for Australian health services, children aged one to six are being sought to participate in trials for medication to treat a viral-induced wheeze. Albury Wodonga Health director of paediatrics Dr Mark Norden, said the trial was “ground-breaking” and would help prevent future hospitalisations.

During the past several decades, health care systems have amassed giant stores of patient data through electronic health records, logging, disease-linked genetic aberrations, drug interactions, success rates of cancer therapies and more. Now, doctors and researchers with access to this trove of health information are at an inflection point. Through artificial intelligence, health systems have...