AI-aided system can help improve stroke rehab, reduce risk of second emergency, report finds
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Aaron Dorman
Feb 12, 2024
A new AI model was able to reduce older adults’ recurrent strokes, heart attacks and vascular death, researchers discovered.
Brain imaging company teases tech that will analyze side effects of new dementia drugs
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Aaron Dorman
Nov 28, 2023
AI-enabled brain imaging technology will be launched next year to evaluate the side effects of new Alzheimer’s and dementia drugs.
UNC pilot program auditions chatbot to help staff members with administrative duties
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Aaron Dorman
Jun 30, 2023
UNC Health is piloting an internal chatbot designed to be used by care team members to access reference materials and documents.
Growing AI capabilities for senior living now include automated updates to residents’ families
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Aaron Dorman
Nov 14, 2023
A recently AI-enabled tool, Caspar AI, automatically updates families every day about their loved ones’ health status.
Smartphone app the latest tool for tracking seniors’ joint, muscle movements
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Aaron Dorman
Oct 23, 2023
New app OpenCap uses AI to help interpret video footage of a user’s muscle and joint movements, and subsequently generate health diagnostics.
Faster AI imaging can produce more nuanced cancer treatments, developers say
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Aaron Dorman
Sep 14, 2023
A new AI program can use images of a person’s body and organs to evaluate for cancer treatment within several minutes — much faster than current methods, researchers say.
Stroke diagnosis and rehab gaining from new AI, robotics innovations
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Aaron Dorman
Mar 06, 2024
New tech for stroke, including AI and a robotic hip device, aims to improve treatment at every stage from diagnosis to recovery.
AI can help evaluate whether online healthcare stories are bogus
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Aaron Dorman
Mar 08, 2024
AI tools could provide a way to audit online health stories and keep vulnerable users away from misinformation, according to new research.
$16 million, 5-year study will test artificial intelligence in senior living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 29, 2017
IBM and the University of California San Diego on Thursday announced a $16 million, five-year collaboration that will test how artificial intelligence, or AI, can be used to help detect mild cognitive...
Not enough seniors with heart disease using monitors, study suggests
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Aaron Dorman
Aug 18, 2023
Less than half of adults who either have heart disease or are at-risk to develop conditions use a smartphone or tablet app for health-tracking purposes, the research claims.