Older adult population isn’t just growing; it’s growing older: report
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 02, 2022
The older adult population in the United States isn’t just growing — quadrupling since 1900 — but it also is becoming increasingly older, according to an annual summary of related statistics.
Faster AI imaging can produce more nuanced cancer treatments, developers say
By
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.
Both skeptics and proponents of healthcare AI cite necessity of human-centered approach in new reports
By
Aaron Dorman
Oct 24, 2023
AI needs to help patients to be useful in healthcare, and the necessary guardrails involve human intervention, two recent reports state.
In continuing trend, AI shows new strong promise in specific cancer diagnoses, research shows
By
Aaron Dorman
Nov 22, 2023
AI assisted pancreatic and breast cancer detection were the focus of separate studies published this week in Nature Medicine.
Biden administration announces new cancer research initiative
Jul 27, 2023
The program will fall under the purview of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, formed as part of the Cancer Moonshot initiative.
AI ability to mimic empathy worries, rather than comforts, many researchers
By
Aaron Dorman
Apr 04, 2024
Two studies evaluated AI’s use in two very important care contexts, mental health and cancer care, and noted concerns about mimicking empathy.