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9 Technologies That Will Shape The Future Of Dentistry

The Medical Futurist

AI in oral and maxillofacial pathology: early detection, targeted treatments Oral cancers and other serious issues can lurk undetected with biopsies being the only way to diagnose them. We’ve all been through this as a kid and childhood memories stick with us, just recalling this might send a shiver down your spine.

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Japan approves Alzheimer's blood test kit

Medical Xpress

Japan has approved a blood test kit to diagnose Alzheimer's disease, its manufacturer announced on Thursday, a rare advance in tackling a condition that affects tens of millions worldwide.

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The Future Of Vision And Eye Care

The Medical Futurist

How far can you see and hear? When it comes to vision, it’s around 50 miles, talking about hearing, it’s only 1-2 miles at best! What about the smell of the flowers? Without the wind blowing, only 10-20 metres. How about touching or tasting? Well, it depends on your arm’s length, but obviously not further than that. Globally 1.1

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The Healthcare Vision of ChatGPT-4o and Multimodal LLMs

The Medical Futurist

To diagnose and treat a patient, a healthcare professional listens to the patient, reads their health files, looks at medical images and interprets laboratory results. The latest – and perhaps biggest – hit was the announcement of ChatGPT-4o from OpenAI. However, medicine, by nature, is multimodal as are humans.

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Urinary Incontinence Revisited: George Kuchel & Alison Huang

GeriPal

On our last podcast about urinary incontinence the song request was, “Let it go.” This time around several suggestions were raised. Eric suggested, “Even Flow,” by Pearl Jam. Someone else suggested, “Under Pressure,” but we’ve done it already. We settled on, “Oops…I did it again,” by Britney Spears. I suggested even flow. That’s a good one.

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FDA Redux? CDRH Policy and EUA Templates for Monkeypox Tests Following Public Health Emergency Declaration Mirror FDA’s COVID-19 Approach

FDA Law Blog

The monkeypox test policy describes how FDA will prioritize review of EUA requests for monkeypox tests, stating that FDA intends to focus on requests for high-throughput tests, tests with home specimen collection, or rapid diagnostic tests, all from experienced developers with high manufacturing capacity.

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FDA Wants Your Input on Cybersecurity for Servicing of Medical Devices

FDA Law Blog

In this discussion paper , FDA emphasizes cybersecurity challenges related to a non-OEM (original equipment manufacturer) entity’s activities in the following four areas. FDA is now expanding its cybersecurity effort in servicing of medical devices. privileged access issue)? Identification of Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities and Incidents)?

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