Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

Researchers have engineered a portable “lab‑in‑tube” (LIT) assay that detects Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) DNA directly from blood, saliva, or sputum in less than 60 minutes at a relatively low cost, according to a study published in Science Translational Medicine. An estimated 4.2

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The Medical Futurist

JUNE 21, 2025

4) Cureskin The artificial intelligence-based app was developed by two engineers previously working for Google , and it aims to compensate for the lack of dermatologists in India. In the continent-sized country, approximately 11,000 skin care specialists are working, which means less than one dermatologist for 100,000 people.

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GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

We learned this and much more, and I had a great time making engine noises singing the Woody Guthrie song “driving in my car.” . Often when there’s a cognitive concern, it’s a family member that is calling saying, “I just want to make sure my mom should still be driving after this happened, or after this diagnosis.”

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GeriPal

JUNE 15, 2023

Alex: And joining us via Zoom, we have Charlotta Lindvall, who is a palliative care physician researcher who studies the intersection of natural language processing and communication data at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, where she also works in clinical informatics. Welcome to the GeriPal podcast, Charlotta. Charlotta: Thank you. Eric: Yeah.

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GeriPal

JUNE 30, 2022

But we know that 30% of all decedents who are Medicare beneficiaries either die from dementia or have an existing diagnosis of dementia, which is something we talk about quite often, Joel and I. Fifty percent have a diagnosis in their record of decedents have dementia. We’re available, palliative care. Joel: Yeah.

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