Chamath Palihapitiya: "In Silicon Valley, I think it's fair to say we have had a lost decade… In one example, you have Elon. He's created reusable rocketry… electric cars… [while] fighting the government… We've created AirPods and Instagram Reels."
Global ‘silver tsunami’ of older cancer patients is coming, experts warn
- Oncologists sound alarm over risk of #healthcare systems buckling due to rising need for specific care
https://t.co/md51S1alkt via @macesari #aging#OlderAdults@MEDtechShow#elderly#cancer
Technology Behind ChatGPT Has Arrived In the Doctor's Office!
- new tool from @CarbonHealth aims to reduce a doctor’s workload by generating records and billing codes.
#digitalhealth#healthit#ehr@tnatw @MEDtechShow https://t.co/NrwUbaxmY6
"Prolonged water stress can have devastating effects on #publichealth...poor access to safe #drinkingwater and lack of #sanitation services... these deprivations can spur transmission of diseases ie. cholera, typhoid, polio, hepatitis A, and diarrhea'
#water@tnatw@medtechshow
Sudanese help one another find medicine, water and supplies as state collapses
- community groups, websites and apps have sprung up to mobilise medical help and find basic supplies.
https://t.co/HjHkCHJDOy #sudan#hackingforgood#connectivity#tech#crisis@tnatw@medtechshow
Woman who was part of a #study using artificial intelligence (#AI) to detect bowel #cancer is free of the disease after it was found and removed
https://t.co/P4Dy4dJfjQ
Intuitive sees robotic surgeries skyrocket in Q1 as procedures inch toward pre-pandemic norms
- company’s da Vinci #roboticsurgery system has become increasingly prolific
https://t.co/BOM3JYRIze #robotics#medtech@tnatw@medtechshow
Beware of Bias in #Algorithms [2014 article]
A sweeping drug addiction risk algorithm [NarxCare] which became central to how the US handled the #opioidcrisis, may have made the crisis worse.
https://t.co/2443MtlKgA #AI#algorithm#discrimination#bias
#Malaria risk is spreading to new parts of #Africa
Warming temperatures are driving #mosquitoes into new parts of Africa & spreading the risk of #malaria
Peer-reviewed journal @BiologyLetters found that mosquitoes have moved to higher elevations and have pushed further south