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STAT+: AI versus AI: The emerging arms race over health insurance denials
As health insurers use AI to deny more claims, startups are turning to AI to make it easier to appeal denials, which often go uncontested.
Read MoreOpinion: What I’ve learned — the hard way — about AI in bio
Presenting the five stages of AI grief (techbio’s version), from Tessel Bio's @NTallapragada.
Read MoreOpinion: In a threat to patient trust, Texas hospitals must ask ‘Are you a U.S. citizen?’
Akshara Ramasamy will soon begin medical school in Texas — but the state’s new requirement to ask hospital patients about immigration status worries her.
Read MoreIIT Kanpur hosts Innovations in NeuroTech Workshop
The event highlighted advancements in neurotechnology, focusing on implantable brain devices, closed-loop neuromodulation systems, and brain-machine interfaces The post IIT Kanpur hosts Innovations i
Read More‘I was made to think the pain was all in my head’: gynaecological ordeals shared
As a UK report finds women with reproductive conditions have faced poor care due to ‘medical misogyny’, people share their sufferingWomen and girls in the UK with gynaecological conditions such as
Read MoreNHS spends £14.7bn a year treating patients in England hurt by care mistakes, says report
Experts from Imperial College London cite ‘alarming declines’ in 12 key metrics of patient safetyThe NHS is forced to spend a “staggering” £14.
Read MoreAnger After UnitedHealthcare CEO’s Killing Rattles Health Insurance Workers
Employees at UnitedHealthcare and other companies described being fearful after an outpouring of online vitriol.
Read MoreThe cochlear question: as the parent of a deaf baby, should I give her an implant to help her hear?
Cochlear implantation is controversial in ways that parallel medical situations – such as artificial limbs and cornea transplants – are not.
Read MoreBowel cancer rising among under-50s worldwide, research finds
Study suggests rate of disease among young adults is rising for first time and England has one of the fastest increasesThe number of under-50s being diagnosed with bowel cancer is increasing worldwide
Read MoreAmericans spend more time living with diseases than rest of world, study shows
American Medical Association finds people in US are sick for an average of 12.
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