February 21, 2020
(BBC) – Indian authorities are investigating claims that dozens of women were forced to have gynaecological tests to prove their fitness for work. The women, trainee government clerks in the city of Surat, in Gujarat, say they were also checked … Read More
February 18, 2020
(BBC) – Doctors working on a clinical trial for treatment of heart disease held back key data, Newsnight has been told. The Excel trial tested whether stents were as effective as open heart surgery at treating patients with a heart … Read More
February 18, 2020
(The Conversation) – The study describes a multicentre randomised trial of aspirin versus sulfinpyrazone for treating unstable angina. Because of differences in individual hospital review processes, patients either received or did not receive a statement outlining possible gastrointestinal side-effects. This … Read More
February 17, 2020
(Wired) – To some longevity acolytes, stem cells promise the secret to eternal youth. For a hefty fee, you can pay a startup to extract your own stem cells and cryogenically freeze them, in the hope that they can one … Read More
February 13, 2020
(STAT News) – The Mayo Clinic has taken a step toward making that possible with its announcement that the first venture of the Mayo Clinic Platform will use federated learning as a foundational technology of if its privacy model. Federated … Read More
February 13, 2020
(STAT News) – By the time a palliative care team gets involved — assuming that ever happens — many medical decisions have already been made that aren’t consistent with a patient’s quality-of-life goals. With a shortage of trained palliative care … Read More
February 12, 2020
(Vox) – Deducing details of a person’s health through how often they text or when they leave home is called digital phenotyping, and it’s a rapidly growing area of research. Phenotypes, generally speaking, are the traits, like behavior and appearance, … Read More
February 12, 2020
(Reuters) – The privacy protections Americans have come to expect when it comes to their medical information may not always apply in school settings, a new report suggests. When a school nurse is involved in a student’s medical care, information … Read More
February 11, 2020
(Vox) – Law enforcement has been using facial recognition for a while. But Clearview’s technology represents a scary step further than anything we’ve seen before, according to reporting from the New York Times. The secretive company says it’s created a … Read More
February 11, 2020
(The Atlantic) – A growing body of research suggests that this nightmare scenario is fairly common for Americans. And now, a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association has that found surprise bills might be even … Read More
