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Mashup Score: 0Analysis: Health insurance claim denials are on the rise, to the detriment of patients - 12 month(s) ago
Despite the potentially dire impact that denials have on patients’ health or finances, data shows that people appeal only once in every 500 cases.
Source: PBS NewsHourCategories: Hem/Oncs, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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AI is finding its place in all sorts of scientific fields, and health care is no exception. Programs are learning to answer patients’ medical questions and diagnose illnesses, but there are problems to be worked out. Dr. Isaac Kohane, editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine AI and chair of Harvard’s department of biomedical informatics, joins John Yang to discuss.
Source: PBS NewsHourCategories: General Medicine Journals and Societies, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
“These AI programs are not infallible. In fact, they can make mistakes, but at least it’s a conversation you can have and then you can go decide, should I actually discuss this with my doctor?” – @zakkohane on AI’s potential in medicine (via @NewsHour) https://t.co/23GlLyA6dI
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Mashup Score: 0Drug distributor that failed to flag suspicious opioid orders gets license revoked after yearslong delay - 12 month(s) ago
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration stripped one of the nation’s largest drug distributors of its license to sell highly addictive painkillers Friday.
Source: PBS NewsHourCategories: Addiction Medicine, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Get rid of the “suspicious order” rule. https://t.co/y3R7RUDYjl
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Mashup Score: 0COVID pill Paxlovid gets full FDA approval after over a year of pandemic emergency use - 1 year(s) ago
Thursday’s action means the drug has now been fully vetted by the U.S. government and can remain on the market indefinitely. Millions of Americans have received Paxlovid since it was granted emergency authorization in late 2021.
Source: PBS NewsHourCategories: Healthcare Professionals, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
COVID pill Paxlovid gets full FDA approval after over a year of pandemic emergency use | PBS NewsHour https://t.co/gPLBzJKUU0
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Mashup Score: 2Why discovery of DNA's double helix was based on 'rip-off' of female scientist's data - 1 year(s) ago
It is the famous lightbulb-going-off story every school kid learns: How James Watson and Francis Crick discovered the structure of DNA, cementing their place in scientific history. But as William Brangham explains, a new book titled “The Secret of Life” paints a more troubling picture of how this famous discovery came about, and why scientist Rosalind Franklin also deserved credit.
Source: PBS NewsHourCategories: Hem/Oncs, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
“The Advantages of being #WomenInMedicine” (modified from @guerrillagirls) 😅😂🤣: 👉 Seeing your ideas live on in the work of others 👉Having the opportunity to choose between career and motherhood 👉 Being included in revised versions of history 🧬https://t.co/ocjt0iFQb8 https://t.co/jiKZf3LPtP
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Transgender minors won’t have access to puberty blockers, hormones or surgery under legislation passed in Missouri.
Source: PBS NewsHourCategories: Infectious Disease, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
At first they said it was only children; but now they're coming for adults as well: Missouri is telling adults they must go thur 18 months therapy before getting gender-affirming care. This is care BACKED BY SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE & PHYSICIANS. https://t.co/o371nPfs64
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Mashup Score: 3
Artificial intelligence is finding its place in all sorts of scientific fields, and health care is no exception. Programs are learning to answer patients’ medical questions and diagnose illnesses, but there are problems to be worked out. Dr. Isaac Kohane, editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine and chair of Harvard’s department of biomedical informatics, joins John Yang to discuss.
Source: PBS NewsHourCategories: Healthcare Professionals, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
The promises and potential pitfalls of artificial intelligence in medicine | PBS NewsHour https://t.co/OaKRP8rDEm
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It’s been a week of ups and downs for both advocates and opponents of laws that raise the minimum age for purchasing firearms. Lisa Geller, director of state affairs at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions, joins John Yang to discuss the impact this type of legislation is having in states that already have age restrictions in place.
Source: PBS NewsHourCategories: General Medicine News, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
"We absolutely need more mental health care in this country, but there's no way to address gun violence in this country without addressing the gun," said @JHU_CGVS's @LisaBGeller. https://t.co/YaUFrvspxm
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Mashup Score: 0From data privacy to AI, here are new rules Congress is considering for tech companies - 1 year(s) ago
Most Democrats and Republicans agree that the federal government should better regulate the biggest technology companies, particularly social media platforms. But there is very little consensus on how it should be done.
Source: PBS NewsHourCategories: Healthcare Professionals, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
From data privacy to AI, here are new rules Congress is considering for tech companies https://t.co/Cz9xGIoETN
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Mashup Score: 10
Republican legislators in Kansas have enacted possibly the most sweeping transgender bathroom law in the U.S.
Source: PBS NewsHourCategories: General Medicine News, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
The new Kansas law goes way beyond banning trans women from women's bathrooms. It also bans them from using rape crisis centers and domestic violence shelters, even though trans women are at a much higher risk of sexual assault, abuse and murder. https://t.co/s6NNmL89k6
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"Sometimes, the insurers’ denials defy not just medical standards of care but also plain old human logic," @NewsHour https://t.co/PwWZcsvLMr @RosenthalHealth