
How good is AI for diagnosing melanoma? A systematic review of 11 studies, 2500 patients, finds accuracy and performance comparable to 50 dermatologists, with promise for broad use requiring further validation @JAMADerm This is important with the big shortage of dermatologists and importance of making the diagnosis https://t.co/0OWWZTNmN8

Steady progress towards engineering immune cells in the body now for refractory myeloma , with major implications for many autoimmune diseases and cancers https://t.co/K3IksrCFlg https://t.co/1AQ5rLuH1g

The #Algorithmic Divide: Why #Healthcare #AI Shouldn’t Treat Everyone The Same by Brad Porter @Forbes Learn more: https://t.co/Jw7zyu0LFo #MedTech #HealthTech #Tech #TechForGood https://t.co/Fo3KyOyzqZ
And, the ACA banned individual guaranteed renewable plans which existed, and protected against the emergence of preexisting conditions. The tax deduction for employer based group plans, but not for contributions to portable individual plans nails the coffin. Great essay.

Regular exercise reduces the likelihood of plaque accumulation in the arteries However, many long-term exercisers appear to have coronary artery calcification, indicating atherosclerosis progression The fascinating thing is that despite the higher plaque, those people still have lower rates of cardiovascular disease...
The association between phenotypic age acceleration and the risk of all-cause and cancer mortality among cancer survivors: NHANES 1999–2018 "Our findings reveal a significant linear correlation between PhenoAgeAccel and both all-cause and cancer-specific mortality in cancer survivors." https://t.co/Rt7v8ECOB6

Stairwell Chronicles - A letter to Primary Care Physicians about their perimenopausal patients. #wellnesswednesday #pcp #midlife #hearthealth #stairwellchronicles
Based on previous form $MRK will probably now rerun the $TERN study, just to prove to itself that the data were real.
$MAZE - Analysts pitching tent poles over the AMKD data, yet stock is down pre market. What's the disconnect?
This robot was designed for elderly care. It can have conversations with the user, measure blood pressure and heart rate, operate the smart elements of the house from heat to lights and do simpler tasks. It's quite the accomplishment (or claims) for...

As a medical school professor, this is one of the most terrifying feedback loops I've seen in medicine. UC Davis researchers just published in Science showing how chronic kidney disease hijacks gut bacteria to destroy your kidneys FASTER. The mechanism: 1. Damaged kidneys...
It's amazing that 25 years after Gleevec we are still watching drug companies pay billions for new drugs for CML. And that, in Adam's previous story, a once deadly cancer was referred to as a chronic disease. Anyway, $MRK buys $TERN...

The Vitamin D Lie Your Doctor May Still Believe The official recommendation was based on a mathematical mistake. The "normal" level on your lab report may be dangerously low. And the best fix isn't a pill — it's free https://x.com/robertlufkinmd/status/2036754584954167391
$AVXL pulled its blarcamesine Alzheimer's application from the EMA after regulators there said there was no fking way it was going to approve a drug that does not work.

Health care has become better at saving people once they are already in trouble. That does not mean we have become good at catching trouble early. This episode of The Podcast by KevinMD gets at a hard truth in cardiac care: we...
Why Rubber Dams Matter in Precision Dental Procedures by @IntEngineering #MedTech #HealthTech #Tech #Healthcare #TechForGood https://t.co/cRySPYX43q

Nearly 30 years in orthopedic surgery. Another pattern that is impossible to ignore. Perimenopausal women are some of the most undertreated patients I see. One unfortunate paper is blamed... but often, it's because the conversation never happens. https://t.co/6m6AxUhRKF
Since Lyme Disease is suddenly getting more attention than usual: Hi! I’m a researcher and scientist getting my PhD in Immunology, Infection and Epidemiology. I’ve been studying tick feeding and Lyme Disease for over 5 years now looking for an anti-tick...
So I know everyone's really excited about psychedelics and I mean. Me too kind of. You know what I'm not excited about? The fact that every venture capitalist under the sun is throwing money at this right now (trust me, a...

New on exercise —the best medicine vs age-related chronic diseases, a review @Cell_Metabolism https://t.co/z9RpD0SlYW —salutary effect on the blood brain barrier (BBB) vs Alzheimer's and brain aging gift link https://t.co/jmhJwXGWms by @GretchenReynold —original research on BBB integrity via liver produced exercise factor @CellCellPress https://t.co/3tSN8knpYF
Ignoring preexisting conditions is not insurance and people shouldn’t pretend it is. Myth #3 https://t.co/vlKp7E5lKj
The are a function of health insurance plans. The insurance companies create plans with deductibles that most people can’t afford. So to get to the insurance money from their plan, they will loan the patient money to cover...
Glass 5.5 is an amazing upgrade to the platform. Clinicians now have an AI specific to their specialty that will support them through every step of their clinical workflows.
The relative effects of different exercise modes on physical and metabolic health in older adults: A network meta-analysis "Current evidence does not identify a single “best” exercise modality for improving VO2max/VO2peak in older adults. Modality selection may be better guided by...
Results are in and crystal clear on which systems are best in medical diagnosis and how high the concordance is with human physicians. And very low triage error rates
Oracle’s clinical, financial, or operational solutions to lower care costs and improve profitability. https://t.co/MbG4q9k5EM Learn how our AI-powered solutions can help your organization streamline operations and enhance care delivery. https://t.co/rLxc2XEx47
The U.S. continues to attempt to kill more babies. The American govt is 100% culpable for this suffering and could end it at any time
Trip intake in one system. Fulfillment in another. Claims somewhere else. That’s not modernization. Why NEMT needs closed-loop interoperability: https://t.co/xVhBAUMx5u @KinetikHealth #NEMT #HITSM
When one out of five health insurance claims get denied, you can understand why patients, doctors, and hospitals get frustrated. https://www.kff.org/patient-consumer-protections/claims-denials-and-appeals-in-aca-marketplace-plans-in-2024/
99% accuracy sounds impressive. But belief happens when clinicians see it firsthand. Trust is the real implementation strategy. Full interview: https://t.co/YKdRTovquF @HealthCatalyst #clinicalimprovement #HITSM https://t.co/UpRxxGdPEK
The free market (no government-granted patent monopolies) will make Ozempic affordable for tens of millions of people https://t.co/SYl5M82mux

The majority of radiologists and 4 LLMs were unable to differentiate synthetic, deepfake scans from real ones https://t.co/aAJhP0cpfG @RSNA https://t.co/q0wdIKicK6

Ambient AI scribes are the biggest breakthrough in clinical documentation in a decade. They will absolutely cure the charting backlog. But they will introduce a much more dangerous form of physician burnout. Dr. Dike Drummond explains the incoming crisis. Right now, clinical...
The real way to use AI for medicine is to build safety, accuracy and triage on top of the big models like OpenAI. Using these models directly can be harmful. With appropriate safeguards Ai performs much better than the median...

I’m excited a new noninvasive way to evaluate endothelial function. Stay tuned for a deeper dive as I test it on myself. https://www.vendys2.com/drlufkin VENDYS_2
Amidst the SaaS bloodbath fears, is health tech actually safer than people think? I sat down with @SeanDuffy (CEO of @OmadaHealth) and Stephanie Davis (Healthcare Industry Analyst) to dig into what's really happening in the markets and what it means for...

The Readout newsletter contained this nugget today. The posting for Vinay Prasad's job at #FDA states applicants don't need to be vaccinated. USG job postings don't normally address vaccination status. Message to the MAHA base? Sign up for @statnews newsletters here: https://t.co/Q3BKEkVZs0

The Longevity Medicine Patient Experience Framework: A Seven-Domain Model for Optimizing Person-Centered Longevity Medicine "By operationalizing a patient-experienced, person-centered approach, this framework offers potential solutions to common challenges in longevity medicine, including care fragmentation, accessibility barriers, and poor patient engagement. It...

This book explains how disruptive technologies and emerging trends such as robotics, artificial intelligence, 3D printing, precision medicine or patient design will impact the manufacturing and distribution of pharmaceuticals in order to prepare successfully for a better future of healthcare. Everything...

Teared up watching In Waves and War last night. Every day ~20 vets commit suic*de. Heartbreaking. The doc showcases ibogaine’s massively positive benefits for three troubled navy seals. Unfortunately it’s illegal in the US but ketamine isn’t and has had similar...

Atopic dermatitis landscape from Wedbush. Looks like there are two parallel vectors: lower injection frequency ( $APGE ) and combining new mechanisms with IL13/IL4R. So far $JNJ's IL13+IL31 failed (the only one to be directly compared to dupi) while $PFE's...
How former Acorda CEO Ron Cohen landed at a Parkinson’s cell therapy startup https://t.co/93JYvJGM9I by @realJacobBell #biotech #startups

We are prescribing powerful weight loss drugs without measuring the most important metric: muscle mass. Physical therapist Maureen McBeth has tested the body composition of countless patients who lost 50 pounds on GLP-1s. The results? Dangerously low skeletal muscle and exceptionally...

Effect of Prebiotic Supplementation With and Without Physiotherapy on Pain and Pain Sensitivity in People with Knee Osteoarthritis "Inulin and PSE each produced meaningful pain reductions. Only inulin improved pain sensitivity and grip strength, the latter paralleled by increased GLP-1, and...
Please. This is nonsense. You figured out a way to swap castor oil for albumin making it easier to administer paclitaxel, a standard chemotherapy. Same side effects. Look at the label. The best thing you did, for you, was secure...
Blood levels of the Alzheimer's biomarker p-tau217 may help identify which women are more vulnerable to dementia when using combined hormone therapy after menopause, while estrogen-only therapy does not show the same association. menopause
A potentially game-changing discovery by @UCSF's Justin Eyquem @j_eyquem & colleagues – injecting cancer-fighting immune cells directly into the body kills several types of cancers in mice. Paper in @Nature: https://t.co/EXbsfx7whl Summary/video by UCSF: https://t.co/qLYXXvEDTV
#WhosNext? Surgeons? Sony recently unveiled their new Surgical Robot by having it slice and stitch a kernel of corn. It can also auto-switch between its different tools, and has successfully been tested in animal surgery. #Robotics...
My health insurance accidentally coded my annual physical incorrectly, and now I have a $622 bill, and they have rejected my appeal even though they know it's in error. What a wonderful healthcare system we have 😚

Please give the vitamin K shot to your newborn. Their life (and yours) may just depend on it. pediatrician #newborn #parenting