Artificial Intelligence

Like many emerging technological advances, artificial intelligence (AI) promises to change the way medicine is practiced. Computer algorithms can discern patterns in electronic health records [...]

Like the maps that drivers use to get from one place to another, the goal of a medical diagnosis is to get you from where [...]

Building predictions based on a set of variables, an effort called modeling, has gotten a lot of airtime during the COVID-19 pandemic. Understanding both the [...]

Several years ago, a surgeon checked on his patient and was pleased to find her sipping hot coffee in her hospital bed just one day [...]

Cocaine is like a roller coaster in powder form. First, there is the intense rush of euphoria, excitement, and invincibility. Then, almost as quickly, there is the [...]

In his recent book, The Body, Bill Bryson reports that according to the Royal Society of Chemistry, the materials needed to build a human would [...]

Artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine is here, and it's advancing at an unprecedented pace. (Raise a bionic hand if you're imagining a robot scooting in [...]

With obesity, good advice only goes so far. What’s good for one person hasn’t turned out to be good for all, and it’s left patients and physicians adrift. [...]

Entering the Mathematical Neuro-Oncology lab on Mayo Clinic’s location in Phoenix, Arizona, is like walking onto the bridge of a ship in some fictional [...]

One of the challenges in treating pancreatic cancer has been catching a tumor at an early stage when it can be surgically removed. Recent [...]