The effort to include young enthusiasts into the artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine industry was marked clear in the recent AIMed North America 2018, took place between 13 and 15 December in Dana Point, California. Four high school students aged between 15 and 17 emerged to be one of the top a
Virtual Reality (VR) was born in game but it grew in many areas well beyond mere entertainment. On 12 December, workshop day of this year’s AIMed North America, Fran Ayalasomyajula from Global Healthcare Solutions of HP and Howard Rose, CEO of Firsthand Technology brought together an informative ses
It’s becoming more common for parents of children with genetic and other forms of tricky disorders to start support groups on social media. These parents not only shared their experiences in helping children to overcome daily challenges brought about by their conditions. They also spread latest rese
Machines learning promises us a future where hefty and complex data can be analyzed in no time and patterns can be logically drawn from an ocean of randomness. Apart from electronic medical records, the human gene and genome has also rendered a sizeable playing field. Machine learning method is eith
In 2012, a large scale Italian study had found a close relationship between physician empathy and clinical outcomes of diabetic patients. This natural gesture was also found to be helpful in reducing severity of patients down with common cold. Apart from empathy, the mere ability to recognize emotio
When the use of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) became inevitable in 2009 when former President Obama signed it into the legislation, some called it a scandal as the company which offers the system was granted a lucrative return. On the other hand, medical institutions and care providers, who were
The Foreign Service Institute’s School of Language Studies (SLS) classified Chinese as one of its five Category IV (super-hard) languages, stating a typical native English speaker will require at least 88 weeks and 2200 class hours to be fluent. Mandarin’s tonal nature underlines its onerous; this m
According to the Records of the Grand Historian or what popularly known as Shiji in Chinese, Bin Que was probably the first documented Chinese physician in history. With an exceptional talent in clairvoyance, Bin invented the four diagnostic methods: looking (at the state of the patient), listening
When bone marrow transplant failed Yong Lu in 2004, he knew Gleevec was probably his last salvation. However, having to pay around 23,500 RMB (estimated $3400) a month for this Swiss made medication to treat his Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML), Lu knew his savior would also be his killer. Running a s