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Proof-of-concept study looks at robotics and spinal stimulation to restore movement in paralysis
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 14, 2025 Source:Robotics and spinal stimulation restore movement in paralysis Reference:Augmenting rehabilitation robotics with spinal cord neuromodulation: A proof of concept
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AI technologies have the potential to provide benefits to patient’s and healthcare providers alike but more high-quality data is required to improve system dependability and accuracy.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 18, 2025 Source:‘A real-game changer’: Digital twins help doctors predict risk and avoid costly mistakes
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Startup company plans to insert muscle implants that could allow mind-controlled prosthetics
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 10, 2024 Source:Muscle Implants Could Allow Mind-Controlled Prosthetics—No Brain Surgery Required
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Medical AI-scribes are a great idea that needs further refinement to engender confidence that it will not hallucinate and misinterpret information. These issues are surmountable with more data collection.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 25, 2024 Source:Why family doctors across Canada are turning to AI scribes — and what it means for patients
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New tool being developed by the University of Waterloo to help identify false health claims.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 29, 2024 Source:‘Life-or-death’ issue: How one tool is identifying false health claims on social media Reference:A Big Data ecosystem for evaluating health misinformation on social media
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AI stethoscope demonstrates ‘the power as well as the risk’ of emerging technology
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 13, 2024 Source:AI stethoscope demonstrates ‘the power as well as the risk’ of emerging technology
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Will AI replace doctors who read X-rays, or make them better? The latter is more likely. Too many nuances to diagnostics and radiologists do much more than interpret imaging studies.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 15, 2024 Source:Will AI replace doctors who read X-rays, or make them better?
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Neuralink now accepting Canadian patients
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 2, 2024 Source:Elon Musk’s Neuralink now accepting Canadian patients
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FB1006: AI-discovered drug advances to clinical trials for ALS treatment
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 29, 2024 Source:FB1006: AI-discovered drug advances to clinical trials for ALS treatment