Almost half of FDA-approved AI medical devices are not trained on real patient data. Well that's not good.
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One gets the sense that shortcuts are being taken. Meanwhile the American College of Physicians put out a position paper on the use of AI in healthcare. It's basically a broad statement that says that AI should be safe, and avoid harms such as bias, and that there is sufficient oversight. It's an ethics statement, really. I was hoping it would be a guide on how to use AI in the healthcare field."Although AI device manufacturers boast of the credibility of their technology with FDA authorization, clearance does not mean that the devices have been properly evaluated for clinical effectiveness using real patient data,
In politics, however, safety be damned. Cheyenne, WY is seriously considering an AI mayor. This probably started out as a joke, but many are not laughing now.
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What to do if you get lost in the wild. Important for hikers that go in the woods. I got the SABANI portable charger.
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Some Redditors are griping about University of Washington's Medical Center. Several of them seem to think that it all stems from shortages of doctors due to greedy medical schools and residency programs that don't want to expand slots. While there may be some truth to that, it's gotten worse only in the past few years, especially with COVID-19. A lot of doctors and nurses left medicine, leaving the rest to struggle with short staffing. There's quite a lot of stress with finances being down, doctors not getting pay raises like nurses, because they don't strike. Medicare is lowering reimbursements. Most doctors are employees and are being told how hard to work. It used to be that paying off medical school and college debt was doable, but now, it's not clear that it is. And meanwhile you see other people living their lives with less stress and being able to enjoy wealth and family time. The smart people are in research fields and have less clinical time, or they go into other fields than medicine. Only those with old-time notions of what being a doctor is like tend to go into the field. Be nice to doctors and nurses – they are doing their best, and are struggling, too.
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Another mushroom benefit - it's a source of ergothioneine. It's an antioxidant whose significance was only realized about 9 years ago. I love porcini and shiitake mushrooms.
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Cal Tech is now admitting more women than men. Was that deliberate? Or is it just the way it happened? It's California, so you never know.
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Is the Capture button on the iPhone 16 a big deal? The iPhone 15 had an action button and I don't recall that it made a big splash.
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This is the opposite of what I expected. Smarter people have less mental health issues. Those who have lower cognitive ability tend to have more mental disorders. And there are certainly a lot of people with mental disorders lately.
Somewhat related: being politically obnoxious is associated with having the Dark Triad personality profile. That's having narcissistic, psychopathic and Machiavellian traits.
The Pacific Northwest bee ecosystem is diverse and there are a lot of new species being discovered. Makes you wonder if something's going on.
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