After getting angry, the blood vessels remained in a state where they were less likely to dilate for up to 40 minutes. This is the result confirmed by a team at Columbia University in the U.S. with 280 healthy adults. The effects of…
It’s no secret that teens often struggle when it comes to asking mom and dad for advice or talking about the problems they’re facing. But they are confiding in artificial intelligence, found a study published earlier this year in the…
Informed consent is vital for any clinical trial. However, the length and complexity of consent information can lead to patients misconstruing key points and failing to understand the implications of participation. If this is the case, can we truly call…
A retrospective review of 501 Indian informed consent documents found incomplete compliance with ICMR 2017 and NDCT 2019 disclosure requirements, with academic trials scoring far lower than regulatory or sponsored trials.
A scoping review of 24 studies finds generative AI models achieving up to 99.9 percent accuracy in healthcare tasks, but only one study reported its carbon footprint. Subject of Research: Use of pre-trained, fine-tuned, and multimodal generative AI models in healthcare Article…
A survey of more than 24,000 students in England examines who turns to AI chatbots for mental health advice and how their experiences fit into the wider search for support. Study: General-purpose AI as a source of mental health support amongst…
In October 2026, the documentary film 'You Can See Everything' was released in the United States. The protagonist is Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of Theranos, a company that promised to revolutionize blood testing. Theranos advertised that it could perform numerous clinical…
A Hiroshima University researcher outlines advantages of Japan's new law that prohibits the transfer of genome-edited human embryos or germ cells into the human reproductive tract and imposes criminal penalties for violations. The law leaves somatic gene-editing therapies unaffected and…
A Black female teenager and her parents consult with a female Caucasian doctor. Sarah Herrington is a biology major and she is a 2024-25 health care ethics intern at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. Views are…
Let’s talk about it. This analysis of AI breakthroughs is part of my ongoing Forbes column coverage on the latest in AI, including identifying and explaining various impactful AI complexities (see the link here). There is little doubt that this…
Shared decisions, informed consent, and advance directives in serious illness.
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