09/02/2025
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Automated detection of papilloedema using artificial intelligence and retinal images acquired through an ophthalmoscope for triage of patients with potential intracranial pathology could prove to be beneficial, particularly in resource-limited settings where access to neuroimaging may be limited
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09/08/2025
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Postoperative delirium & postoperative encephalopathy are common complications in older adults undergoing aortic valve replacement, yet the predictive accuracy of cognitive screening tools remains uncertain.
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09/08/2025
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Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly deployed in clinical settings for tasks ranging from patient communication to decision support. While these models demonstrate race-based and binary gender biases, anti-LGBTQIA+ bias remains understudied despite documented healthcare disparities affecting these populations.
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09/04/2025
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The authors developed and tested Med-Pal, a medical domain-specific LLM-chatbot fine-tuned with a fine-grained, expert curated medication-enquiry dataset consisting of 1,100 question and answer pairs. They trained and validated five light-weight, open-source LLMs of smaller parameter size (7 billion or less) on a validation dataset of 231 medication-related enquiries.
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08/12/2025
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This study explored the roles and workload of nurses working in Virtual Care Centers (VCCs), which have become more common since the COVID-19 pandemic.
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08/05/2025
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07/29/2025
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07/29/2025
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The general relationship between online hate speech, misinformation, and general mental health remains unclear...
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07/28/2025
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Despite the advancements of Large Language Models, quantifying self-reported experiences with natural language processing has resulted in imperfect accuracy.
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06/30/2025
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This study investigates the feasibility of reducing manual image annotation costs...
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