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With 137 million Americans in provider shortage areas, AI is becoming the first stop for mental health support. Regulators and payers are still deciding how to intervene.
Read the original →Planet Fitness (PLNT) investors are concerned about potential implications for churn and membership growth.
Read the original →Fitbit and Pixel Watch devices now use the Google Health app, which includes an AI Coach for users with a premium subscription. The article describes a hidden setting that turns it off.
Read the original →Subsidiaries Zhejiang Sunshine Mandi and Zhejiang Wansheng signed an agreement with MindRank AI to commercialize MDR-001, an oral GLP-1 candidate in Phase 3 obesity trials. 3SBio's share price is HK$15.07, with a 1-year total shareholder return down 45.58% and a 3-year total shareholder return up more than 2x.
Read the original →A pilot machine learning study of 20 mother-child dyads found that maternal lactation nutrients such as phosphatidylcholine, glutathione, and glycemic load, along with family income, predicted early language outcomes.
Read the original →Implementation costs, structural pressures and the labor-intensive nature of healthcare mean that artificial intelligence is unlikely to dramatically lower costs. This is expected to hold at least in the short term.
Read the original →The project's intended value is earlier screening, so that people know they are more likely to have a respiratory issue and seek further testing.
Read the original →Home Instead, a home healthcare services company, connected Christina Evers with Merrill Hale, who has ALS and needs full-time care.
Read the original →An award-winning author and news correspondent said AI is unlocking new potential in healthcare.
Read the original →A new PLOS Digital Health study of adults aged 55 to 64 finds that public acceptance of AI in dementia care is highest when technology augments rather than replaces human involvement.
Read the original →CBS Sunday Morning Correspondent and technology and science writer David Pogue was the featured speaker at Fort Wayne's 51st Stakeholder Summit on Friday.
Read the original →Monitoring all changes in the daily lives of elderly people living alone is difficult through regular visits or phone calls alone.
Read the original →AI biosecurity needs more than voluntary safeguards. It needs clear triggers for action before a crisis.
Read the original →Companies are expanding AI-based technology development and services for nursing care settings facing worsening labor shortages. Demand for care workers is rising with an aging population, but the work is physically demanding and recruitment is difficult.
Read the original →US AI device startup Natura announced Interface, a ring worn on the index finger, on October 8 (US time). Pressing the button while speaking lets users call AI such as Anthropic's Claude and OpenAI's ChatGPT.
Read the original →MIT professor Daron Acemoglu warned that rapid AI progress could create inequality in the labor market. A 2024 IMF estimate says about 60% of jobs in advanced economies are affected, and about half of those are likely to be replaced by AI. Productivity gains from AI are also expected, and past cases show technological change does not always reduce jobs, though some people are affected in the short term.
Read the original →Kawasaki Heavy Industries has built a prototype of Home LEO, a social robot for the healthcare field.
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