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Tech Talk: Wearable camera+ AI detect medical errors
Researchers have developed a wearable camera system that, with the help of artificial intelligence (AI), detects potential errors in medication administration -- that is, when medications are given directly to people, usually in a healthcare setting or at home. Results of a pilot study show that the AI-driven video system recognized and identified, with high proficiency, medications being drawn in busy clinical settings, achieving 99.6% sensitivity and 98.8% specificity at detecting vial-swap errors.
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Is fraud a factor in remarkable age records?
Supercentenarian and so-called "remarkable" age records show patterns indicative of clerical errors and pension fraud, Saul Justin Newman, PhD, a University of Oxford, UK, professor writes in a report that is published, but not yet peer-reviewed (preprint). He notes that the concentration of people colloquially known as super-agers within geographic regions or "blue zones" has stimulated many efforts to understand the factors driving survival in these populations. Researchers have analyzed lifestyle patterns, social connections, biomarkers, and genomic variants, he writes, "under the assumption that these are the potential drivers behind the attainment of remarkable age."
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Aging well in the future: What we need to do
The International Longevity Center (ILC)'s futures report, commissioned by Brightwell, a UK-based provider of services to defined benefit pension schemes, highlights how the world is changing rapidly, and technological, economic, societal and environmental changes are reshaping our experience of longer lives.
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Acupuncture can help relieve sciatica pain from herniated disk
Acupuncture reduced pain and disability for people with chronic sciatica due to a herniated disk in a randomized controlled trial in China. Two hundred and sixteen patients with a mean age of 51 (68% women) received 10 sessions of acupuncture or sham acupuncture (placebo) over four weeks.
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Healthy habits in middle age tied to better brain health later
Among middle-aged people, having risk factors like blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol that are not well-controlled combined with not following certain healthy habits including exercise, diet and sleep, are linked to a higher risk of stroke, dementia or depression later in life, according to a recent study.
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Stats: 74% of those over 50 don't trust AI-generated health info
While the vast majority of people over 50 look for health information on the internet, a new poll shows 74% would have very little or no trust in such information if it were generated by artificial intelligence.
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