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Medicine has become inhuman, to disastrous effect. The doctor-patient relationship - the heart of medicine - is broken: doctors are too distracted and overwhelmed to truly connect with their patients, and medical errors and misdiagnoses abound. In Deep Medicine, leading physician Eric Topol reveals how artificial intelligence can help. AI has the potential to transform everything doctors do, from notetaking and medical scans to diagnosis and treatment, greatly cutting down the cost of medicine and reducing human mortality.

Just months ago, millions of people were stunned by ChatGPT's amazing abilities–and its bizarre hallucinations. But that was 2022. GPT-4 is now here, with smarter, more accurate, and deeper technical knowledge. GPT-4 and its competitors and followers are on the verge of transforming medicine. But with lives on the line, you need to understand these technologies–stat.

Have you ever wondered why most people can eat foods like chocolate, but dogs cannot? Or why you may get sick after drinking one too many sodas? Learn more about how some poisons are used for good. Some poisons can be used in medicines, but remember: too much of a good thing can be bad for you!

The Business of AI in Healthcare Podcast is presented by Robert Kaiser. It brings together business leaders and other forward thinkers to discuss how best to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing, increasingly complex healthcare industry.

In 1949, Ron Losee, a young Yale Medical School graduate, headed west with his wife and small daughter to begin the practice of medicine. They settled in Ennis, Montana, in a log cabin that also became their office and lab. Patients made themselves at home in the living room. One small bag held all their medical equipment. It was a proud moment when a patient first called Losee "Doc." His fee on that occasion was three dollars.

In medicine, machines can be used to take detailed pictures of bones and even to save people’s lives. Listen to learn about the marvelous machines of modern medicine, like the defibrillator, the x-ray machine, and more!

The field of medicine is fascinating. But some medical conditions, treatments, and experiments are almost unbelievable! Did you know workers test medications and medical equipment for bacteria by using a chemical from horseshoe crab blood? Have you ever heard of freezing people's bodies in the hopes of bringing them back to life in the future? Check out these fascinating findings and even more bizarre medicine!

In ancient China, an alchemist mixed an exploding medicine and accidentally invented gunpowder. Learn about the development of gunpowder and other explosives, like nitroglycerin and dynamite, in this fun feature.

Nano Comes to Life opens a window onto the nanoscale - the infinitesimal realm of proteins and DNA where physics and cellular and molecular biology meet - and introduces listeners to the rapidly evolving nanotechnologies that are allowing us to manipulate the very building blocks of life. Sonia Contera gives an insider's perspective on this new frontier, revealing how nanotechnology enables a new kind of multidisciplinary science that is poised to give us control over our own biology, our health, and our lives.

According to estimates, the healthcare AI market will grow to over $45 billion by 2026. Now is the time for everyone involved, including medical consumers and entrepreneurs, to understand and embrace the AI in healthcare revolution. AI continues to advance at breakneck speeds. Nowhere else is AI moving faster than in the health care sector, where it’s being used to improve millions of lives at every point in the healthcare system. In this book, you will take a deep dive into the remarkable strides that AI is making.

Futurologist Luna Lee presents possibilities for the future of medicine in the next 100 years.

In our digital age, where threats can come from any corner of the globe and impact businesses of all sizes, I believe in a proactive, multi-layered approach. I am passionate about empowering businesses and individuals to understand cyber risks. Effective IT governance establishes frameworks that guide decision-making, risk management, and resource allocation to support high-quality care while safeguarding patient data. Compliance helps mitigate threats, enhance operational efficiency, and maintain the integrity and confidentiality of healthcare data.

Discover medical science's extraordinary journey from a time when even the slightest cut held the threat of infection and death to today's era of routine organ transplants and daily headlines about the mysteries of DNA and the human genome. What major discoveries made this transition possible? Who were the fascinating individuals responsible for those discoveries, and what qualities prepared each of them for their unique roles in medical history? These 12 compelling lectures draw on the lives of medicine's greatest contributors to tell the human story behind the development of Western scientific medicine.

Take a deep dive into the evolving impact of AI on cancer care with veteran podcast host Jaime Catmull. Whether you’re a patient, a survivor, a friend, a relative, or a person looking out for your long‑term health, this exploration of artificial intelligence in cancer care can transform the way you think about and approach cancer treatment and support. Join us on the podcast as we uncover groundbreaking innovations, hear inspiring stories, talk to healthcare professionals on the front lines, and learn how technology is reshaping the future of medicine.

An unborn baby with a fatal heart defect . . . a skier submerged for an hour in a frozen Norwegian lake . . . a comatose brain surgery patient whom doctors have declared a "vegetable." Twenty years ago all of them would have been given up for dead, with no realistic hope for survival. But today...

Few diseases are more gruesome than typhus. Transmitted by body lice, it afflicts the dispossessed - refugees, soldiers, and ghettoized peoples - causing hallucinations, terrible headaches, boiling fever, and often death. The disease plagued the German army on the Eastern Front and left the Reich desperate for a vaccine. For this they turned to the brilliant and eccentric Polish zoologist Rudolf Weigl.

Dr. Bruce Bassi, an addiction physician and biomedical engineer, interviews pioneers and thought leaders in the world of digital mental health. We explore innovative ideas, motivations for key features, technical challenges and future directions in psychiatry technology. We look behind the curtain and see how these creations were made and how they expect them to evolve in the future. Join our podcast discussion here: www.facebook.com/groups/futurepsychiatrypodcast/

The world of healthcare is rapidly evolving. Join us in exploring the trends, strategies and innovations that are reshaping the industry. Powered by Taylor Healthcare, the Digital Healthcare Experience is a platform for conversations with leaders on the forefront of the digital healthcare revolution. Watch our videos on YouTube @TheDigitalHealthcareExperience This podcast is your gateway to the latest trends and breakthroughs in digital health. In each episode our hosts from Taylor Healthcare interview top healthcare leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs who are pushing the boundaries of ...

AI in Medicine: Utah’s New Prescription Renewal Program This podcast explores Utah’s groundbreaking approach to integrating artificial intelligence into medical prescription management and renewals. We break down how the new Utah program allows AI-assisted systems to support clinicians in evaluating prescription refills, improving efficiency, reducing administrative burden, and expanding patient access—while still keeping licensed healthcare professionals firmly in control. Listeners will learn: What Utah’s new prescription program allows—and what it does not How AI is being used to ...

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