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Doctors Perform First-Ever Human Bladder Transplant in U.S.

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MONDAY, May 19, 2025 Doctors in Southern California have performed the first human bladder transplant, offering new hope to people with serious bladder problems.The surgery was done earlier this month by two doctors from the University of C.

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CPAP Or Zepbound? Patients, Doctors Debate Sleep Apnea Treatment

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MONDAY, June 9, 2025 — A clash is brewing between doctors and patients when it comes to treatment for sleep apnea in those with obesity, a new study reports. Doctors favor treatment with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines.

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Doctors could soon use facial temperature for early diagnosis of metabolic diseases

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With further research, doctors could one day use this simple and non-invasive approach for early detection of diseases. These temperature differences are not easily perceptible by one's own touch but can instead be identified using specific AI-derived spatial temperature patterns that require a thermal camera and a data-trained model.

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ChatGPT Equals Doctors in Diagnosing Emergency Department Patients

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18, 2023 -- Emergency medicine doctors someday might rely on consultation from artificial intelligence (AI) programs like ChatGPT to help them quickly and accurately diagnose patients’ ailments. MONDAY, Sept. A new study found that ChatGPT.

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Can AI Boost Accuracy of Doctors' Diagnoses?

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15, 2024 -- AI can’t yet help doctors improve their ability to diagnose complex conditions, a sobering new study has found.Doctors had about the same diagnostic accuracy whether or not they were using ChatGPT Plus, according to results. FRIDAY, Nov.

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Doctor-Patient Connection: The Eyes Have It

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TUESDAY, July 30, 2024 -- Doctors might be authority figures, but a new review suggests hospital patients feel more comfortable when their physician comes across as less imposing.Getting to a patient’s eye level while talking about their diagnosis o.

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Black, Hispanic Doctors See Much Larger Proportion of Medicaid Patients

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24, 2024 -- Latino and Black family doctors are more likely to hang their shingle in their old neighborhood and care for the less fortunate, researchers report.The new findings, which also showed these doctors were more likely to. TUESDAY, Sept.

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