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Artificial Intelligence Paper Outlines FDA’s Approach to Protect Public Health and Promote Ethical Innovation

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The paper reaffirms our commitment to promote health equity by promoting the secure, safe, ethical, and effective development, deployment, and use of AI in medical products. AI, including machine learning (ML), spans transformative technologies with the potential to revolutionize healthcare. You can read the full paper here.

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Critics slam Canadian breast screening guidelines

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“So, when they looked at these outcomes, they gave greater weight to those 40- to 60-year-old randomized trials than to the modernized observational studies, said Gordon, who is also a volunteer medical adviser to Dense Breasts Canada. It is important that Canadians trust the process of public health guidance.

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Microsoft partners with Mass General Brigham, UW on imaging AI

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Microsoft is collaborating with Mass General Brigham and the University of Wisconsin (UW) School of Medicine and Public Health along with its partnering health system, UW Health, to support research on AI in medical imaging.

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Cancer screening hasn't rebounded to prepandemic levels

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Researchers led by Rishi Wadhera, MD, from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston found that eligible adults were significantly less likely to receive breast cancer screening and other types of health screening in 2021 compared with 2019. adults,” Wadhera and co-authors wrote.

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DEXA suggests link between schizophrenia and bone fragility

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“Our findings regarding poor bone health in people with schizophrenia are concerning, given previous studies have indicated that this population experiences more adverse events following a fracture,” the group wrote.

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Mobile health screening model lowers costs, promotes sustainability

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A new cancer screening service model developed by Italian researchers can reduce direct non-medical costs and improve environmental sustainability for breast cancer screening and other screening exams. in terms of travel costs and productivity losses. Sustainability has become an area of exploration for radiology practices to explore.

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Radiology leadership changes to begin in the new year

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University of Wisconsin In December, the University of Wisconsin (UW) School of Medicine and Public Health named Scott Reeder, MD, PhD, chair of the department of radiology. 2024 will see term beginnings for newly appointed radiology chairs. Reeder's term becomes effective in early 2024, according to UW.

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