The U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned the dye known as Red 3 from the nation’s food supply in January, setting deadlines for stripping the brightly hued additive from candies and cough syrup, baked goods and frozen treats. The agency said it was taking the action because studies ...
Can artificial intelligence be more empathetic than a doctor? Can it have better bedside manners? Dr. Jonathan Reisman thinks so. In a recent article in the New York Times, with the dramatic title “I’m a Doctor. ChatGPT’s Bedside Manner Is Better Than Mine,” he writes about his days as an idealistic, young doctor: “I was certain that the other side of practicing medicine, the human side, would keep my job safe. This side requires compassion, empathy, and clear communication between doctor and patient. As long as patients were still composed of flesh and blood, I figured, ...
There’s a saying in medicine that if you drive by a farm and see a four legged animal standing in the field, it’s probably a horse and not a zebra. This refers to the concept that typically, the most common reason, the typical cause, for some complaint is most likely the explanation. But what if it is a zebra? Medical providers are well aware that most complaints can be the result of many possible problems. The appropriate term for this list of possible causes is the “differential diagnosis” referring to all of the varied explanations that could potentially explain some ...
Let me now review for you what I consider to be some interesting and informative fun facts and history about our great United States of America. I truly believe it is very important for all of us to learn and to occasionally recall the history of our great nation. It is also very important that we teach all our children about the history of the United States so they can also appreciate what so many did to create our great nation. How many United Stated Capital Cities are named after Presidents of the United States? There are four and here they are in alphabetical order. 1) Jackson, ...
Humans come in innumerable shapes and sizes, applicable to so many parts of the human anatomy, side to side and top to bottom. And it’s down there at the bottom upon which the weight of the human body rests. Our feet are even entrusted with the task of propelling us through space, also known as walking. How well they do this job depends greatly on the person’s foot type, which is (predictably) primarily dependent on their genetics. There are two basic categories of pathologic foot type: supinated or pronated. Apparently, only about 20 percent of the population has a normal foot ...
WASHINGTON — About a million Americans a year are expected to develop dementia by 2060, roughly double today’s toll, researchers reported Monday. That estimate is based on a new study that found a higher lifetime risk than previously thought: After age 55, people have up to a 4 in 10 chance of eventually developing dementia -- if they live long enough. It’s a sobering number but there are steps people can take to reduce that risk, such as controlling high blood pressure and other bad-for-the-brain health problems. And it’s not too late to try even in middle age. “All of ...
