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Study Shows Artificial Intelligence Can Detect Language Problems Tied to Liver Failure
December 19, 2019 | Technology that lets humans communicate with machines adapts well to role as medical detective.
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Out of the Impact Zone: Surf Therapy Helps Veterans Heal
December 6, 2019 | Pilot project from MUSC's South Carolina Clinical & Translational Research Institute uses surf therapy to help veterans heal.
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One Avocado a Day for Heart Healthy Benefits
November 7, 2019 | New research from Penn State suggests that eating one avocado a day may help keep "bad cholesterol" at bay.
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Training the New Scientists of Aging
October 1, 2019 | In collaboration with their Center for Clinical and Translational Science, the Mayo Clinic launches a first-of-its kind geroscience training program.
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Predicting Risk of Heart Failure for Diabetes Patients with Help from Machine Learning
September 26, 2019 | A new study, partially supported by Harvard Catalyst, unveils a new, machine-learning derived model that can predict, with a high degree of accuracy, future heart failure among patients with diabetes.
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Physician Plus
May 16, 2019 | Kia Byrd, an alumna of Harvard Catalyst’s Summer Clinical and Translational Research Program, uses health policy to help communities.
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Open Innovation Contestants Build AI-Based Cancer Tool
April 18, 2019 | Radiation oncologists are few in number, especially if you are nowhere near a cancer facility. Could artificial intelligence be used to deliver an oncologist's skills for radiation therapy? Karim R. Lakhani discusses a unique open innovation experiment. Eva Guinan, MD, faculty lead for Harvard Catalyst's Translational Innovator program, is the senior author on related paper.
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Can AI Help Doctors Diagnose Diseases? New England Researchers Probe Benefits, Challenges
April 8, 2019 | A new paper in the New England Journal of Medicine offers a blueprint for how doctors can use artificial intelligence to help them diagnose diseases. Featuring Harvard Catalyst's program lead for Biomedical Informatics, Isaac (Zak) Kohane.
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