Health Care Industry Technology

An artificial intelligence brain implant is allowing a stroke victim to speak again

09/01/202308/31/2023 Stephanie Beck

A woman from Regina, Canada has regained her voice due to groundbreaking new AI technology. A woman from Regina, Canada lost her voice over 18 years ago when she had a stroke, but new artificial intelligence technology worked into a brain implant is helping her to regain her voice. The technology was implemented by a team at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). According to the team, the patient, Ann Johnson, suffered a stroke at the age of 30 years, back in 2005. She has not been able to…

Doctors in Jerusalem use augmented reality for robotic spinal surgery

08/29/202308/28/2023 Sam Lambert

Surgeons from the Shaare Zedek Medical Center used extensive tech for the complex procedure. Doctors from the Shaare Zedek Medical Center (SZMC) in Jerusalem used a combination of augmented reality and robotics to complete a complex spinal surgery on a 25-year-old man who was admitted to the emergency department following a serious injury during a workplace fall. The patient was diagnosed with a paralysis-risking unstable spinal fracture. The hospital’s trauma team diagnosed the patient and one of the hospital’s neurosurgeons, Dr. Cezar Mizrahi conducted an assessment and concluded that the…

Artificial intelligence boosts breast cancer detection in new study

08/10/202308/09/2023 L. Green

Artificial intelligence - breast cancer results

The research in Sweden showed that AI can be a helpful tool for doctors detecting cancers efficiently. A substantial study was conducted in Sweden, examining the benefit of using artificial intelligence to help interpret breast cancer screening results. The results showed that AI can help to boost the efficiency of cancer detection by human doctors. That said, the study authors point out that as rigorous and lengthy as this particular research was, it is still important to conduct more studies to help determine precisely where the technology offers value and…

Canadian children’s mental health hotline turns to artificial intelligence

07/10/202307/08/2023 Julie Campbell

Artificial intelligence - Help Phone for Kids

To keep up with the surge in demand for support, Kids Help Phone is using AI technology. Kids Help Phone, a mental health hotline for children and teens in Canada, has announced that it is using artificial intelligence to help respond to the “enormous need” as a rapidly growing number of people turn to the service for support. Since the pandemic, the number of people using the service has skyrocketed in the country. In 2019 Kids Help Phone received about 1.9 million calls, texts, live chats, or website visits. Since…

Scientists use artificial intelligence to find antibiotic-resistant superbug treatment

05/31/202305/30/2023 Julie Campbell

Artificial intelligence - Antibiotic Drugs Research

Researchers at Canada’s McMaster University used AI to discover a promising new drug. Scientists from McMaster University in Canada have used artificial intelligence to discover a new antibiotic-resistant “superbug” treatment. This is a promising breakthrough in the treatment of one of the most difficult to treat and most dangerous antibiotic resistant diseases. The promising new treatment was discovered within a few hours of the use of the AI technology. The research team published a paper about their use of artificial intelligence to discover a superbug treatment in the Nature Chemical…