SUBJ: Obese children can still be healthy
SUBtitle: Major elements in healthcare are susceptible to AI replacement.
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SHORT NOTES:
1.. Obese children can still be healthy.
2. Major elements of what we provide on the healthcare front are susceptible to AI replacement.
3. the ACA enhanced tax credits [Affordable Care Act] will expire at the end of 2025.
4. Hypnosis before brain surgery helps shorten and improve medical treatment.
LONG NOTES:
Obese children can still be healthy. A new study from Tel Aviv University and Dana Dwek Children’s Hospital shows that obese children with illnesses had over twice the fat in their liver than healthy obese children. A Mediterranean diet may provide protection against metabolic illness, even in the case of obesity.
The implications of artificial intelligence (AI) for medicine seem to be more extensive than those described by the Microsoft report. It is increasingly clear to me that major elements of what we provide on the healthcare front are susceptible to AI replacement. First, there are the back office functions like billing and other related areas. There’s also follow-up care interaction with individuals who were recently hospitalized or cared for in an ambulatory setting. Surgical assistance is already at the forefront and will only expand over the next couple of years. In fact, I predict that “robotic assist” devices – which require the “AI function” in order to assist the surgeon, will become the norm over the coming decade – with improved outcomes. And, there are a slew of administrative functions that could potentially be managed by AI systems, with the list going on… On the clinical side, the healthcare community needs to become much more knowledgeable about how these systems work – and, can fail. So, we need to step up to the plate and become more assertive about the field of AI/ML development in the health care setting.
the ACA enhanced tax credits [Affordable Care Act] will expire at the end of 2025.
Hypnosis before brain surgery. (TY Nevet) Surgeons at the Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya have been using hypnosis instead of anesthesia prior to drilling holes in the skull for Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS). Psychologist Dr Udi Bonshtein says it helps shorten and improve medical treatment.
https://www.jpost.com/science/article-868234
