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Dr Suchitra Kataria @suchitrk.bsky.social · 19h

AI supported diagnostic innovations for impact in global women’s health

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AI supported diagnostic innovations for impact in global women’s health

Nina Linder and colleagues examine how artificial intelligence could be applied to diagnostic methods that rely on highly trained experts, such as cytological screening for cervical cancer, enabling i...

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Dr Suchitra Kataria @suchitrk.bsky.social · 20h

How to spot fake scientists and stop them from publishing papers

Journals are considering doing identity checks to expose fake authors — but there are downsides.

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How to spot fake scientists and stop them from publishing papers

Journals are considering doing identity checks to expose fake authors — but there are downsides.

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Dr Suchitra Kataria @suchitrk.bsky.social · 1d

Non-genetic factors determine deep learning identified ECG differences between black and white healthy subjects

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Non-genetic factors determine deep learning identified ECG differences between black and white healthy subjects - npj Cardiovascular Health

npj Cardiovascular Health - Non-genetic factors determine deep learning identified ECG differences between black and white healthy subjects

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Dr Suchitra Kataria @suchitrk.bsky.social · 1d

Using AI to identify genetic variants in tumors with DeepSomatic

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Using AI to identify genetic variants in tumors with DeepSomatic

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Dr Suchitra Kataria @suchitrk.bsky.social · 1d

Universities are embracing AI: will students get smarter or stop thinking?

Millions of students arriving at campuses are now using artificial intelligence. Worries abound.

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Universities are embracing AI: will students get smarter or stop thinking?

Millions of students arriving at campuses are now using artificial intelligence. Worries abound.

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Dr Suchitra Kataria @suchitrk.bsky.social · 1d

YouTuber ‘Doctor Mike’ thinks medicine needs a better social media strategy www.statnews.com/2025/10/21/d...

YouTuber 'Doctor Mike' thinks medicine needs a better social media strategy

Trust in public health institutions has been declining for years. Popular YouTuber “Doctor Mike” has some ideas for how to fix that.

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Dr Suchitra Kataria @suchitrk.bsky.social · 1d

Remote Screening for Asymptomatic Atrial Fibrillation

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Remote Screening for Asymptomatic Atrial Fibrillation

This randomized clinical trial examines the long-term effect of patch-based continuous ambulatory electrocardiogram monitoring on the diagnosis of atrial fibrillation in older adults with moderate to ...

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Dr Suchitra Kataria @suchitrk.bsky.social · 2d

Subretinal Photovoltaic Implant to Restore Vision in Geographic Atrophy Due to AMD | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...

Subretinal Photovoltaic Implant to Restore Vision in Geographic Atrophy Due to AMD | NEJM

Geographic atrophy due to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of irreversible blindness and affects more than 5 million persons worldwide. No therapies to restore vision in ...

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Dr Suchitra Kataria @suchitrk.bsky.social · 2d

Eye prosthesis is the first to restore sight lost to macular degeneration

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Eye prosthesis is the first to restore sight lost to macular degeneration

In a Stanford Medicine-led clinical trial of a wireless retinal prosthesis, people with advanced macular degeneration regained enough vision to read books and subway signs.

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Dr Suchitra Kataria @suchitrk.bsky.social · 2d

AI language models killed the Turing test: do we even need a replacement?

Chatbots now ace the mathematician's famous imitation game, but imitation never equalled intelligence.

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AI language models killed the Turing test: do we even need a replacement?

Chatbots now ace the mathematician's famous imitation game, but imitation never equalled intelligence.

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Dr Suchitra Kataria @suchitrk.bsky.social · 2d

A Direct-to-Patient Digital Health Program for Lung Cancer Screening jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...?

A Direct-to-Patient Digital Health Program for Lung Cancer Screening

This randomized clinical trial assesses the effect of a direct-to-patient digital health intervention on lung cancer computed tomography (CT) screening rates among individuals meeting screening criter...

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Dr Suchitra Kataria @suchitrk.bsky.social · 2d

Promise of Digital Direct-to-Patient Intervention to Improve Lung Cancer Screening Rates
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Promise of Digital Direct-to-Patient Intervention to Improve Lung Cancer Screening Rates

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in the US. Randomized trials have demonstrated that annual lung cancer screening reduces lung cancer–specific mortality by approximately 20% am...

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Dr Suchitra Kataria @suchitrk.bsky.social · 4d

When helpfulness backfires: LLMs and the risk of false medical information due to sycophantic behavior

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When helpfulness backfires: LLMs and the risk of false medical information due to sycophantic behavior - npj Digital Medicine

npj Digital Medicine - When helpfulness backfires: LLMs and the risk of false medical information due to sycophantic behavior

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Dr Suchitra Kataria @suchitrk.bsky.social · 4d

Leveraging Sarcopenia index by automated CT body composition analysis for pan cancer prognostic stratification

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Leveraging Sarcopenia index by automated CT body composition analysis for pan cancer prognostic stratification - npj Digital Medicine

npj Digital Medicine - Leveraging Sarcopenia index by automated CT body composition analysis for pan cancer prognostic stratification

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Dr Suchitra Kataria @suchitrk.bsky.social · 5d

Plug-in hybrids pollute almost as much as petrol cars, report finds

Analysis of 800,000 European cars found real-world pollution from plug-in hybrids nearly five times greater than lab tests

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Plug-in hybrids pollute almost as much as petrol cars, report finds

Analysis of 800,000 European cars found real-world pollution from plug-in hybrids nearly five times greater than lab tests

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Dr Suchitra Kataria @suchitrk.bsky.social · 5d

“Dangerous Miracle,” by Liam Shaw, is a sweeping account of the rise and precarious future of a life-saving medicine.

Dr Suchitra Kataria @suchitrk.bsky.social · 5d

A Global Analysis of Within-Country Health Inequalities

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A Global Analysis of Within-Country Health Inequalities

This observational study including demographic cross-national comparative analysis constructs a unidimensional measure of health inequality grounded in a conceptual approach to health inequalities an...

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Dr Suchitra Kataria @suchitrk.bsky.social · 5d

Smartphone-Based Muscle Relaxation for Migraine in the ED jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...?

Smartphone-Based Muscle Relaxation for Migraine in the ED

This randomized clinical trial evaluates whether progressive muscle relaxation smartphone-based migraine self-management improved patient reported outcomes for migraine compared with enhanced usual ca...

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Dr Suchitra Kataria @suchitrk.bsky.social · 5d

Sodium Reduction Program Incorporating Genetic Profile and an AI-Based App
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Sodium Reduction Program Incorporating Genetic Profile and an AI-Based App

This randomized clinical trial evaluates the effectiveness of a sodium reduction program incorporating a genetic profile and an artificial intelligence (AI)–based mobile app at reducing salt intake am...

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Dr Suchitra Kataria @suchitrk.bsky.social · 6d

DeepSeek-R1 vs OpenAI o1 for Ophthalmic Diagnoses and Management Plans jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...?

DeepSeek-R1 vs OpenAI o1 for Ophthalmic Diagnoses and Management Plans

This cross-sectional study evaluates the diagnostic accuracy, management decision-making, and cost of DeepSeek-R1 vs OpenAI o1 across diverse ophthalmic subspecialties.

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Dr Suchitra Kataria @suchitrk.bsky.social · 6d

‘Am I redundant?’: how AI changed my career in bioinformatics

A run-in with some artefact-laden AI-generated analyses convinced Lei Zhu that machine learning wasn’t making his role irrelevant, but more important than ever.

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‘Am I redundant?’: how AI changed my career in bioinformatics

A run-in with some artefact-laden AI-generated analyses convinced Lei Zhu that machine learning wasn’t making his role irrelevant, but more important than ever.

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Dr Suchitra Kataria @suchitrk.bsky.social · 6d

Leveraging Large Language Models to Generate Multiple-Choice Questions for Ophthalmology Education jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...?

Leveraging Large Language Models to Generate Multiple-Choice Questions for Ophthalmology Education

This survey study evaluates whether general-domain large language models can reliably generate high-quality, novel, and readable multiple-choice questions that are comparable to those of a committee o...

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Dr Suchitra Kataria @suchitrk.bsky.social · 6d

Artificial Intelligence–Detected Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes and Outcomes in Anti–PD-1–Based Treated Melanoma
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Artificial Intelligence–Detected Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes and Outcomes in Anti–PD-1–Based Treated Melanoma

This cohort study evaluates artificial intelligence–detected tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes on pretreatment melanoma metastases as a biomarker for response and survival in patients treated with first-...

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Dr Suchitra Kataria @suchitrk.bsky.social · 7d

Is the patient Black? Check this box for yes

For years a race-based medical calculation delayed Black patients access to life-saving kidney transplants

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Is the patient Black? Check this box for yes – The Markup

For years a race-based medical calculation delayed Black patients access to life-saving kidney transplants

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Dr Suchitra Kataria @suchitrk.bsky.social · 7d

How sexism in medicine continues to endanger women’s health

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How sexism in medicine continues to endanger women’s health — Harvard Gazette

Radcliffe symposium explores persistent bias in care today, from marginalizing heart disease symptoms to over-diagnosing anxiety.

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