Opinion

Opinion: STAT+: Sometimes, it would be unethical not to use AI in medicine

Artificial intelligence can detect breast cancer on screening mammograms more accurately than individual expert radiologists in some study settings. In a 2020 Nature study using large U.K. and U.S. datasets, Google Health’s AI system matched or exceeded the performance of six radiologists and, in the U.S. test set, reduced false negatives by 9.4% and false … [Read more…]

Opinion: STAT+: If you have Alzheimer’s disease, who will take part in your care?

A reader — I’ll call him Jack — recently asked my thoughts on his plans to pursue treatment with lecanemab for his mild cognitive impairment caused by Alzheimer’s disease. So we set up a call to discuss what it is like to live beset by the threat of Alzheimer’s disease, but also the promise of … [Read more…]