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How Google Deepmind is researching the frontiers of medical A.I.
After a long hiatus, we return with one of our most interesting episodes yet! Arham and I were delighted to chat with David Stutz, Ph.D., whose work at Google Deepmind has been absolutely…
What companies and influencers don't tell you about their products
After enough "DOCTOR'S DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS" headlines, it's about time we flip the script. Let's start here: red light therapy does not do much to fix hairlines. Trust me because...well, it's…
Why making medical decisions based on the best evidence is both an art and a science, featuring Dr. Anil Makam
Applying medical research at the bedside can be difficult. After all, you don't inspire the most confidence in patients when you tell them their treatments are backed by p values of 0.049.Dr. Anil…
How standardized should medicine actually be?
As a general rule, lowering your standards is almost never a good idea. But when you're giving relationship advice to a humongous national corporation that dictates nearly everything in American…
Should pre-medical training just be a statistics degree?
All premeds take o-chem, some premeds take p-chem, but should any take...no-chem???As medicine has become more evidence-based and biologically sophisticated, the job description of a doctor has…
The Future of Medical A.I. with Dr. Travis Zack
Physics haters be warned…Dr. Travis Zack is a practicing oncologist and assistant professor at UCSF, where he heads a research lab working on implementing A.I. tools in the electronic health record.…
Should medical evidence come with an expiration date?
There may be only one thing that lasts longer than ketchup: clinical trials from the 1990's. But at a certain point, even these must expire. How do we know when it's time to put old knowledge to new…
How artificial intelligence will revolutionize drug discovery
As AI/ML methods progress at an incredible pace, what advancements in medical therapies can we look forward to? To explore this, Arham and I discuss some of the fundamentals behind how new drugs are…
How do we know when something is actually improving patients' lives?
Many widespread practices in medicine have never been directly shown to make people live longer, happier, or healthier. Arham and I discuss why this is the case. Is this a fair standard, or is it…
Why health insurers actually want higher healthcare costs
With all the media recently about United Healthcare and its widespread claim denials, we discussed why health insurers deny care (HINT: it's not because it saves them money). We also discussed why…
Statistics in Medical Training
We discuss whether medical training should have a more dedicated emphasis on teaching statistics, and broadly touch on the implications of statistics in medical decision making.
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