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Are Home Health Aids The New Turing Test For AI?

Rodney Brooks argues that a home health aid should be a new model for Artificial Intelligence

Biotech IPO Markets: Closing The Books On 2018’s Crazy Year

2018 was a incredible boom year in the number of new biotech offerings. Author explores the data around post-IPO market performance and the challenging end of year in the stock market.

Artificial Intelligence That Helps Doctors Predict When Patients Will Die

Researchers at Stanford and the University of Texas are piloting artificial intelligence technology to help doctors predict when terminal patients will die.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Will Buy Mega-Biotech Celgene For $74 Billion In Cash And Stock

Analysts are calling it “a big win” for Celgene shareholders.

In Opioid Blame Game, Roles Of Ohio Doctors And So-Called ‘Pill Mills’ Sought

The state of Ohio is sitting on a database that could prove the Rosetta Stone for opioid plaintiffs and defendants alike, but so far only the defendants are demanding access to it.

Amid Opioid Crisis, The Joint Commission Revises Pain Standards For Health Facilities

The Joint Commission is revising “assessment and management standards” for behavioral health care, home care and nursing care center programs in the wake of the nation’s opioid crisis.

Amid PBM Battles, Molina Renews With CVS Caremark

Health insurer Molina Healthcare said it has extended its agreement with CVS Health’s pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) through 2021 in the first major CVS win since its Aetna merger closed.

New Clinical Trial Aims To Detect Cancer With A Quick Breathalyser Test

A new test for cancer which analyzes molecules in breath could revolutionize cancer diagnostics and save billions of dollars in healthcare costs.

New Year Old You? The Power of Realistic Resolutions

PUT DOWN THE DIET PLAN and improve your health in 2019 by optimising your biology. The truth about why 80% of New Years Resolutions fail and new in sight into how to increase your chances of success.

7 Ways To Diversify Leadership Thinking And Liberate Creativity

Our evermore volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world makes diversity of thinking and creativity a non-negotiable leadership skill. Here is a simple guide to developing the one faculty that can deal with it.