Bob Tedeschi
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How Machine Learning May Revolutionize Medicine
Doctors will one day be able to more accurately predict how long patients with fatal diseases will live. Medical systems will learn how to save money by skipping expensive and unnecessary tests. Radiologists will be replaced by computer algorithms. These are just some of the realities patients and doctors should prepare for as “machine learning” enters the world of medicine, according to Dr. Ziad Obermeyer, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, and Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel of the University of Pennsylvania, who recently coauthored an article in the New England Journal of Medicine on the topic...
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Researcher with Stage 4 Cancer Launches Site to Help Others Navigate Clinical Trials
Among patients with colon cancer, researcher Tom Marsilje has made a name for himself by helping others learn about new clinical trials. He has scoured the database ClinicalTrials.gov, circulated a weekly spreadsheet, and served as a clearinghouse for patients desperate for a chance to beat back their disease. But, for Marsilje, it has been a labor-intensive process, and it has been hard to escape a troubling reality...
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