“This isn’t sci-fi. It’s just we aren’t there yet.” — Adam Rodman, MD, MPH, director of artificial intelligence (AI) programs at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, discussing a new bill that would allow AI to prescribe drugs.
“I think it really speaks to the burden of paperwork.” — Jonathan Moses, MD, of Stanford Children’s Health, on a survey of the top barriers to treatment access among patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
“We will not screen our way into curing pancreatic cancer.” — Suneel Kamath, MD, of the Cleveland Clinic, discussing a blood test for early detection of pancreatic cancer.
“For better or worse, CDC became a clearinghouse not just of data for researchers, but also for the public.” — Becky Smullin Dawson, PhD, MPH, of Allegheny College in Pennsylvania, on archives hosting missing CDC data.
“A kid can walk into the hospital, and a day or two later, the brain is swollen so severely that they lose all their brain function.” — Sue Hong Routson, MD, of Johns Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore, on a small uptick in flu-related neurologic complications among children.
“We’re all in this together.” — Jeremy Stricsek, MD, of Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) in Massachusetts, after more than 230 CHA clinicians won their union election.
“The mechanisms may be similar to the mechanisms that regulate food intake with the GLP-1 agonists.” — Markku Lähteenvuo, MD, PhD, of the University of Eastern Finland in Kuopio, on a phase II trial of semaglutide (Ozempic) and alcohol consumption.
“This broader survival benefit was unexpected and suggests potential systemic effects beyond the gut.” — Belal Alshaikh, MD, MSCE, of the University of Calgary in Alberta, on a possible mortality benefit with probiotics for preterm and low-birth-weight infants.
“The potential lithium-related risk of thyroid and renal dysfunction should be weighed against the evidence-based benefit.” — Wing Chung Chang, MD, of the University of Hong Kong, on a study linking the bipolar disorder treatment with thyroid and kidney problems.
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