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- 8/24/2023
QUIZ: Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are plagued with intrusive thoughts, urges or images and perform repetitive behaviours or mental acts to reduce their anxiety. Do you feel compelled to put your knowledge of OCD to the test? - 8/24/2023
Quebec physicians college says some doctors worry about reprisals after giving MAID
Dr. Michel Bureau said a growing number of MAID cases were pushing the limits of the law and that there was a slight increase in the number of procedures that didn’t follow the rules. - 8/24/2023
Your medical notes delegated to generative AI
Microsoft’s Nuance division introduces DAX Express, a service leveraging artificial intelligence to automatically generate medical notes from consultations. - 8/24/2023
What is Stockholm syndrome? It all started with a bank robbery 50 years ago
There’s been debate over the years as to whether it’s a legitimate psychiatric condition or not. - 8/24/2023
Digital clones and Vocaloids may be popular in Japan. Elsewhere, they could get lost in translation
The digital clone can be used, for example, by a recruiter to carry out preliminary job interviews, or by a physician to screen patients ahead of checkups. - 8/24/2023
The obesity epidemic is fueled by biology, not lack of willpower
The brain wants us to eat as much as we can because it thinks it’s helping us survive, and it has the power to overwhelm our best intentions. - 8/23/2023
Amputees can get their body parts back for spiritual reasons, new Oregon law says
Previous state law made returning body parts either difficult or impossible. - 8/23/2023
Don’t forget the harms of not sharing health data
A different look at privacy and security. - 8/23/2023
Hospital services in the U.K. come to a standstill as thousands of senior doctors strike again
Thousands of hospital doctors say they will only provide emergency care, and the National Health Service warned patients to expect major disruption during the two-day strike.