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Doctors using AI to take patients’ notes failing to capture ‘potentially vital information’

While many medics are ‘excited’ about so-called AI scribes, the ‘experiences of patients are poorly considered, experts said

The Independent UK · Sep 3

CDC Merges Three Overdose Tracking Systems Into One Public Dashboard as Predicted Deaths Fall Twelve Percent

The CDC launched an Overdose Prevention Data Channel combining fatal and nonfatal data as provisional deaths fell 12.3% to 67,798 nationally.

Medical Daily · Sep 3

Iowa Confirms 45 Kratom-Linked Deaths Since 2024 as the Governor Presses Lawmakers for a Total Statewide Ban

Iowa reports 45 kratom-associated deaths since 2024, and a 467% jump in poison center calls as officials warn about concentrated 7-OH products.

Medical Daily · Sep 3

Your Neighborhood In Your 20s May Shape Your Heart Decades Later, Research Suggests A Lasting Effect

Where you live in early adulthood may influence your heart health years later, with neighborhood conditions linked to artery calcification.

Medical Daily · Sep 3

A Leaf Shaped Liver Fluke Was Living in This Woman's Abdominal Wall and Her Stool Test Came Back Clean

Surgeons removed a mass from an Iranian woman's rectus abdominis and found an adult Fasciola hepatica, a fluke that belongs in the bile ducts.

Medical Daily · Sep 3

A Strange Blood Signal In ALS May Reveal How The Body Tries To Fight Back Against The Disease

Higher levels of N-acyl taurines were linked to faster ALS progression, but researchers found the pathway may also protect nerve cells.

Medical Daily · Sep 3

A Trail of Scar Tissue in One Man's Liver Traced the Exact Path a Raw Fish Parasite Took In

Pathologists followed a continuous inflammatory tract from the liver surface to an Anisakis larva, mapping the worm's route into the organ.

Medical Daily · Sep 3

Federal Regulators Cite an Arizona Stem Cell Company Over Sterility Failures and Claims Aimed at Desperate Patients

FDA warned an Arizona firm over unapproved umbilical cord products marketed for autism and ALS, citing unvalidated sterility processes.

Medical Daily · Sep 3

Three California Cats Living Near Dairy Farms Carried Bird Flu Antibodies Including Two That Never Went Outside

A CDC journal study found H5N1 antibodies in three of 12 cats living within 2 km of California dairy farms. Two never went outdoors.

Medical Daily · Sep 3

Four Philips CT Scanner Recalls Now Cover an Unintended Radiation Issue Affecting Hospitals Across the United States

FDA posted four Class 2 recalls for Philips CT scanners over an unintended radiation issue. Philips is updating software at no cost to hospitals.

Medical Daily · Sep 3