Eric Topol
physician-scientist, author, editor. My new book is #DeepMedicine
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A.I. Is Learning From Humans. Many Humans.
Cade Metz - Nytimes.com 3d 15 tweets
Artificial intelligence is being taught by thousands of office workers around the world. It is not exactly futuristic work.
Eric Topol In India, a different kind of "supervised" learning for medicine humans reviewing colonoscopy videos to prep for neural nets, by 19h
Thread by @EricTopol: ""Digital Orthodoxy," aka Deep Phenotyping or High-dimensional human data, is a great research tool w/ many proven advances, but has NO comme […]" #diabetes #cancer #metagenomics #openaccess
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Thread by @EricTopol: ""Digital Orthodoxy," aka Deep Phenotyping or High-dimensional human data, is a great research tool w/ many proven advanc be harmful thelancet.com/journals/lance… Our latest @TheLancet Dig […]" #diabetes #cancer #metagenomics...
Recognition for Discoveries in DNA Repair | NEJM
New England Journal of Medicine 4d 6 tweets
Clinical Implications of Basic Research from The New England Journal of Medicine — Recognition for Discoveries in DNA Repair
Eric Topol Life is like a double-strand DNA break in constant search of repair (philosophical after reading tribute to Maria Jasin's phenomenal editing work ) 42h
Deep Medicine with Eric Topol, author of the Topol NHS review
SoundCloud 59h 1 tweets
In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Dr James Rudd, is joined by Dr Eric Topol, founder and director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute. They discuss the impact tha
These labs are remarkably diverse — here’s why they’re winning at science
Nature.com 439d 36 tweets
Being inclusive gives research groups a competitive edge. It also happens to be the right thing to do.
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Eric Topol Not just about the 110+ million people in GWAS studies, of whom only 1% are Hispanic, 2% are African and 11% are Asian But also diversity of researchers: by #openaccess 3d
Regional and correlative sweat analysis using high-throughput microfluidic sensing patches toward decoding sweat
Science Advances 3d 1 tweets
Recent technological advancements in wearable sensors have made it easier to detect sweat components, but our limited understanding of sweat restricts its application. A critical bottleneck for temporal and regional sweat analysis is achieving...
Eric Topol —I'd like to get glucose, sodium and potassium levels from sweat. At rest and during exercise. And in people w/ and w/o #diabetes. —Here you go: by #openaccess 3d
The “inconvenient truth” about AI in healthcare
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The “inconvenient truth” about AI in healthcare
Eric Topol “The [#AI] 'inconvenient truth' is that at present the algorithms that feature prominently in research literature are in fact not, for the most part, executable at the frontlines of clinical practice." Nature Digital Medicine 3d
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Eric Topol There's not just "the" inconvenient truth (astute essay this week by and colleagues: ) Unfortunately, there are many that need to be systematically addressed. 11h
Permanent Ink
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Eric Topol My favorite line from 's interview w/ was "We need to be more human." And 's essay captured some of that well key excerpts , and 3d
Electronic Health Record Design and Use Factors and Clinician Stress and Burnout
Jamanetwork.com 3d 2 tweets
This survey study determines which electronic health record (EHR) design and use factors are associated with clinician stress and burnout and identifies other sources that contribute to this problem.
Eric Topol Quantifying the role of electronic health records for promoting physician #burnout and stress #EHR by Nancy Morioka-Douglas and colleagues 3d
AMA drops out of industry coalition opposed to Medicare expansion
POLITICO 3d 2 tweets
The AMA's departure is the first crack in industry opposition to Democratic candidates' Medicare proposals.
Eric Topol Applauding new efforts to support and achieve #healthcare coverage for all Americans by by 3d
Health reform: How to improve U.S. health care in 2020 and beyond
American Medical Association 5d 2 tweets
Health insurance should cost less and work better for those who already have it, and should be much easier to obtain for those who don’t.
Eric Topol Applauding new efforts to support and achieve #healthcare coverage for all Americans by by 3d
For ‘Diagnosis’ Show, Dr. Lisa Sanders Lets Times Readers Around the World Join in the Detective Work
Nytimes.com 3d 1 tweets
A Times Magazine columnist credits Sherlock Holmes and global crowdsourcing for helping her solve patients’ mysterious ailments.
Eric Topol Looking forward to watching my friend , aka Dr Sherlock, solving medical diagnostic mysteries (w/ crowdsourcing) , starting today by by 3d
Review: The Doctor Who Inspired "House" Navigates the Health Care Crisis in Netflix Docuseries "Diagnosis"
Time 3d 1 tweets
The series premieres on Aug. 16
Eric Topol Looking forward to watching my friend , aka Dr Sherlock, solving medical diagnostic mysteries (w/ crowdsourcing) , starting today by by 3d
Diversity matters
Nature Reviews Genetics 3d 2 tweets
For genomics to fulfil its potential of improving human health, diversity and inclusion must be recognized as essential catalysts of research success.
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Eric Topol "Diversity Matters": what we've done wrong in #genomics research and what to do about it, an essential editorial 3d
Digital orthodoxy of human data collection
The Lancet 3d 2 tweets
The notion that more data are more informative has helped lay the foundation for a new era in medical diagnostics. But this “kitchen sink” approach can be misguided. A classic example is a middle-aged executive without any symptoms who undergoes...
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Eric Topol "Digital Orthodoxy," aka Deep Phenotyping or High-dimensional human data, is a great research tool w/ many proven advances, but has NO commercial/clinical validation and may be harmful Our latest Digital Medicine essay 3d
Stop blaming mental illness
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</br>![][1]</img> PHOTO: PROFESSIONAL IMAGES PHOTOGRAPHY The United States is experiencing a public health epidemic of mass shootings and other forms of gun violence. A convenient response seems to be blaming mental illness; after all, “who in...
Eric Topol When speaks to and members of Congress #mentalhealth #openaccess #ThisIsOurLane 4d
Reducing the metabolic rate of walking and running with a versatile, portable exosuit
Science 4d 2 tweets
Walking and running require different gaits, with each type of motion putting a greater bias on different muscles and joints. Kim et al. developed a soft, fully portable, lightweight exosuit that is able to reduce the metabolic rate for both running...
Eric Topol Walking and running made easier? We've got a new soft suit for you. ;-) by and colleagues editorial by 4d
Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Initiate Gallstone Formation
Immunity 4d 4 tweets
Cholelithiasis, the presence of gallstones in the gallbladder or ducts, is a prevalent human disease with a high socioeconomic burden. Muñoz and colleagues demonstrate that the formation of neutrophil extracellular traps fosters the generation and...
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Eric Topol We were taught the 4 F's for #gallstone risk seemingly forever, not knowing the real mechanism. Now it has become clear: inflammation, white blood cell traps 4d
For a decade, Francis Collins has shielded NIH—while making waves of his own
Science | AAAS 4d 5 tweets
Collins has led the National Institutes of Health with a firm hand
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Eric Topol A decade of our Beyond exceptional past leadership, w/ the current anti-science gov't administration, we are so fortunate that Francis Collins stayed on [Even 's on board now :-)] 4d
AI Algorithms Need FDA-Style Drug Trials
Wired 4d 15 tweets
Opinion: Algorithms cause permanent side effects on society. They need clinical tests.
Eric Topol 2. Agree w/ today's call for #AI clinical trials as nicely articulated by and colleagues but the (faulty) melanoma algorithm had been approved by European regulatory review ) 4d