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Healthcare Chart Notes Set the Stage for Dangerously Skewed Negative Patient Profiles

Pat Farrell PhD - July 16, 2021

Careless use of biased language in Healthcare Chart notes gives life to skewed beliefs about patients and the state of their mental and physical health.

Hearing Loss Contributes to Mental Suffering and Dementia Despair

Pat Farrell PhD - August 21, 2022

No one wants to increase the prospect of dementia, but hearing loss plays a significant role in it.

Artificial Intelligence, Microbiome, and Predicting Liver Disease

Michael Hunter, MD - June 20, 2022

Increasing evidence suggests an interplay between the gut microbiome and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The role of the microbiome in the early detection of the condition remains unclear.

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