by Keila DePape, McGill University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain AI-powered apps offering medical diagnoses at the click of a button are often limited by biased data and a lack of regulation, leading to inaccurate and unsafe health advice, a new study found. McGill University researchers presented symptom data from known medical cases to two popular, representative...
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Kids’ blood pressure measurements different between arms, potential for misdiagnosis
MURDOCH CHILDRENS RESEARCH INSTITUTE IMAGE: BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS SHOULD BE TAKEN FROM BOTH ARMS AFTER NEW RESEARCH SHOWED SUBSTANTIAL DIFFERENCES COULD BE SEEN DEPENDING ON WHICH ARM WAS USED. CREDIT: MARCELO LEAL Blood pressure measurements in children and adolescents should be taken from both arms after new research showed substantial differences...