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The chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee has requested several artificial intelligence (AI) companies prioritize security measures and combat bias while responsibly rolling out new technologies. Democratic Senator Mark Warner is concerned about the potential risks posed by AI technology and has sent letters to the CEOs of OpenAI, Scale AI, Meta Platforms, Alphabet’s Google,
A recent systematic review and meta-analysis have shown that intravenous sodium thiosulphate is ineffective in treating calciphylaxis in people with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The study, which consisted of 12 clinical trials, found no significant difference in skin lesion improvement between patients who were treated with sodium thiosulphate and those who were not. Furthermore, 15
At a hearing on healthcare transparency and competition, both Republican and Democrat House members expressed concern over the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) recent decision to restrict access to Alzheimer’s drug treatments aducanumab (Aduhelm) and lecanemab (Leqembi), which inhibit amyloid. They argued that the decision hinders early intervention with the progressive disease and
A phase II study has found that adding a postinduction course of blinatumomab (Blincyto) to chemotherapy is safe and highly effective for treating an aggressive form of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in infants. The study, conducted by researchers from the Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology in Utrecht, the Netherlands, found that the regimen, which
A randomized trial from Italy showed that two types of bariatric-metabolic surgery are more effective than lifestyle modification plus best medical care in treating non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). In the study, over 200 patients with obesity and biopsy-confirmed NASH who completed the trial were assigned to Roux-en-Y and sleeve gastrectomy. The primary endpoint of histological resolution