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Francois Rousseau

@RousseauF

Research Chair in Evidence-based laboratory medicine, Co-Lead - PEGASUS project on comparative effectiveness of NIPT methods; Precision Medicine Policy Network

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Earthset nasa.gov/image-detail/art002… via @NASA
Earthset - NASA

Earthset - NASA

Earthset captured through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, during the Artemis II crew’s flyby of the Moon.

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phys.org/news/2025-05-eviden…

Evidence shows AI systems are already too much like humans. Will that be a problem?

What if we could design a machine that could read your emotions and intentions, write thoughtful, empathetic, perfectly timed responses—and seemingly know exactly what you need to hear? A machine so...

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Read my latest #research on Tools used to appraise the quality of studies included insystematic reviews and meta-analyses in human genetics: a systematic review, published with @SpringerNature in @ejhg_journal
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Almost half of FDA-approved AI medical devices are not trained on real patient data, research...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has practically limitless applications in health care, ranging from auto-drafting patient messages in MyChart to optimizing organ transplantation and improving tumor...

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Private equity acquisition of hospitals may increase adverse events medicalxpress.com/news/2023-…

Private equity acquisition of hospitals may increase adverse events

Hospital-acquired adverse events are increased in association with private equity acquisition of hospitals, according to a study published in the Dec. 26 issue of the Journal of the American Medical...

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Crypto laid bare: What U.S. federal charges against Binance’s CEO expose about the industry’s deceit /via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/business…

Crypto laid bare: What U.S. federal charges against Binance’s CEO expose about the industry’s deceit

The crypto industry’s dreams of being viewed as a safe and sophisticated alternative to centralized banking have been shattered

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New research maps 14 potential evolutionary dead ends for humanity and ways to avoid them phys.org/news/2023-11-potent… via @physorg_com
New research maps 14 potential evolutionary dead ends for humanity and ways to avoid them

New research maps 14 potential evolutionary dead ends for humanity and ways to avoid them

For the first time, scientists have used the concept of evolutionary traps on human societies at large. They find that humankind risks getting stuck in 14 evolutionary dead ends, ranging from global...

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So sad linkedin.com/posts/giorgiosi…

Giorgio Sirugo posted on LinkedIn

Giorgio Sirugo posted images on LinkedIn

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The New Normal in Body Temperature is 36.6C or 98F medscape.com/viewarticle/996… via @medscape
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Surprising Brain Activity Moments Before Death medscape.com/viewarticle/991… via @medscape
Surprising Brain Activity Moments Before Death

Surprising Brain Activity Moments Before Death

F. Perry Wilson comments on a fascinating study that shines a light on the electrochemistry of the dying brain.

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Global consortium creates database and universal 'clock' to estimate age in all mammalian tissues medicalxpress.com/news/2023-… via @medical_xpress

Global consortium creates database and universal 'clock' to estimate age in all mammalian tissues

Scientists at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and UCLA Health led an international research team that published two articles detailing changes in DNA—changes that researchers found are shared by...

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Engineers harvest abundant clean energy from thin air, 24/7 techxplore.com/news/2023-05-… via @techxplore_com
Engineers harvest abundant clean energy from thin air, 24/7

Engineers harvest abundant clean energy from thin air, 24/7

A team of engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has recently shown that nearly any material can be turned into a device that continuously harvests electricity from humidity in the air....

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ChatGPT Bot Flunks Gastroenterology Exam medscape.com/viewarticle/992… via @medscape
ChatGPT Bot Flunks Gastroenterology Exam

ChatGPT Bot Flunks Gastroenterology Exam

The AI language-processing model scored below the minimum passing grade of 70% on a self-assessment test and is not recommended for medical education.

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Study Says Casual Pot Use Harmful to Teens medscape.com/viewarticle/992… via @medscape
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ChatGPT Answers Beat Physicians' on Info, Patient Empathy, Study Finds | MedPage Today medpagetoday.com/practiceman…
ChatGPT Answers Beat Physicians' on Info, Patient Empathy, Study Finds

ChatGPT Answers Beat Physicians' on Info, Patient Empathy, Study Finds

Evaluators gave chatbot the better rating for responses to patient queries by a nearly 4:1 ratio

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ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle… "Robot-lawyer" to defend accused before court !

Un « robot-avocat » défendra un accusé devant les tribunaux

L’entreprise américaine DoNotPay a conçu une intelligence artificielle (IA) pour conseiller un accusé en cour.

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Opinion | Dr. OpenAI Lied to Me medpagetoday.com/opinion/fau…
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Eating one wild fish same as month of drinking tainted water: study phys.org/news/2023-01-wild-f…
Eating one wild fish same as month of drinking tainted water: study

Eating one wild fish same as month of drinking tainted water: study

Eating one freshwater fish caught in a river or lake in the United States is the equivalent of drinking a month's worth of water contaminated with toxic "forever chemicals", new research said on...

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AI Passes U.S. Medical Licensing Exam

Two papers show that large language models, including ChatGPT, can pass the USMLE

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Aging can be reversed in mice. Are people next?cnn.com/2023/01/12/health/re…
Old mice grow young again in study. Can people do the same? | CNN

Old mice grow young again in study. Can people do the same? | CNN

All mammals hold a backup copy of cellular youth, a new study says. All we have to do is trigger the switch to turn back the clock, researchers say.

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