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Use of artificial intelligence can accelerate patient diagnoses in a health system under stress, but it’s not risk-free.

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Pain under the left rib cage can be a sign of a heart attack, which is a medical emergency. An enlarged or ruptured spleen, which may result from trauma, can cause sharp pain. Kidney infections can ...

Xavier, a young man of 20 years old, lost a leg in a motorcycle accident but still feels sharp pain in the foot that is no longer there. Beatriz, 42 years old, a breast cancer survivor, continues to ...

Lewis Goodfield struggled with abdominal issues for several years before his life-changing hospital visit Jam Press/Lewis Goodfield/The Brain Tumour Charity A man went to the hospital for abdominal ...

SHOULD BE MADE UP OF MOSTLY PROTEIN AND FIBER. STOMACH PAIN IS COMMON FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT COULD IT BE A MORE SERIOUS ISSUE? I SPOKE WITH OUR UNM HEALTH EXPERT LAST WEEK, DOCTOR ASH, ABOUT THE ...

Mark Seguin was diagnosed with colon cancer at 35. He's discovered exercise can dramatically reduce the risk of colon cancer recurrence.Courtesy of Mark Seguin This as-told-to essay is based on a ...