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Harnessing AI in Surgical Education: Deep Language Learning Model-Based Simulation Enhances Undergraduate History-Taking Skills

By MedXY 09/14/2025

A randomized controlled trial demonstrates that integrating deep language learning model (DLM) simulations into surgical training significantly improves history-taking skills and communication confidence among senior medical students.

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Enhancing Dental Diagnostics: The Role of AI Assistance in Detecting Periapical Radiolucencies

By MedXY 09/14/2025

A randomized controlled trial demonstrates that AI assistance moderately improves dentists' accuracy in diagnosing periapical radiolucencies, mainly by reducing false positives, with significant benefits for junior clinicians and a shift towards conservative treatment decisions.

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Enhancing Surgical History-Taking Skills in Medical Students Using AI-Driven Simulated Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial

By MedXY 09/14/2025

This randomized trial shows that using a deep language learning model as a simulated patient significantly improves surgical history-taking skills and student confidence in senior medical students during clinical rotations.

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Harnessing Machine Learning to Predict High-Risk Coronary Artery Disease: Insights from the SCOT-HEART Trial

By MedXY 09/14/2025

Machine learning models trained on clinical data improve prediction of coronary artery disease on CT scans compared to traditional risk scores, potentially guiding better resource utilization in cardiovascular care.

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Harnessing AI: LLM-Based Conversational Agents Reduce Depression and Anxiety Among Young Adults in Short Video App Trial

By MedXY 09/14/2025

A 28-day RCT demonstrates that a conversational AI trained on a large language model effectively reduces mild depression and anxiety symptoms in young adults through dialog interventions integrated in short video apps.

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AI-Assisted Optical Diagnosis in Colonoscopy: Ensuring Safety While Reducing Unnecessary Polypectomies

By MedXY 09/14/2025

A randomized trial demonstrates that leaving small non-neoplastic colorectal polyps in situ with AI-assisted optical diagnosis is as safe and effective as systematic removal, supporting less invasive colonoscopy strategies.

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Oral Corticosteroids Fail to Improve Recovery in Vocal Fold Paralysis After Thyroid Surgery: Insights from a Randomized Clinical Trial

By MedXY 09/13/2025

A randomized trial shows that a 7-day course of oral corticosteroids does not enhance vocal fold remobilization or voice quality in unilateral vocal fold paralysis following thyroid or parathyroid surgery, underscoring the continued importance of speech therapy.

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Optimizing Colorectal Cancer Screening Outreach for Adults Aged 45-49: Insights From a Large-Scale Randomized Trial

By MedXY 09/13/2025

A large UCLA Health randomized clinical trial found that usual care via mailed FIT outreach outperformed active choice strategies in colorectal cancer screening uptake among adults aged 45 to 49 years, highlighting the challenges in engaging younger populations in screening programs.

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Accelerating Depression Recovery: The Impact of Measurement-Based Care in Pakistan’s Low-Resource Settings

By MedXY 09/13/2025

A randomized clinical trial in Pakistan demonstrates that measurement-based care accelerates antidepressant treatment response and remission in major depressive disorder compared to standard care, underscoring its potential in low-resource settings.

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Evaluating Peer Coaching for Weight Management in Primary Care: Insights from a VA-Based Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial

By MedXY 09/13/2025

A cluster randomized trial in veterans assessed peer coaching for weight management, showing improved program attendance but no significant 12-month weight loss difference versus enhanced usual care.