Using GPT-2 to generate Tweets
Last summer I blogged about using a Deep Neural Network to generate tweets but only used 3200 of my tweets. Since then I've used Twitter's archive mechanism to retrieve ALL my tweets (just over 30,000) to train a network. Not any old network - the GPT-2 model from OpenAI. This 'finetuning' of an existing...
Virtual reality technology for teaching neurosurgery of skull base tumor
Virtual reality technology for teaching neurosurgery of skull base tumor: Neurosurgery represents one of the most challenging and delicate of any surgical procedure. Skull base tumors in particular oftentimes present as a very technically difficult procedures in the setting of neurosurgical teaching....
Source: biomedcentral.com
Yes you can learn surgery via YouTube
"Doctors are turning to YouTube to learn how to do surgical procedures, but there's no quality control: Tens of thousands of videos on YouTube show surgeries ranging from face-lifts to knee replacements. But the content isn't vetted or curated, and some doctors say it should be." The platform dominance...
Source: cnbc.com
Surgery students 'losing dexterity to sew': A surgery professor expresses fears over the consequences of a generation more
Surgery students 'losing dexterity to sew': A surgery professor expresses fears over the consequences of a generation more adept at using screens.
Source: bbc.com
Aboriginal eye surgeon Kristopher Rallah-Baker makes history in one of medicine's toughest fields: Dr Rallah-Baker has wanted
Aboriginal eye surgeon Kristopher Rallah-Baker makes history in one of medicine's toughest fields: Dr Rallah-Baker has wanted to be an ophthalmologist since starting medical school and now has his sights set on taking the elegant craft of eye surgery to the Australian outback.
Source: abc.net.au
A robot has performed eye surgery on humans for the first time: For the first time, six people have had eye surgery performed
A robot has performed eye surgery on humans for the first time: For the first time, six people have had eye surgery performed by a robot that was able to filter out the tremors from a surgeon's hand
Source: newscientist.com
It’s time we stopped dismissing women’s health problems: Controversy about cervical smear tests is just the latest in
It’s time we stopped dismissing women’s health problems: Controversy about cervical smear tests is just the latest in a series concerning women’s health. It’s time to talk about inequality in the doctor’s surgery
Source: newscientist.com
Denying patients NHS treatment based on lifestyle factors is not conducive to a good doctor-patient relationship. In response
Denying patients NHS treatment based on lifestyle factors is not conducive to a good doctor-patient relationship. In response to the Hertfordshire Valley CCG’s decision to restrict
access to routine surgery until morbidly obese patients have lost
weight, or smokers have given up, as discussed...
Source: rcgp.org.uk
Brain surgery revolution: A brain surgeon in the UK has started using 3D printed titanium plates to replace parts of patients'
Brain surgery revolution: A brain surgeon in the UK has started using 3D printed titanium plates to replace parts of patients' skulls.
Source: bbc.co.uk
Using a videogame to facilitate nursing and medical students' first visit to the operating theatre. A randomized controlled
Using a videogame to facilitate nursing and medical students' first visit to the operating theatre. A randomized controlled trial. - PubMed - NCBI
"A videogame was developed, combining pictures and short videos, by which students are interactively instructed on acting at the surgical block. Moreover,...
Source: nih.gov
Bariatric Surgery Outcomes Seem Best When Pre-Op BMI Is Below 40: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD Having
Bariatric Surgery Outcomes Seem Best When Pre-Op BMI Is Below 40: By Amy Orciari Herman
Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD
Having a body-mass index below 40 before undergoing bariatric surgery is associated with better outcomes a year later, according to a retrospective … NEJM Journal Watch.
Source: jwatch.org
Yomi, The First Robotic Dental Surgery System Now Cleared by FDA |: Neocis, a company based in Miami, Florida, just announced
Yomi, The First Robotic Dental Surgery System Now Cleared by FDA |: Neocis, a company based in Miami, Florida, just announced winning FDA clearance to introduce Yomi, the first robotically assisted dental surgical system. Y
Source: medgadget.com
Is patient satisfaction relevant? Plastic surgeons call for better rating tools: Patient satisfaction has become an important
Is patient satisfaction relevant? Plastic surgeons call for better rating tools: Patient satisfaction has become an important quality measure in the US healthcare system. But some plastic surgeons question the value of subjective patient satisfaction ratings -- suggesting that they might even lead to...
Source: eurekalert.org
Innovative skull surgery helps baby celebrate first Christmas: The 7-month-old was born with a rare birth defect that
Innovative skull surgery helps baby celebrate first Christmas: The 7-month-old was born with a rare birth defect that could have impeded his brain development
Source: cbsnews.com
E-learning predictions for 2017. Joining the folly of futurists and pollsters here are my e-learning predictions for 2017.
E-learning predictions for 2017. Joining the folly of futurists and pollsters here are my e-learning predictions for 2017. I'm looking forward to engaging with as many of them as I can. Conversational technology. Why not have immediate access and personal learning support on platforms through messaging...
Source: agnate.co.uk
Essential Tremor, Tremor Dominant Parkinson's Disease, Neuropathic Pain Treatment | INSIGHTEC "Exablate Neuro, is the first
Essential Tremor, Tremor Dominant Parkinson's Disease, Neuropathic Pain Treatment | INSIGHTEC "Exablate Neuro, is the first focused ultrasound device approved by the FDA to treat patients with essential tremor. Exablate Neuro is a non-invasive, image-guided personalized thalamotomy, treated through...
Source: insightec.com
Watch the world’s first 360° VR surgery live stream on Thursday: VR operations: it’s all about stitch ‘em up, not
Watch the world’s first 360° VR surgery live stream on Thursday: VR operations: it’s all about stitch ‘em up, not shoot ’em up. "On May 22 2014, Mr Shafi Ahmed, consultant general colorectal, and
laparoscopic surgeon at Barts NHS trust was in the news for bringing his
craft a good deal...
Source: arstechnica.com
Birmingham's QE Hospital: 'Bullying culture stopped speaking out' - BBC News: A culture of bullying at an NHS trust prevented
Birmingham's QE Hospital: 'Bullying culture stopped speaking out' - BBC News: A culture of bullying at an NHS trust prevented staff from speaking out about the number of heart surgery patients who were dying, a report finds.
Source: bbc.co.uk
Just finished reading Edgar Schein's Humble Inquiry: the gentle are of asking instead of telling. Edgar Schein is the Professor
Just finished reading Edgar Schein's Humble Inquiry: the gentle are of asking instead of telling. Edgar Schein is the Professor of Management Emeritus at MIT Sloan School of Management. This simply written and short book communicates his life's work on organisational psychology. Very well written. ...
Source: amazon.co.uk
Make your own cyborg cockroach for under $30: Warning: this DIY hack requires surgery. And an Arduino.
Make your own cyborg cockroach for under $30: Warning: this DIY hack requires surgery. And an Arduino.
Source: arstechnica.com
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