Rozaŭtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoA Response to Nature's "Google AI has better bedside manner than human doctors — and makes better diagnoses"theluddite.orgexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down18cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up195arrow-down1external-linkA Response to Nature's "Google AI has better bedside manner than human doctors — and makes better diagnoses"theluddite.orgRozaŭtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square12fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squarepsud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoDoctors are also terrible at keeping up to date. You can judge how out of date a doctor’s cholesterol knowledge is: Cares about total cholesterol — 40 years out of date Tells you HDL is good, LDL is bad — up to 20 years out of date Tells you cholesterol isn’t a problem unless free fatty acids are high — current Tells you LDL is protective, and higher is better (without high FFA) — current to this month
Doctors are also terrible at keeping up to date. You can judge how out of date a doctor’s cholesterol knowledge is: