Eric Topol

Medicine & The Machine Medscape Podcasts

Dr. Glaucomflecken on Why We Can All Use a Laugh Right Now

Two bouts with cancer and a cardiac arrest at age 35 haven't stopped this ophthalmologist-comedian from becoming a social media phenomenon for hilariously poking fun…

Eric TopolJanuary 22, 2022

Academic Publication

AI in health and medicine

Pranav Rajpurkar et al., Abstract Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to broadly reshape medicine, potentially improving the experiences of both clinicians and patients. We discuss…

Eric TopolJanuary 20, 2022

Op-Ed

It’s not too late

As the Biden administration took office last January, with the pandemic peaking at more than 130,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations in the United States, there were high…

Eric TopolJanuary 18, 2022

Academic Publication

COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough infections

Ravindra K Gupta & Eric J Topol - The pivotal phase 3 clinical trials of the two-dose messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines, among the largest ever…

Eric TopolDecember 23, 2021

Medicine & The Machine Medscape Podcasts

2021: Where We Succeeded, Where We Failed in Pandemic Year Two

Eric Topol and Abraham Verghese reflect on 2021's extraordinary podcast guests, and how we excelled in science and healthcare but were tripped up by the…

Eric TopolDecember 22, 2021

Homepage Op-Ed

Pandemic fatigue has Americans glossing over Omicron. But we can’t give up.

The holidays should be a time for getting together with friends and family, but instead we have a double dose of coronavirus strains — Delta…

Eric TopolDecember 16, 2021

Medicine & The Machine Medscape Podcasts

Former White House COVID Advisor: We Can All Safely Experience Joy This Holiday Season

Andy Slavitt believes we've made real progress, despite overselling vaccines and the public's dismay with rapidly changing science. Listen to the podcast via Apple podcasts…

Eric TopolDecember 14, 2021

Academic Publication

Passive detection of COVID-19 with wearable sensors and explainable machine learning algorithms

Matteo Gadaleta et al., Abstract Individual smartwatch or fitness band sensor data in the setting of COVID-19 has shown promise to identify symptomatic and pre-symptomatic…

Eric TopolDecember 8, 2021

Homepage Op-Ed

We can prevail over Omicron. We just need to use the tools we have.

Masks, vaccines, boosters, rapid tests and anti-Covid pills will all be essential in the months ahead. ast week, we learned from virus sequencing and rapid…

Eric TopolDecember 1, 2021

Academic Publication

Readiness for mammography and artificial intelligence

Constance D Lehman & Eric Topol - One area that has attracted great attention for the use of deep learning artificial intelligence (AI) in health…

Eric TopolNovember 20, 2021

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