A new way to discover disease risk factors

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A new way to discover disease risk factors By Alice Park Senior Health Correspondent AI’s strength lies in finding patterns that people can’t see, and that power is proving useful in medicine. Researchers trained a machine learning program using electronic health records to identify new risk factors that might be linked to Alzheimer’s—and were surprised by what the program found. READ MORE Share This Story

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