Labeling clonal cytopenia of undetermined significance (CCUS) as #cancer raised perceived seriousness and treatment benefit, while linguistic framing did not. ja.ma/3GZs2KG

“I want to talk about the part of philosophy writing that comes after the argument… the very specific work involved in infusing your writing with energy and life” — C. Thi Nguyen (@add-hawk.bsky.social) at Daily Nous on the creative craft of writing philosophy.

The amazing physician-philosopher Ben Chin-Yee and a recent Cambridge HPS graduate on cancer diagnosis as an Austinian speech act with illocutionary consequences that are not what they should be. A really striking essay! #philsci #philsky #MedHum #bioethics

‘We treat not because it helps – but because the alternative feels like giving up’ Is the word ‘cancer’ doing more harm than good? Physicians routinely withheld the diagnosis, fearing that merely uttering it would extinguish all hope and hasten death. What is the way to use this word?

"ChatGPT and similar artificial intelligence tools can sometimes answer patient questions accurately, but Canadian medical researchers caution that the information needs to be carefully checked before acting on what you see." www.cbc.ca/news/health/... #CBC #news #medicine 1/2

#LLM generated recaps of scientific publications tend to exaggerate the findings, according to a new study from Uwe Peters (🇳🇱 @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social ) and @bc-y.bsky.social (🇨🇦 @westernu.bsky.social / 🇬🇧 @cambridgeuni.bsky.social ). Prompting for more accuracy even makes things worse.

What are the adverse events associated with proximal and terminal complement inhibition in patients with PNH?🩸 Watch our interview from #IPIG2025 with ‪Benjamin Chin-Yee (@bc-y.bsky.social‬) to find out: 👉 buff.ly/DCfWF6o 👈 #RareDisease #PNH #Hematology #BloodSky #HemeSky #MedSky

Medicine’s overgeneralization problem — and how AI might make things worse

"Epistemic limitations of measurable residual disease in haematological malignancies". Free access until April 22: authors.elsevier.com/c/1kiL4_rV3G... If you like it, all the credit should go to @bc-y.bsky.social and @sujobert.bsky.social If you want more philo: link.springer.com/content/pdf/...