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Nutrition Facts labels have a complicated legacy – a historian explains the science and politics of translating food into information

By Xaq Frohlich, author of From Label to Table: Regulating Food in America in the Information AgeThis post was originally published on The Conversation.The Nutrition Facts label, that black and white information box found on nearly every packaged food product in the U.S. since 1994, has rece
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Do You Want AI To Be Used in Your Healthcare?

By Charles Binkley, co-author of Encoding Bioethics: AI in Clinical Decision-MakingArtificial Intelligence (AI) is being introduced into every sector of the human experience, and healthcare is no exception.AI models were first used in radiology in the 1980s to aid radiologists in interpretin
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Ethical AI has the potential to revolutionize healthcare

By Tyler Loftus, co-author of Encoding Bioethics: AI in Clinical Decision-MakingEncoding Bioethics begins where all good healthcare stories begin: in the trenches of patient care. We have many professional roles in healthcare, but above all, we are surgeons. Providing the best patient care possi
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Pandemic Genres: Imagining Politics in a Time of AIDS

by Neville Wallace Hoad (Author)
Feb 2025
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Higher Powers: Alcohol and After in Uganda’s Capital City

by China Scherz (Author), George Mpanga (Author), and 1 more
Feb 2024
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