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4w ago

AI can help doctors give intravenous nutrition to preemies, Stanford Medicine study finds

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AI can help doctors give intravenous nutrition to preemies, Stanford Medicine study finds

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Donald Musk @lemmy.today

4w ago

AI can help doctors give intravenous nutrition to preemies, Stanford Medicine study finds

med.stanford.edu /news/all-news/2025/03/prematurity-nutrition0.html

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I hate this abbreviation of "premature baby" to "preemy." To me it's a slur, just like "flid," "spastic," or "mong." Stop using it.
- I worked in a hospital for over 10 years. Nurses and docs use the word preemie as well. I don't think it's the slur that you think it is.
  
  There was a time when nurses and doctors said "flid" and "spastic" too.
  Using a "cute" abbreviation of a technical term is, at the very least, condescending and at worst, a term that very quickly becomes used to bully people with specific outward appearances caused by medical conditions.

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