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The Index

What the evidence says.What the public feels.

Ranks distinct AI gain and problem claims from the published record. Scores reward impact, independent source strength, scale, confidence, and recency.

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AI gains · 649

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GainHealth· Newly added· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Integrating pathology foundation models and multimodal AI to connect histology, genomics, spatial biology and longitudinal monitoring enables evolution-aware prediction of lymph-node metastasis and recurrence risk in colorectal cancer.

Published August 14, 2026, this peer-reviewed synthesis argues that lymph-node metastasis prediction in colorectal cancer should move beyond static histology to clonal ecology, integrating computational pathology with evolutionary oncology and AI-enabled tracking of dominant and dormant subclones.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%98

Updated Aug 16, 2026 · TRV-2026-0782

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GainHealth· Newly added· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

AI provides supervised decision support for fracture triage, preliminary jaw and tooth segmentation, planning preparation, and postoperative measurement in occlusion-oriented maxillofacial fracture reconstruction.

This narrative review from August 2026 summarizes AI applications across occlusion-oriented digital reconstruction of maxillofacial fractures, where treatment must address stable occlusion, mandibular movement, temporomandibular joint position, facial contour, and fixation as interdependent targets. It evaluates tasks from CT/CBCT screening and segmentation to model repair, shape completion, planning assistance, and postoperative deviation analysis.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%98

Updated Aug 16, 2026 · TRV-2026-0781

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GainHealth· Newly added· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

A random forest model using nine routine blood-based predictors can screen for erectile dysfunction risk with high external validation performance, enabling early non-invasive detection during health check-ups.

Researchers developed and validated a machine learning model to predict erectile dysfunction risk from routine blood test data, using 4116 NHANES participants for training and internal validation and 489 NPTR-confirmed patients for independent external validation. The random forest model achieved the best results in external validation.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%98

Updated Aug 16, 2026 · TRV-2026-0778

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GainHealth· Newly added· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Deep learning models applied to standard ECGs can accurately identify arrhythmias, ventricular dysfunction, and congenital heart disease in pediatric populations, supporting earlier detection and risk stratification.

This review from August 2026 summarizes how artificial intelligence applied to standard electrocardiograms has been tested in pediatric and congenital heart disease. It reports that deep learning models have been shown to identify arrhythmias, ventricular dysfunction, and CHD, and are being extended to predict future risk and to analyze wearable and telemetry data.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%98

Updated Aug 15, 2026 · TRV-2026-0774

AI problems · 520

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ProblemScience· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Adoption is limited by data scarcity, poor model interpretability, and absence of standardized validation protocols for composite predictions.

Published October 17 2025, this peer-reviewed review summarizes how machine learning techniques are being used to predict mechanical behavior of composite materials from experimental and simulation data.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%93

Updated Jul 22, 2026 · TRV-2026-0480

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ProblemSports· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Model was developed and tested on a single Kaggle dataset of 800 Chinese university players without external validation, limiting generalizability and preventing immediate clinical deployment.

Researchers built an 18-feature model across basic information, training, fitness and lifestyle dimensions for 800 Chinese university football players from a Kaggle dataset, comparing 10 algorithms and finding SVM best at 95.6% accuracy with SHAP highlighting stress, sleep and balance as key predictors.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%93

Updated Jul 22, 2026 · TRV-2026-0476

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ProblemHealth· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

Mood-tracking and predictive AI systems may erode introspection and foster over-reliance on algorithmic feedback, causing anxiety from hyper-monitoring and weakening intrinsic coping.

The peer-reviewed article examines how AI has become an intimate presence in mental health through mood-tracking apps, emotion wearables, and therapeutic chatbots like Woebot and Wysa. It argues these systems enable cognitive offloading by aggregating biometric and self-report data and delivering CBT-based prompts, while simultaneously risking cognitive overload.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%93

Updated Jul 22, 2026 · TRV-2026-0475

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ProblemHealth· Stable· Evidence: Moderate (1 source)

AI-driven multi-omics integration in precision oncology faces translational challenges including data harmonization, batch correction, missing data imputation, computational scalability, and limited model generalizability.

By November 2025, this peer-reviewed review synthesized how artificial intelligence bridges the cancer multi-omics data deluge to clinical decisions, integrating genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics and radiomics using deep learning, graph neural networks, transformers, and explainable AI.

Impact 30%49
Evidence 25%95
Scale 20%35
Confidence 15%87
Recency 10%93

Updated Jul 22, 2026 · TRV-2026-0473

Recomputed live from the record · Aug 28, 2026, 4:24 AM