About my research

I research blockchain technology, large language models, including ChatGPT, primary care medicine, and the intersection of music and medicine. Orcid profile is here: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5655-2512

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  1. Article
    ChatGPT Struggles to Consistently Assess Heart Attack Risk in Chest Pain Patients
    Thomas F Heston MD
  2. Article
    Transforming Telemedicine with AI Language Models and Blockchain Technology
    Thomas F Heston MD
  3. Article
    Online News Often Misses Key Info When Reporting Medical Studies
    Thomas F Heston MD
  4. Article
    Blockchain and AI: A Powerful Combination for Tackling Climate Change
    Thomas F Heston MD
  5. Article
    A Blockchain AI Solution to Climate Change
    Thomas F Heston MD
  6. Article
    A Personal Journey Through Homelessness: Finding Strength and Compassion
    Thomas F Heston MD
  7. Article
    Two Left Shoes
    Thomas F Heston MD
  8. Article
    What's Inside
    Thomas F Heston MD
  9. Article
    Questioning Authority: How Skateboarders Could Help Build COVID-19 Herd Immunity
    Thomas F Heston MD
  10. Article
    Can Financial Models for Option Pricing Improve Medical Data Analyses?
    Thomas F Heston MD
  11. Article
    Moral injury and the four pillars of bioethics
    Thomas F Heston MD
  12. Article
    Facing Mortality as a Molecular Imaging Doctor
    Thomas F Heston MD
  13. Article
    Evaluating Mental Health Chatbots' Ability to Recognize Crisis Scenarios
    Thomas F Heston MD
  14. Article
    Find the Joy
    Thomas F Heston MD
  15. Article
    Examining Core Principles Enabling Ethical, Rigorous Research
    Thomas F Heston MD
  16. Article
    Proper Use of Statistics Upholds Ethics in Medical Research
    Thomas F Heston MD
  17. Article
    ChatGPT Provides Inconsistent Risk-Stratification of Patients With Atraumatic Chest Pain
    Thomas F Heston MD
  18. Article
    Quantifying Uncertainty: Potential Medical Applications of the Heston Model of Financial Stochastic Volatility
    Thomas F Heston MD
  19. Article
    Comparing the Fragility Index and Relative Risk Index for Assessing Research Findings
    Thomas F Heston MD
  20. Article
    The Dangers of Letting Popular Views Drive Medical Ethics
    Thomas F Heston MD
  21. Article
    The Cost of Living Drives Homelessness Across US States
    Thomas F Heston MD
  22. Article
    Moral injury and the four pillars of bioethics
    Thomas F Heston MD
  23. Article
    Reassessing Fragility: A Comparative Analysis of the Fragility Index With the Relative Risk Index
    Thomas F Heston MD
  24. Article
    Statistics, Ethics, and the Promotion of Reproducible Research
    Thomas F Heston MD
  25. Article
    Big Tobacco, Cigarettes and the Foundation of Duke University
    Thomas F Heston MD
  26. Article
    The Cost of Living Index as a Primary Driver of Homelessness: A Cross-State Analysis
    Thomas F Heston MD
  27. Article
    Evaluating Risk Progression in Mental Health Chatbots Using Escalating Prompts
    Thomas F Heston MD
  28. Article
    Prompt Engineering in Medical Education
    Thomas F Heston MD
  29. Article
    Quantifying Statistical Significance with the Robustness Index
    Thomas F Heston MD
  30. Article
    Selecting the Least Used Public Bathroom Stall to Reduce Risk
    Thomas F Heston MD
  31. Article
    A Comparative Analysis of Unit Fragility and the Relative Risk Index
    Thomas F Heston MD
  32. Article
    The Clean Plate Sign
    Thomas F Heston MD
  33. Article
    Most people wear masks wrong in public, reducing COVID protection.
    Thomas F Heston MD
  34. Article
    Gamifying exercise boosts activity, mental health in seniors
    Thomas F Heston MD
  35. Article
    Most People Wear Masks Incorrectly in Public Places
    Thomas F Heston MD
  36. Article
    Using Prompt Engineering to Get the Most from AI Chatbots in Medical Education
    Thomas F Heston MD
  37. Article
    The History of Tobacco Money Funding Duke University's Rise in Medicine
    Thomas F Heston MD
  38. Article
    Chest X-Ray vs CT Scan Accuracy Not Affected by Body Mass Index
    Thomas F Heston MD
  39. Article
    Gratitude in Medicine
    Thomas F Heston MD
  40. Article
    The Power and Peril of ChatGPT in Medical Education
    Thomas F Heston MD
  41. Article
    The Ethical Perils of Following the Majority in Medicine
    Thomas F Heston MD
  42. Article
    Centralized, Decentralized, and Distributed Networks for Medical Research
    Thomas F Heston MD
  43. Article
    How the Tobacco Industry Funded Duke University's Rise to Prominence
    Thomas F Heston MD
  44. Article
    Proposing the Percent Fragility Index to Quantify Robustness in Medical Research
    Thomas F Heston MD
  45. Article
    Crafting Meaningful Careers: The Power of Job Design for Healthcare Professionals
    Thomas F Heston MD
  46. Article
    Physician Chronicles Journey Linking Music, Art, Physics and Medicine
    Thomas F Heston MD
  47. Article
    Foundations of Scholarly Writing
    Thomas F Heston MD
  48. Article
    Quantifying Uncertainty: Potential Medical Applications of the Heston Model of Financial Stochastic Volatility
    Thomas F Heston MD
  49. Article
    Statistics as a Moral Framework for Biomedical Research
    Thomas F Heston MD
  50. Article
    Find the Joy
    Thomas F Heston MD
  51. Article
    Bioethics in Medicine and Society
    Thomas F Heston MD
  52. Article
    Topics in Primary Care Medicine
    Thomas F Heston MD
  53. Article
    Should the Medical Humanities Be Vital to Curricula?
    Thomas F Heston MD
  54. Article
    Introductory Chapter: Blockchain Technology and Smart Healthcare
    Thomas F Heston MD
  55. Article
    Smart Healthcare
    Thomas F Heston MD
  56. Article
    Comment on “Effect of Montmorency tart cherry juice on cognitive performance in older adults: a randomized controlled trial” by S. C. Chai, J. Jerusik, K. Davis, R. S. Wright and Z. Zhang, Food Funct., 2019, 10, 4423–4431
    Thomas F Heston MD
  57. Article
    Moral Injury or Burnout?
    Thomas F Heston MD
  58. Article
    The Relationship Between Bioethics and Moral Injury in Healthcare
    Thomas F Heston MD
  59. Article
    Introductory Chapter: Telemedicine
    Thomas F Heston MD
  60. Article
    Telehealth
    Thomas F Heston MD
  61. Article
    Moral Injury and The Four Pillars of Bioethics
    Thomas F Heston MD
  62. Article
    Independent or codependent?—industry, academics, and the publication of medical research
    Thomas F Heston MD
  63. Article
    Making Health Care Smarter with Blockchain and Wearable Technology
    Thomas F Heston MD
  64. Article
    The Role of eHealth in Transforming Healthcare and Improving Global Health
    Thomas F Heston MD
  65. Article
    The Return of Appetite as a Sign of Recovery in Hospitalized Patients
    Thomas F Heston MD
  66. Article
    The predictive power of statistical significance depends on study power
    Thomas F Heston MD
  67. Article
    Skepticism Called for When Evaluating Industry Sponsored Medical Research
    Thomas F Heston MD
  68. Article
    Using Blockchain Technology to Improve Gun Control and Reduce Gun Violence
    Thomas F Heston MD
  69. Article
    A blockchain solution to gun control
    Thomas F Heston MD
  70. Article
    Establishing a Regional Blockchain Innovation Cluster in Health Care
    Thomas F Heston MD
  71. Article
    Nuclear Medicine in Head and Neck Oncology
    Thomas F Heston MD
  72. Article
    Blockchain Technology: Revolutionizing Scientific Research and Reducing Bias
    Thomas F Heston MD
  73. Article
    Why Blockchain Technology Is Important for Healthcare Professionals
    Thomas F Heston MD
  74. Article
    Standardizing Predictive Values Helps Apply Diagnostic Research to Patient Care
    Thomas F Heston MD
  75. Article
    Improving Cardiovascular Health Through Education and Support
    Thomas F Heston MD
  76. Article
    eHealth
    Thomas F Heston MD
  77. Article
    Letter by Heston Regarding Article, “Comparative Effectiveness of Exercise Electrocardiography With or Without Myocardial Perfusion Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography in Women With Suspected Coronary Artery Disease: Results From the What Is the...
    Thomas F Heston MD
  78. Article
    Letter by Kuller and Wong Regarding Article, “Comparative Effectiveness of Exercise Electrocardiography With or Without Myocardial Perfusion Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography in Women With Suspected Coronary Artery Disease: Results From the Wh...
    Thomas F Heston MD
  79. Article
    Atlas of Nuclear Cardiology
    Thomas F Heston MD
  80. Article
    Clinical Nuclear Cardiology: State of the Art and Future Directions
    Thomas F Heston MD
  81. Article
    Constrictive-Like Physiology in Severe Pulmonary Hypertension
    Thomas F Heston MD
  82. Article
    Standardizing predictive values improves diagnostic test comparison.
    Thomas F Heston MD
  83. Article
    The ESC Textbook of Cardiovascular Imaging
    Thomas F Heston MD
  84. Article
    Breast scintigraphy imaging guidelines for detecting breast cancer
    Thomas F Heston MD
  85. Article
    Positive adenosine stress ECG in patients with a normal myocardial perfusion scan
    Thomas F Heston MD
  86. Article
    Hypovitaminosis D in Hypertension
    Thomas F Heston MD
  87. Article
    Comparing imaging tests for detecting neuroblastoma cancer spread.
    Thomas F Heston MD
  88. Article
    Molecular imaging helps guide thyroid cancer treatment
    Thomas F Heston MD
  89. Article
    Decoding the Success of Cardioversion in Atrial Fibrillation Patients
    Thomas F Heston MD
  90. Article
    PET/CT Identification of Giant Cell Arteritis in Cancer Patients
    Thomas F Heston MD
  91. Article
    Using continuous variables in predicting risk: Going beyond thresholds to odds ratios
    Thomas F Heston MD
  92. Article
    Normalizing predictive values provides a clearer interpretation of cardiac CT angiography study.
    Thomas F Heston MD
  93. Article
    CT of the Airways
    Thomas F Heston MD
  94. Article
    Pharmacologic stress testing for coronary artery disease diagnosis
    Thomas F Heston MD
  95. Article
    Nuclear Medicine, vols 1 & 2
    Thomas F Heston MD
  96. Article
    Angina Does Not Predict Myocardial Ischemia in Diabetics
    Thomas F Heston MD
  97. Article
    Gender Bias in Acute Myocardial Infarction
    Thomas F Heston MD
  98. Article
    Post-stress to rest ventricular volume ratios in diabetics compared to non-diabetics using gated SPECT
    Thomas F Heston MD
  99. Article
    Nuclear Medicine in Oral and Maxillofacial Diagnosis: A Review for the Practicing Dental Professional
    Thomas F Heston MD
  100. Article
    Textbook of Primary Care Medicine Textbook of Primary Care Medicine, CD-ROM * Primary Care Medicine: Office Evaluation and Management of the Adult Patient
    Thomas F Heston MD
  101. Article
    Primary Care Radiology
    Thomas F Heston MD
  102. Article
    Nuclear Medicine
    Thomas F Heston MD
  103. Article
    Using AI to predict heart disease risk in kidney transplant candidates.
    Thomas F Heston MD
  104. Article
    SMOKING CESSATION STRATEGIES
    Thomas F Heston MD
  105. Article
    Simplifying Weight Loss: Key Factors for Success
    Thomas F Heston MD
  106. Article
    Evaluating acute hand injuries in the emergency department: A comparison of physicians with varying postgraduate training backgrounds
    Thomas F Heston MD
  107. Article
    Emergency evaluation of men vs women with acute chest pain
    Thomas F Heston MD
  108. Article
    Simplifying laboratory values can increase understanding
    Thomas F Heston MD
  109. Article
    Nutritional Preparation for Childbirth
    Thomas F Heston MD
  110. Article
    Care by physicians with varying backgrounds shows important differences
    Thomas F Heston MD
  111. Article
    Using Blockchain for Health Records
    Thomas F Heston MD
  112. Article
    Sauna Bathing and Heart Health
    Thomas F Heston MD
  113. Article
    Untitled Document
    Thomas F Heston MD
  114. Article
    A Blockchain Solution to Gun Control
    Thomas F Heston MD
  115. Article
    Establishing a Regional Blockchain Innovation Cluster in Health Care
    Thomas F Heston MD
  116. Article
    The Blockchain Based Scientific Study
    Thomas F Heston MD
  117. Article
    Why Blockchain Technology is Important for Healthcare Professionals
    Thomas F Heston MD
  118. Article
    A new definition of statistical significance
    Thomas F Heston MD
  119. Article
    Study Finds Statistical Significance Often Fails to Ensure Clinical Usefulness
    Thomas F Heston MD