Thomas F Heston MD

All Stories

1. Article

   Mathematical incompleteness of the fragility index
   Thomas F Heston MD
2. Article

   Fragility of Assumptions: Letter to the Editor
   Thomas F Heston MD
3. Article

   Neutrality Boundary Robustness for Meta-Analyses
   Thomas F Heston MD
4. Article

   Marked Heterogeneity in Micronutrient Composition of Multivitamin–Mineral Supplements
   Thomas F Heston MD
5. Article

   Significance, Fragility, and Robustness in Clinical Trials: Stratifying Statistical Evidence
   Thomas F Heston MD
6. Article

   Arm-specific versus total-sample fragility quotients in large vessel vasculitis trials
   Thomas F Heston MD
7. Article

   Adjusting fragility metrics for unequal trial randomizations
   Thomas F Heston MD
8. Article

   The p–fr–nb triplet: a unified framework for statistical fragility and robustness across clinical study designs
   Thomas F Heston MD
9. Article

   A proof-of-stake blockchain framework for transparent climate data verification
   Thomas F Heston MD
10. Article

    The Modified-Arm Fragility Quotient: An Improved Metric for Assessing Robustness in Clinical Trials
    Thomas F Heston MD
11. Article

    Large Language Models for Detecting CONSORT Guideline Compliance in Published Randomized Clinical Trials: A Cross-Sectional Evaluation Study
    Thomas F Heston MD
12. Article

    Large Language Models Perform at Chance Level in the Diagnosis of Pediatric Pneumonia Using Chest Radiographs
    Thomas F Heston MD
13. Article

    The Intervention Fragility Quotient: An Improved Metric for Assessing Robustness in Clinical Trials
    Thomas F Heston MD
14. Article

    Solstice 1991
    Thomas F Heston MD
15. Article

    Editorial: Large Language Models for medical applications
    Thomas F Heston MD
16. Article

    AI Chatbots Have Different Personalities That Could Affect Patient Care
    Thomas F Heston MD
17. Article

    The Uncharted Horizon
    Thomas F Heston MD
18. Article

    Do Large Language Models Have a Personality? A Psychometric Evaluation with Implications for Clinical Medicine and Mental Health AI
    Thomas F Heston MD
19. Article

    Fragility Metrics as Legal Standards in Gun Control Research
    Thomas F Heston MD
20. Article

    Relative Risk Index: A Better Way to Measure Research Reliability in Orthopedic Surgery
    Thomas F Heston MD
21. Article

    Practical Guide to Using AI Language Models in Healthcare: Best Practices for Medical Professionals
    Thomas F Heston MD
22. Article

    A Blockchain Solution to Gun Control
    Thomas F Heston MD
23. Article

    Beyond p-values: New Tools to Assess the Robustness of Medical Research Findings
    Thomas F Heston MD
24. Article

    ChatGPT Struggles to Consistently Assess Heart Attack Risk in Chest Pain Patients
    Thomas F Heston MD
25. Article

    Transforming Telemedicine with AI Language Models and Blockchain Technology
    Thomas F Heston MD
26. Article

    Online News Often Misses Key Info When Reporting Medical Studies
    Thomas F Heston MD
27. Article

    Blockchain and AI: A Powerful Combination for Tackling Climate Change
    Thomas F Heston MD
28. Article

    A Blockchain AI Solution to Climate Change
    Thomas F Heston MD
29. Article

    A Personal Journey Through Homelessness: Finding Strength and Compassion
    Thomas F Heston MD
30. Article

    Two Left Shoes
    Thomas F Heston MD
31. Article

    What's Inside
    Thomas F Heston MD
32. Article

    Foundations of Scholarly Writing
    Thomas F Heston MD
33. Article

    Questioning Authority: How Skateboarders Could Help Build COVID-19 Herd Immunity
    Thomas F Heston MD
34. Article

    Can Financial Models for Option Pricing Improve Medical Data Analyses?
    Thomas F Heston MD
35. Article

    A Blockchain AI Solution to Climate Change
    Thomas F Heston MD
36. Article

    Two Left Shoes
    Thomas F Heston MD
37. Article

    Moral injury and the four pillars of bioethics
    Thomas F Heston MD
38. Article

    Facing Mortality as a Molecular Imaging Doctor
    Thomas F Heston MD
39. Article

    Evaluating Mental Health Chatbots' Ability to Recognize Crisis Scenarios
    Thomas F Heston MD
40. Article

    Find the Joy
    Thomas F Heston MD
41. Article

    Examining Core Principles Enabling Ethical, Rigorous Research
    Thomas F Heston MD
42. Article

    Statistical Fragility in Surveys
    Thomas F Heston MD
43. Article

    Proper Use of Statistics Upholds Ethics in Medical Research
    Thomas F Heston MD
44. Article

    ChatGPT Provides Inconsistent Risk-Stratification of Patients With Atraumatic Chest Pain
    Thomas F Heston MDLawrence Lewis
45. Article

    Quantifying Uncertainty: Potential Medical Applications of the Heston Model of Financial Stochastic Volatility
    Thomas F Heston MD
46. Article

    Comparing the Fragility Index and Relative Risk Index for Assessing Research Findings
    Thomas F Heston MD
47. Article

    The Dangers of Letting Popular Views Drive Medical Ethics
    Thomas F Heston MD
48. Article

    The Cost of Living Drives Homelessness Across US States
    Thomas F Heston MD
49. Article

    Moral injury and the four pillars of bioethics
    Thomas F Heston MD
50. Article

    Reassessing Fragility: A Comparative Analysis of the Fragility Index With the Relative Risk Index
    Thomas F Heston MD
51. Article

    Statistics, Ethics, and the Promotion of Reproducible Research
    Thomas F Heston MD
52. Article

    Big Tobacco, Cigarettes and the Foundation of Duke University
    Thomas F Heston MD
53. Article

    The Cost of Living Index as a Primary Driver of Homelessness: A Cross-State Analysis
    Thomas F Heston MD
54. Article

    Evaluating Risk Progression in Mental Health Chatbots Using Escalating Prompts
    Thomas F Heston MD
55. Article

    Prompt Engineering in Medical Education
    Thomas F Heston MD
56. Article

    Quantifying Statistical Significance with the Robustness Index
    Thomas F Heston MD
57. Article

    Selecting the Least Used Public Bathroom Stall to Reduce Risk
    Thomas F Heston MD
58. Article

    A Comparative Analysis of Unit Fragility and the Relative Risk Index
    Thomas F Heston MD
59. Article

    The Clean Plate Sign
    Thomas F Heston MD
60. Article

    Most people wear masks wrong in public, reducing COVID protection.
    Thomas F Heston MD
61. Article

    Gamifying exercise boosts activity, mental health in seniors
    Thomas F Heston MD
62. Article

    Most People Wear Masks Incorrectly in Public Places
    Thomas F Heston MD
63. Article

    Using Prompt Engineering to Get the Most from AI Chatbots in Medical Education
    Thomas F Heston MD
64. Article

    The History of Tobacco Money Funding Duke University's Rise in Medicine
    Thomas F Heston MD
65. Article

    Chest X-Ray vs CT Scan Accuracy Not Affected by Body Mass Index
    Thomas F Heston MD
66. Article

    Gratitude in Medicine
    Thomas F Heston MD
67. Article

    The Power and Peril of ChatGPT in Medical Education
    Thomas F Heston MD
68. Article

    The Ethical Perils of Following the Majority in Medicine
    Thomas F Heston MD
69. Article

    Centralized, Decentralized, and Distributed Networks for Medical Research
    Thomas F Heston MD
70. Article

    How the Tobacco Industry Funded Duke University's Rise to Prominence
    Thomas F Heston MD
71. Article

    Proposing the Percent Fragility Index to Quantify Robustness in Medical Research
    Thomas F Heston MD
72. Article

    Crafting Meaningful Careers: The Power of Job Design for Healthcare Professionals
    Thomas F Heston MD
73. Article

    Physician Chronicles Journey Linking Music, Art, Physics and Medicine
    Thomas F Heston MD
74. Article

    Foundations of Scholarly Writing
    Thomas F Heston MD
75. Article

    Quantifying Uncertainty: Potential Medical Applications of the Heston Model of Financial Stochastic Volatility
    Thomas F Heston MD
76. Article

    Statistics as a Moral Framework for Biomedical Research
    Thomas F Heston MD
77. Article

    Find the Joy
    Thomas F Heston MD
78. Article

    Bioethics in Medicine and Society
    Thomas F Heston MD
79. Article

    Topics in Primary Care Medicine
    Thomas F Heston MD
80. Article

    Should the Medical Humanities Be Vital to Curricula?
    Thomas F Heston MD
81. Article

    Introductory Chapter: Blockchain Technology and Smart Healthcare
    Thomas F Heston MD
82. Article

    Smart Healthcare
    Thomas F Heston MD
83. 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
84. Article

    Moral Injury or Burnout?
    Thomas F Heston MD
85. Article

    The Relationship Between Bioethics and Moral Injury in Healthcare
    Thomas F Heston MD
86. Article

    Introductory Chapter: Telemedicine
    Thomas F Heston MD
87. Article

    Telehealth
    Thomas F Heston MD
88. Article

    Moral Injury and The Four Pillars of Bioethics
    Thomas F Heston MD
89. Article

    Independent or codependent?—industry, academics, and the publication of medical research
    Thomas F Heston MD
90. Article

    Making Health Care Smarter with Blockchain and Wearable Technology
    Thomas F Heston MD
91. Article

    The Role of eHealth in Transforming Healthcare and Improving Global Health
    Thomas F Heston MD
92. Article

    The Return of Appetite as a Sign of Recovery in Hospitalized Patients
    Thomas F Heston MD
93. Article

    The predictive power of statistical significance depends on study power
    Thomas F Heston MD
94. Article

    Skepticism Called for When Evaluating Industry Sponsored Medical Research
    Thomas F Heston MD
95. Article

    Using Blockchain Technology to Improve Gun Control and Reduce Gun Violence
    Thomas F Heston MD
96. Article

    A blockchain solution to gun control
    Thomas F Heston MD
97. Article

    Establishing a Regional Blockchain Innovation Cluster in Health Care
    Thomas F Heston MD
98. Article

    Nuclear Medicine in Head and Neck Oncology
    Thomas F Heston MD
99. Article

    Blockchain Technology: Revolutionizing Scientific Research and Reducing Bias
    Thomas F Heston MD
100. Article

     Why Blockchain Technology Is Important for Healthcare Professionals
     Thomas F Heston MD
101. Article

     Standardizing Predictive Values Helps Apply Diagnostic Research to Patient Care
     Thomas F Heston MD
102. Article

     Improving Cardiovascular Health Through Education and Support
     Thomas F Heston MD
103. Article

     eHealth
     Thomas F Heston MD
104. Article

     Concerns About Study Comparing Exercise Tests for Women with Suspected Coronary Artery Disease
     Thomas F Heston MD
105. 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
106. Article

     Atlas of Nuclear Cardiology
     Thomas F Heston MD
107. Article

     Clinical Nuclear Cardiology: State of the Art and Future Directions
     Thomas F Heston MD
108. Article

     Constrictive-Like Physiology in Severe Pulmonary Hypertension
     Thomas F Heston MD
109. Article

     Standardizing predictive values improves diagnostic test comparison.
     Thomas F Heston MD
110. Article

     The ESC Textbook of Cardiovascular Imaging
     Thomas F Heston MD
111. Article

     Breast scintigraphy imaging guidelines for detecting breast cancer
     Thomas F Heston MD
112. Article

     Positive adenosine stress ECG in patients with a normal myocardial perfusion scan
     Thomas F Heston MD
113. Article

     Hypovitaminosis D in Hypertension
     Thomas F Heston MD
114. Article

     Comparing imaging tests for detecting neuroblastoma cancer spread.
     Thomas F Heston MD
115. Article

     Molecular imaging helps guide thyroid cancer treatment
     Thomas F Heston MD
116. Article

     Decoding the Success of Cardioversion in Atrial Fibrillation Patients
     Thomas F Heston MD
117. Article

     PET/CT Identification of Giant Cell Arteritis in Cancer Patients
     Thomas F Heston MD
118. Article

     Using continuous variables in predicting risk: Going beyond thresholds to odds ratios
     Thomas F Heston MD
119. Article

     Normalizing predictive values provides a clearer interpretation of cardiac CT angiography study.
     Thomas F Heston MD
120. Article

     CT of the Airways
     Thomas F Heston MD
121. Article

     Pharmacologic stress testing for coronary artery disease diagnosis
     Thomas F Heston MD
122. Article

     Nuclear Medicine, vols 1 & 2
     Thomas F Heston MD
123. Article

     Angina Does Not Predict Myocardial Ischemia in Diabetics
     Thomas F Heston MD
124. Article

     Gender Bias in Acute Myocardial Infarction
     Thomas F Heston MD
125. Article

     Post-stress to rest ventricular volume ratios in diabetics compared to non-diabetics using gated SPECT
     Thomas F Heston MD
126. Article

     Nuclear Medicine in Oral and Maxillofacial Diagnosis: A Review for the Practicing Dental Professional
     Thomas F Heston MD
127. 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
128. Article

     Primary Care Radiology
     Thomas F Heston MD
129. Article

     Nuclear Medicine
     Thomas F Heston MD
130. Article

     Using AI to predict heart disease risk in kidney transplant candidates.
     Thomas F Heston MD
131. Article

     SMOKING CESSATION STRATEGIES
     Thomas F Heston MD
132. Article

     Simplifying Weight Loss: Key Factors for Success
     Thomas F Heston MD
133. Article

     Evaluating acute hand injuries in the emergency department: A comparison of physicians with varying postgraduate training backgrounds
     Thomas F Heston MD
134. Article

     Emergency evaluation of men vs women with acute chest pain
     Thomas F Heston MD
135. Article

     Simplifying laboratory values can increase understanding
     Thomas F Heston MD
136. Article

     Nutritional Preparation for Childbirth
     Thomas F Heston MD
137. Article

     Care by physicians with varying backgrounds shows important differences
     Thomas F Heston MD
138. Article

     Using Blockchain for Health Records
     Thomas F Heston MD
139. Article

     Sauna Bathing and Heart Health
     Thomas F Heston MD
140. Article

     Untitled Document
     Thomas F Heston MD
141. Article

     A Blockchain Solution to Gun Control
     Thomas F Heston MD
142. Article

     Establishing a Regional Blockchain Innovation Cluster in Health Care
     Thomas F Heston MD
143. Article

     The Blockchain Based Scientific Study
     Thomas F Heston MD
144. Article

     Why Blockchain Technology is Important for Healthcare Professionals
     Thomas F Heston MD
145. Article

     A new definition of statistical significance
     Thomas F Heston MD
146. Article

     Study Finds Statistical Significance Often Fails to Ensure Clinical Usefulness
     Thomas F Heston MD