Health News | Machine Learning Identifies Drugs to Help Smokers Quit
Get latest articles and stories on Health at LatestLY. Medications like dextromethorphan, used to treat coughs caused by cold and flu, could potentially be repurposed to help people quit smoking cigarettes, according to a study by Penn State College of Medicine and University of Minnesota researchers. They developed a novel machine learning method, where computer programs analyze data sets for patterns and trends, to identify the drugs and said that some of them are already being tested in clinical trials. Health News | Machine Learning Identifies Drugs to Help Smokers Quit.