Nova Scotia teen with sight loss using AI for early diagnosis of retinal diseases
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Nova Scotia teen with sight loss using AI for early diagnosis of retinal diseases
Description
July 8, 2025
A Nova Scotia boy is redefining what it means to live with vision loss, while also helping others with the same condition. Heidi Petracek explains how 16-year-old Harry Nickerson is overcoming his retinitis pigmentosa, and how he's developed a new way to help diagnose eye diseases early by using artificial intelligence.
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Nova Scotia teen with sight loss using AI for early diagnosis of retinal diseases02:00 | July 8, 2025 -
Missing N.S. children: RCMP narrow down timeline of disappearance01:56 | May 28, 2025 -
‘If we listen, we’ll learn’: Retired social worker lending an ear to strangers across Canada01:52 | May 21, 2025 -
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Northern Super League’s inaugural season kicks off01:42 | April 16, 2025 -
Canadian soprano-conductor Barbara Hannigan wins prestigious Polar Music Prize01:43 | April 3, 2025 -
Nova Scotia seeks reciprocity on internal trade01:52 | February 26, 2025 -
How Nova Scotia government is flexing the power of its supermajority02:11 | February 20, 2025 -
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‘I will find the peace once I set my final exit date’: Nova Scotia women hosts her own living funeral02:05 | October 8, 2024 -
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Nova Scotia teen with sight loss using AI for early diagnosis of retinal diseases02:00 | July 8, 2025
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‘If we listen, we’ll learn’: Retired social worker lending an ear to strangers across Canada01:52 | May 21, 2025
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N.S. man meets long-lost sibling in the Netherlands01:57 | May 15, 2025
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Canadian soprano-conductor Barbara Hannigan wins prestigious Polar Music Prize01:43 | April 3, 2025
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Nova Scotia seeks reciprocity on internal trade01:52 | February 26, 2025
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Nova Scotia teen with sight loss using AI for early diagnosis of retinal diseases
Description
July 8, 2025
A Nova Scotia boy is redefining what it means to live with vision loss, while also helping others with the same condition. Heidi Petracek explains how 16-year-old Harry Nickerson is overcoming his retinitis pigmentosa, and how he's developed a new way to help diagnose eye diseases early by using artificial intelligence.
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