IBM supercomputer takes on new role in health arena

IBM’s Watson supercomputer has gone from game show king to doctor’s office helper.

You may recall the epic man vs. machine battle two years ago in which the supercomputerbeat former champions on the show Jeopardy.

Well, now there’s a Watson tablet and computer app doctors can use to help treat lung cancer and another for health insurance companies to figure out which claims to pay, reports The Associated Press.

For the cancer program, Watson analyzed 1,500 lung cancer cases from medical records, plus millions of pages of medical text. It also is able to learn when corrected for gene