by Bruce Brown | August 16, 2019 | Medical
Machine learning and neural networks continue to prove effective tools to improve healthcare. In 2017 we wrote about a Stanford University study in which a deep convolutional neural network performed comparably to 21 board-certified dermatologists. A large group of...
by Bruce Brown | August 30, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News, Medical
Melanoma is a skin cancer that kills nearly 10,000 people a year in the U.S. alone. As a result, it should not be a surprise that dermatology pops up often in our articles as a medical specialty that has been the target of digital health tech developments. We’ve...
by Bruce Brown | June 8, 2018 | General News, Medical
Melanoma rates have increased for the past 30 years, according to the American Cancer Society. Skin cancer is now the most common of all cancers. While only about 1% of skin cancers are melanomas, the deadly tumors cause the large majority of deaths from skin cancer....
by Bruce Brown | May 31, 2018 | General News, Medical
Teledermatology is telemedicine’s poster child, reducing traditionally long wait times for dermatologist appointments. In 2015, the CDC reported the rate of deadly melanomas more than doubled in three decades. Heightened skin cancer awareness sent people to...
by Bruce Brown | January 16, 2018 | General News, Health
We’ve covered wearables that detect UV exposure several times. The positive correlation between UV overexposure and skin cancer prompts some people to cover up or slather themselves with sunscreen while others choose to stay out of the sun as much as possible....