by Bruce Brown | December 25, 2019 | Enabling Tech
About 1.5 million people die due to a lack of vaccinations each year. These tragic deaths occur at greater rates in developing countries than in industrialized countries (despite blatant social media misinformation campaigns about the dangers of vaccinations). We...
by Bruce Brown | December 24, 2019 | Enabling Tech
Wearables continue to take new forms and gain new features. Early wearable health tech devices were typically incorporated in wristbands, brooches, necklaces, or belts. Developments in skin patches and sensor-embedded garments have even greater potential for...
by Bruce Brown | December 23, 2019 | Medical
This time it’s the software. We’ve written numerous times about Eko’s Duo digital stethoscope. Last week the FDA granted Breakthrough Device status to the artificial intelligence algorithm designed to detect heart failure. The designation is granted...
by Bruce Brown | December 20, 2019 | Medical
Deep learning neural networks now offer the best hope for detecting breast cancer. The latest CDC study reports about 247,200 new diagnoses of breast cancer in women and men and nearly 41,500 fatalities every year. Previously, we wrote about work by a research team...
by Bruce Brown | December 19, 2019 | Medical
Doctors diagnose 140,000 to 150,000 new cases of colorectal cancer each year in the U.S., according to the CDC. In 2016, for example, there were 141,270 reported new cases of colon and rectum cancer and 52,286 deaths. The 5-year colorectal cancer survival rate for...
