by Bruce Brown | June 19, 2019 | General News, Health, Medical
Suicide is the second most frequent cause of death among people aged 10 to 34 in the U.S. and the fourth most frequent cause of death for people between the ages of 34 and 54, according to the CDC. We have written about programs that use AI to help children make wiser...
by Bruce Brown | June 18, 2019 | Health
In the past five years, we’ve observed a variety of neurostimulation applications to reduce pain. We’ve written about neurostimulation used with patients with migraine, depression, diabetic nerve damage detection, back pain, opioid withdrawal, and more....
by Bruce Brown | June 17, 2019 | Health
Another tech company has joined the hunt for AI algorithm-driven cough-analysis. Since early 2016 we’ve covered Australian-based ResApp Health’s smartphone-only product that captures a more complete sound frequency range when a cough exits a...
by Bruce Brown | June 14, 2019 | Medical
A cancer diagnosis is one of the scariest bits of information one can ever receive. In 2018, the National Cancer Institute estimated that during the year doctors would diagnose 1,735,530 new cases of cancer. The organization also estimated that 609,640 people would...
by Bruce Brown | June 13, 2019 | Health
Wearable smart thermometers have two notable advantages over conventional body temperature measurement devices: continuous tracking and noninvasiveness. Why disturb someone who doesn’t feel well — babies and children especially but really anyone — by...