by Bruce Brown | May 1, 2020 | Health
It may seem that all health and medical tech R&D in the world right now is focused on COVID-19, but groups dedicated to other specific diseases and medical conditions are still hard at work. Major chronic diseases threaten the health, quality of life, and finances...
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by Bruce Brown | April 30, 2020 | Health
Wrist-worn devices including smartwatches and wristbands continue to lead the wearables market. According to the latest IDC Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker report for the last quarter of 2019, Huami, the Chinese wearable company that makes the Mi Band for...
by Bruce Brown | April 29, 2020 | Medical
The list of artificial intelligence-powered medical diagnostic applications keeps growing, particularly for cancer-related applications. We already wrote about work on AI-assisted diagnosis for prostate cancer at Radboud University Medical Center in the Netherlands,...
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by Amantha May | April 29, 2020 | General News, Health, Medical
The goal of the HITLAB Women’s Health Tech Challenge is to fast-track support for innovative FemTech products that empower women to make informed choices about their health and improve women’s healthcare delivery. Individuals or teams who have identified a unique...
by Bruce Brown | April 28, 2020 | Enabling Tech
COVID-19 threatens to overwhelm our healthcare systems. In many cases, healthcare personnel cannot keep up with the influx of patients. Help may be on the way, however. A company has launched a new app that relies on telehealth to screen patients based on their...
by Bruce Brown | April 28, 2020 | Health
Sheltering at home appears to be an effective defense against COVID-19. However, the lockdown’s confinement and restricted contact with friends and family on top of the daily pall of virus-related news induce significant stress for many people. The increased...
