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by Bruce Brown | March 27, 2023 | Health
How quickly transformative technology takes hold! Until this year, few people other than artificial intelligence experts and students knew about generative AI language models. Then, ChatGPT-2 became a thing. I first heard about ChatGPT last November from a...
by William McCleary | March 27, 2023 | Medical
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted clearance to the Singapore-based startup Respiree’s RS001, a chest wearable that measures respiration. The device offers early detection of heart and lung deterioration through the direct capture of...
by William McCleary | March 24, 2023 | Medical
The University of Queensland in Australia is doubling down on its use of telehealth to treat aphasia, a disorder resulting from damage to portions of the brain responsible for language. Stroke is the most common cause of aphasia, followed by head trauma and...
by Bruce Brown | March 23, 2023 | Health, Medical
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) recently released a report highlighting digital health solution benefits and major obstacles to their broad adoption. In the course of research for the new report, the CTA surveyed 300 U.S. healthcare providers (HCPs) and...
by Unber Shafiq | March 22, 2023 | Health
Recent years have seen a surge in the adoption of health and wellness apps. A study conducted in three countries — U.S., U.K., and France — reveals that over 80% of consumers plan to use such apps on their smartphones and wearable gadgets, as reported by...
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by William McCleary | March 22, 2023 | Medical
We recently told you about AeviceMD, a wearable stethoscope that continuously monitors for abnormal lung sounds that may be signs of asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). That device has some notable competition with the Remote Electronic...
