by Alfred Poor | August 9, 2016 | General News, Health
While wearable Health Tech devices can help individuals directly, one big part of their potential is the creation of Big Data sets that can be mined for information that will benefit the population as a whole. The data from these connected devices is beginning to pile...
by Alfred Poor | July 25, 2016 | General News, Medical
One out of every 11 adults has diabetes. That works out to 415 million people worldwide. 12 cents out of every healthcare dollar spent goes toward diabetes and related complications, for a total of $673 billion every year. If we can reduce those costs by just one...
![Google’s DeepMind Teams With Moorfields For Early Eye Disease Detection [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/07/Deepmind-Moorfield-eye-scan-600x275.jpg?resize=600%2C275)
by Bruce Brown | July 12, 2016 | General News, Medical
We’ve already seen strides in using artificial intelligence to help with healthcare tasks (see “IBM Watson Learns to See Medical Images” for one example). Now Google is taking aim at your eyes. Well, more precisely, Google DeepMind, a British...
![Big Data Shows Mobile Therapy Helps Stroke Patients [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/05/Constant-Therapy.jpg?resize=599%2C275)
by Alfred Poor | May 17, 2016 | General News, Medical
The road to recovery for stroke victims or patients who have suffered some other sort of brain injury can be long and arduous. Therapy requires repetition and practice to help patients learn again how to speak or perform other cognitive functions. And it would seem...
by Alfred Poor | April 22, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
Earlier this month, 120 econometric students from 30 universities around the world gathered in Amsterdam to play a game. They were competing for the Econometrics World Championship which was held for the 17th time. (Yes, I had to look it up, too. According to...
