by Alfred Poor | August 24, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Modern medicine can provide effective treatment for a huge number of diseases and conditions. The problem is that these treatments cannot be applied until the problem has been successfully diagnosed. And in many cases, diagnosis relies on the analysis of blood, urine,...
by Alfred Poor | May 15, 2017 | General News, Medical
Telemedicine helps deliver medical care to under-served populations. We tend to think of under-developed regions or sparsely populated rural areas as being the primary targets for these services, but there’s another population that can benefit from remote access...
by Alfred Poor | May 8, 2017 | General News, Medical
Healthcare workers in underdeveloped regions struggle to diagnose and treat even basic illnesses and conditions. One prime example is pneumonia, which is the leading cause of death for children under the age of 5 years old. Doctors and healthcare workers in poor areas...
by Alfred Poor | May 3, 2017 | General News, Medical
Owlstone Medical’s website has an ambitious mission statement right at the top of the home page: “To save 100,000 lives and $1.5B in healthcare costs.” It takes confidence to put hard numbers like that in a mission statement, but the company backs it...
by Alfred Poor | April 24, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical
Star Trek fans will remember that Dr. “Bones” McCoy had a nifty little device at his disposal. Just by waving the non-contact device over a patient’s body, he was able to identify and diagnose all manner of injuries and ailments. While this device...