Harvard Harvard researchers advance cell therapy for diabetesharvard.edu A team of researchers led by Harvard University scientists has improved the laboratory process of converting stem cells into insulin-producing beta …
Mental Health The Incredible Ways Artificial Intelligence Is Now Used In Mental HealthForbes - Bernard MarrWe’re experiencing a mental health crisis. Approximately 15.5% of the global population is affected by mental illnesses, and those numbers are rising. Although there are many who require treatment, more
Science Scientists are testing new plasma tech that can kill 99.9% of deadly airborne germsbgr.com - Mike Wehner Coming down with a cold is a major pain, and sometimes it’s impossible to know when or where you even got it. That’s the nature of airborne sickness, …
Science Brain signals translated into speech using artificial intelligencenature.com - Giorgia Guglielmi Technology could one day be used to help people who can’t talk to communicate. In an effort to provide a voice for people who can’t speak, …
Smartglasses Vuzix Smart Glasses for Telemedicine: Interview with Paul Travers, Vuzix CEOmedgadget.com Vuzix, a smart glasses developer and augmented reality technology supplier based in Rochester, NY, has partnered with VSee, a telemedicine provider …
Business This $1,650 pill will tell your doctors whether you’ve taken it. Is it the future of medicine?The Washington Post - By Christopher RowlandWhen the Food and Drug Administration approved in late 2017 a schizophrenia pill that sends a signal to a patient’s doctor when ingested, it was seen not only as a major step forward for the disease but
Alzheimer's Disease This video game can detect early stages of Alzheimer's better than medical tests, researchers say - CNNCNN(CNN) — Just a few minutes of playing a certain video game could help identify the earliest stages of Alzheimer's in ways existing medical tests can't, researchers have found. A new study used a smartphone
Inventions This Experimental Bionic Eye Could Help The Blind Seefuturism.com - Kristin Houser BIONICS FOR BLINDNESS. Think exceptional sight would be a cool superpower? You’re in luck: Researchers from the University of Minnesota have built a …
Health Care (Canada) Transforming health care: How artificial intelligence is reshaping the medical landscapecbc.ca - Marcy Cuttler photo You can already find it in some emergency rooms — and soon we'll see it in every aspect of health care. Artificial intelligence in health care carries …
Skin Med-S2T (Skin-to-Thing) Solutions-The Critical and Challenging Pillar of Wearable Medical Devicesmedgadget.com As technology transforms our life and our health, and healthcare trends are changing, more and more wearable devices are being developed by …
Science Surgeons Just Sent a Tiny, Autonomous Bot Into a Heart Valvefuturism.com - Dan Robitzski In a world first, surgeons just used a self-navigating surgery robot in an experimental surgery — training a robotic catheter to find its way to a …
Blockchain Medical records, but on the blockchain — the history of a bad ideadavidgerard.co.uk Patients having control over their own medical data — whatever “control” means in this context — is a perennial favourite blockchain offering. Even …
Zip-lines Drone delivery startup Zipline launches UAV medical program in GhanaTechCrunch - Jake BrightZipline, the San Francisco-based UAV manufacturer and logistics services provider, has launched a program in Ghana today for drone delivery of medical supplies. Working with the Ghanaian government, Zipline
Deep Learning Comparison of Deep Learning Approaches for Multi-Label Chest X-Ray Classificationnature.com Abstract The increased availability of labeled X-ray image archives (e.g. ChestX-ray14 dataset) has triggered a growing interest in deep learning …
Multiple Sclerosis MS: High-strength MRI may predict disease progressionMedical News Today - By Chiara Townley Researchers used a powerful MRI scanner to monitor people with multiple sclerosis and found a link between the total volume of cortical lesions and …
Yale Yale study revives cellular activity in pig brains hours after deathReuters UK - by Steve Gorman in Los Angeles(Reuters) - Yale University scientists have succeeded in restoring basic cellular activity in pigs’ brains hours after their deaths in a finding that may one day lead to advances in treating human stroke
Wellness Self-Care For All: How Retailers Are Bringing The $4.2T Wellness Industry To The Massescbinsights.com Everyone is trying to tap into the $4.2T wellness economy.A host of new players — from big-box retailers to drugstores — are looking to wellness to …
British scientists on the cusp of curing blindness with pioneering treatment injecting a million stem cells into the backdailymail.co.uk - Stephen Adams Victims of a devastating form of blindness have been given hope by a new stem-cell treatment that rejuvenates the eyes. There is no cure for retinitis …
Malware Removes Cancer Tumors From CT Scans -- And Fools RadiologistsForbes - Davey WinderThat the Internet of Medical Things is insecure isn’t exactly surprising, to the cybersecurity community at least. However, that researchers were able to create malware capable of exploiting vulnerabilities
Technology Electrical brain stimulation winds memory function back 50 yearsnewatlas.com - Nick Lavars From treating depression to curtailing the effects of Parkinson's disease to awakening patients in a vegetative state, stimulating the brain with …
Play button This Neural Implant Accesses Your Brain Through the Jugular Veinfuturism.com - Dan Robitzski Brain-Computer Interface For the first time, doctors are preparing to test a brain-computer interface that can be implanted onto a human brain, no …
“The Mice Became Smarter”: New Treatment Restores Aging Brainsfuturism.com - Jon Christian Antibodies for Algernon Scientists at Stanford University say they’ve devised antibodies that block a specific gene related to brain aging — and that …
MIT Disrupting death: Technologists explore ways to digitize lifeNBC News - By Saphora SmithNew technologies are opening the door to near-everlasting life as well as a myriad of ethical and philosophical questions. Entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and beyond are attempting to disrupt what has
Google’s AI is now better than doctors at spotting breast cancerbgr.com - Mike Wehner Cancer researchers are constantly advancing the technology that doctors use to screen for, detect, and treat all kinds of cancers, and the …
CRISPR-Chip Can Detect Genetic Mutations Within Minutesmedgadget.com Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley and the Keck Graduate Institute of The Claremont Colleges have developed a hand-held device …
Healthcare In The Age Of Personalization Part 3: How Business Models Must EvolveForbes - Glenn LlopisThis is Part 3 of a six-part series on Healthcare in the Age of Personalization. Part 2 is here. Healthcare seems to be in a constant state of transition, as organizations move from fee-for-service to
A doctor’s hopes for digital medicineThe Economist Deep Medicine: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again. By Eric Topol.Basic Books; 400 pages; $17.99. FOR ALL the technological …
Virtual reality meditation is a thing — and it's actually goodMashable - Sasha LekachMarch Mindfulness is our new series that examines the explosive growth in mindfulness and meditation technology — culminating in Mashable's groundbreaking competitive meditation bracket contest. Because
University of Western Australia Fingertip Elasticity Probe Helps Spot Breast Tumorsmedgadget.com Our fingertips are incredibly sensitive biomechanical devices. They’re regularly used by physicians to feel out tumors during biopsy or excision …
