Immune cells play a crucial role in detecting infections, much like a sniffer dog, using specialized sensors called Toll-like receptors (TLRs). These receptors are activated when they encounter...
3D laser device enhances manual measurement of allergic reactions in skin prick tests
Accurate measurement of allergic skin reactions is a longstanding challenge in allergy diagnostics. In skin prick tests, small amounts of allergens are introduced into the skin to trigger minor,...
AI Algorithm reduces unnecessary radiation exposure in traumatic neuroradiological CT scans
Traumatic neuroradiological emergencies, such as brain or spinal cord injuries, require swift and precise diagnosis for effective treatment. Computed tomography (CT) scans are crucial in emergency...
AI algorithm automates EEG analysis for highly accurate epilepsy detection
Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders, affecting 50 million people globally. Epileptic seizures result from abnormal brain activity and can lead to loss of consciousness,...
Nanoparticle potential found for assessing kidneys
Researchers at UT Dallas have uncovered new insights into how kidney damage affects the movement of engineered nanoparticles, commonly used to deliver drugs or imaging agents to the body....
Rapid UTI test cuts detection time from 3 days to 45 minutes
In a groundbreaking development for diagnostic medicine, a recent clinical study has validated the Sysmex PA-100 AST system's effectiveness in detecting bacteriuria—bacteria in the urine—and...
Machine learning helps define new subtypes of parkinson’s disease
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have made significant strides in understanding Parkinson's disease using machine learning techniques, resulting in the identification of three distinct subtypes...
AI tool utilizes health records for faster rare disease diagnoses
A rare disease is one that affects fewer than 200,000 individuals. Despite their rarity, over 10,000 known rare diseases collectively impact more than 30 million people. While some diseases like...
Eupnoos startup transforms airway disease diagnosis via acoustic biomarkers
Early detection of airway disease is an important public health priority with an urgent need for simple diagnostic tools that are easier to deploy than traditional spirometry. Eupnoos, an innovative...
Transforming subarachnoid hemorrhage prognosis with AI
CT Provision SLU, a new start-up revolutionizing the prognosis and diagnosis of subarachnoid hemorrhage, has emerged onto the healthcare technology scene. Founded by Dr. Marcin Balcerzyk, an Iker...
Towards creating an ingestible ‘Microbiome Sampling Pill’
Summary: Researchers at Tufts University School of Engineering have developed an ingestible device, comparable in size to a vitamin pill, designed to conduct a comprehensive inventory of...
Home-use leukocyte monitoring for infection detection in cancer patients
Summary: Heart failure is a serious condition where the heart struggles to pump enough blood to meet the body's needs, leading to symptoms such as fatigue, weakness, and swelling in the legs and...
New Artificial intelligence risk-assessment tool to improve heart-failure care
Summary: Heart failure is a serious condition where the heart struggles to pump enough blood to meet the body's needs, leading to symptoms such as fatigue, weakness, and swelling in the legs and...
World’s «first» at-home blood monitoring solution for patients
Summary: Entia's innovative home-use blood count analyser, which provides personalised and preventative care for cancer patients outside the hospital, has been approved for use in the UK. This...
AI predicts cardiac risk an mortality from routine chest CT scansAI
Summary: Heart disease continues to claim the top spot as the leading cause of mortality globally, despite being preventable. However, the lack of awareness of individual risk often leads to...
A test to detect the risk of lung cancer using artificial intelligence
Summary: Amadix, a Spanish biotechnology company headquartered in Valladolid, specializes in developing tests to detect various types of cancer at a very early stage using a blood sample, emerges...
AI for decision-making in lower urinary tract pathologies diagnosis
Summary: Lower urinary tract symptoms encompass a range of disorders affecting urine frequency, control, and voiding. While in men, these symptoms often stem from prostate-related issues, in women,...
Microsoft collaboration launches whole-slide AI model for digital pathology
Summary: The convergence of digital transformation in biomedicine with the current generative AI revolution presents an unprecedented opportunity to advance precision health rapidly. At the...
At-home tampon-based screening kit test for HPV testing
Summary: Award-winning gynecological health startup Daye is making waves once again with the expansion of its innovative at-home screening kit. The pioneering “Diagnostic Tampon,” already renowned...
An AI blood test purports to diagnose postpartum depression
Summary: Postpartum depression stands as a significant threat to maternal well-being, with diagnostic and treatment standards often falling short. Addressing this gap, Dionysus Digital Health, a San...
Early detection of cardiac amyloidosis using AI
Summary: Cardiac amyloidosis, a serious condition characterized by the abnormal accumulation of proteins (amyloid) in the heart muscle, has seen a major breakthrough in its detection thanks to an...
FAITHFUL, the AI project that aims to cut IC hospitalizations by 40%
Summary: The FAITHFUL innovation project consortium, spearheaded by the Spanish startup Idoven and supported by EIT Health, in collaboration with the ICOMEM Foundation, has embarked on developing a...
Swallowable sensors could pinpoint gut movement problems for patients
Summary: In a groundbreaking development, scientists have pioneered an ingestible capsule embedded with sensors capable of detecting pressure within a patient's digestive system, pinpointing...
First AI Tool approved for early heart failure detection with a stethoscope
Summary: The FDA's recent approval of Eko Health's stethoscope equipped with embedded artificial intelligence (AI) capable of identifying heart failure (HF) within 15 seconds, marks a significant...
Catalan researchers validated an AI tool that identifies 3 Brain tumor types with 78% accuracy
Summary: Researchers at the Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), in collaboration with radiologists from the Bellvitge University Hospital, have introduced an innovative tool based on...
A new alternative to invasive blood glucose measurement methods
Summary: For individuals living with diabetes, the daily routine of managing glucose levels has long been synonymous with discomfort. Traditionally, methods such as finger pricks or adhesive...
Ultrasound innovation transforms respiratory diagnosis through contactless thoracic vibration mapping
Summary: Doctors have long relied on various methods to assess the respiratory system, from auscultation with traditional stethoscopes to more advanced imaging techniques. However, the ability to...
Early detection of diabetic retinopathy using AI
Summary: Research by the Pere Virgili Health Research Institute (IISPV) and the Rovira i Virgili University (URV) have culminated in the formation of RetinaReadRisk, a cutting-edge spin-off poised...
Scientist develop a simple blood test to diagnose sarcoidosis
Summary: A groundbreaking advancement in the diagnosis of sarcoidosis has emerged from the collaborative efforts of scientists supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Their innovative...
A portable saliva test for breast cancer detection
Summary: The incidence of breast cancer is on the rise, but new tools for early detection could save lives. Researchers from the University of Florida and the National Yang Ming Chiao Tung...
An AI histopathologist to streamline endometrial diagnosis
Summary: Histological analysis, crucial for identifying pathological tissue changes, traditionally relies on immunohistochemical studies. In this process, thin histological sections are treated with...
An innovative AI-based Malaria diagnosis system
Summary: A collaborative effort involving the microbiology service and research group at Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, the university Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC), and the...
A robot pill set to replace flexible tubes in endoscopies
Summary: The prospect of undergoing an endoscopy, a procedure involving the insertion of a flexible tube with a camera at one end that traverses the entire digestive system while continuously...
A deep learning model that enhances early sepsis detection and patient survival
Summary: Sepsis, a life-threatening condition stemming from improper reactions to infections, affects millions worldwide, causing numerous fatalities annually. Early detection is crucial for...
New machine learning models show superiority in pancreatic cancer identification
Summary: MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) has developed PRISM, two machine learning models – PrismNN and PrismLR – that offer hope for early identification of...
Image J unlocks accessibility in uric acid quantification
Summary: Recently, significant attention has been directed towards digital image colorimetry DIC using mobile applications or available software programs, which offer the advantage of analyzing...
First Menstrual Blood Health testing device
Summary: Biotechnology research company Qvin™ has achieved FDA clearance for its Q-Pad™ and A1c Test, marking a significant breakthrough in women's diabetic patients. Qvin's innovative approach...
Inhalable sensors could enable early lung cancer detection
Summary: MIT researchers have developed a revolutionary technology that could make diagnosing lung cancer simpler and more accessible. The new method involves inhaling nanoparticle sensors, which...
New AI predicts cancer survival using epigenetics
Summary: “Traditionally, cancer has been viewed as primarily a result of genetic mutations,” Hilary Coller, a professor of molecular, cell, and developmental biology at UCLA, said. “However, the...
Using computer vision to catch early-stage skin cancer
Summary: Melanoma, the most severe form of skin cancer, demands early detection to mitigate its rapid spread. Recognizing the limitations of the human eye, researchers at Johns Hopkins in...
Dispositivos tecnológicos para detectar y controlar la hipertensión
Summary: La hipertensión, una de las principales causas de muerte prematura a nivel mundial, afecta a alrededor de 1.280 millones de personas entre 30 y 79 años, de las cuales solo uno de cada cinco...
A novel robot could aid in early diagnosis of breast cancer
Summary: A team from the University of Bristol has developed a device capable of performing clinical breast examinations (CBE). The robotic manipulator, designed at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory,...
Single-color fundus image AI Tool for diabetic retinopathy screening
Summary: Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) is a widespread disease and a leading cause of preventable blindness in the adult working population.In 2020, the number of adults worldwide with DR was estimated...
MIT’s wearable ultrasound patch measures bladder fullness without gel
Summary: MIT researchers have developed a wearable ultrasound patch that can image organs, including the bladder, without the need for cold gel or an operator. Unlike traditional ultrasounds that...
Researchers develop first wearable for continuous monitoring of body sounds
Summary: Northwestern University researchers have developed a noninvasive, continuous monitoring wearable that offer a dynamic assessment of lung health and other physiological functions, With...
These AI booths want to become the doctor of the future
Summary: Forward Health, an AI-driven healthcare startup, has introduced CarePod an automated cabin designed to revolutionize medical consultations. The cabin, equipped with various diagnostic...
The spinoff RetinaReadRisk launches AI-Based system for early diabetic retinopathy detection
Summary: Researchers from the Pere Virgili Health Research Institute (IISPV) and the Rovira i Virgili University (URV) in Tarragona have developed a software and mobile system based on Artificial...
Europa premia a España en el uso del lenguaje como indicador de psicosis
Summary: El Consejo Europeo de Investigación (CEI) ha anunciado los 37 equipos científicos que recibirán un total de 395 millones de euros para resolver problemas de investigación muy complejos....
Researchers developing lateral flow test to detect brain tumours
Summary: Scientists at the University of Sheffield and Nottingham Trent University are developing the world's first lateral flow test to detect aggressive, recurring brain tumors. This test, similar...
Revolutionizing leukemia diagnosis with Alercell’s TED test
Summary: Alercell, Inc., a cutting-edge molecular diagnostics company specializing in revolutionizing therapeutics, particularly in Oncology In-Vitro Diagnostic Testing, proudly announces a...
Roche Partners with Ibex and AWS to Advance Digital Pathology
Summary: Roche has announced collaborations with Ibex Medical Analytics and Amazon Web Services to provide pathology laboratories with AI-powered decision support tools through the navify® Digital...
Revolutionizing Bladder Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment with BlaDiMiR
Summary: BlaDiMiR, a project of the joint unit CIEMAT and 12 de Octubre for the diagnosis and treatment of bladder cancer, wins the Pfizer Award for the best health innovation...
Revolutionary AI voice test identifies type 2 diabetes in seconds
Summary: A new AI-driven diagnostic test for Type 2 diabetes can accurately identify the condition with just a six-second voice clip, according to a study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings:...
Boehringer Ingelheim and ZEISS join forces to early detect eye diseases and prevent vision loss
Summary: Boehringer Ingelheim and ZEISS Medical Technology have announced a strategic collaboration aimed at developing predictive analytics for the early detection of eye diseases, with the goal of...
Facial Blood Flow Revolutionizes Health Vital Monitoring
Summary: Imagine a future where you can accurately monitor your health by simply scanning your face with your smartphone. The concept may sound like science fiction, but it's very much a reality...
Ovum Health and IBM partner to tackle infertility with AI
Summary: Fertility care provider Ovum Health has partnered with IBM to enhance its web and mobile app-based chat and scheduling solution using AI. Ovum Health's platform offers personalized support...
El Servicio Madrileño de Salud, pionero en la aplicación de Inteligencia Artificial Generativa para la mejora del diagnóstico en pacientes con enfermedades raras
Summary: La Comunidad de Madrid, en colaboración con la Fundación 29 y Microsoft, está a punto de lanzar un proyecto pionero en España y el mundo que utiliza tecnología de Inteligencia Artificial...
Google desarrolla una IA para identificar mutaciones genéticas que causan enfermedades
Summary: AlphaMissense, una nueva herramienta basada en inteligencia artificial desarrollada por Google DeepMind, está ayudando a identificar y clasificar mutaciones en proteínas conocidas como...
Breakthrough Test Identifies Targets without Amplification
Summary Researchers from Stanford University have developed a novel molecular test that has the potential to revolutionize disease monitoring, crop health assessment, and more. Traditional molecular...
AI-Driven Algorithm Enables Phone Camera to Detect Blood Vessel Oxygen Levels
Summary Researchers at Purdue University have developed AI-driven technology that utilizes smartphone cameras to detect and diagnose medical conditions like anemia more quickly and accurately than...
Crean un algoritmo de IA que brinda una ‘Segunda Opinión’ a escaneos médicos sin depender de datos etiquetados manualmente
Summary Investigadores de las facultades de Ingeniería y Tecnología de la Universidad de Monash han desarrollado un algoritmo de inteligencia artificial (IA) que puede evaluar las anotaciones o...
Desarrollan un dispositivo en papel para el diagnóstico rápido de enfermedades pulmonares
Summary Un grupo de investigadores del Instituto de Microelectrónica de Barcelona del CSIC (IMB-CNM-CSIC), junto con otros colaboradores de instituciones y empresas, ha desarrollado un dispositivo...
MIT researchers build wearable ultrasound scanner for earlier breast cancer detection
Summary: Researchers at MIT have developed a wearable ultrasound scanner in the form of a flexible patch that attaches to a bra using magnets. The patch contains miniaturized ultrasound scanners...
Kits de pruebas diagnósticas que trasladan el laboratorio a casa
Ailin es una innovadora solución de apoyo al diagnóstico que busca llevar las pruebas de laboratorio a los hogares, facilitando la prevención, el control de patologías y el conocimiento del estado...
Teladoc doubles down on Microsoft partnership to bring AI, voice tech into telehealth visits
Telehealth company Teladoc is increasing its investment in artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance its telehealth solution for hospitals. Through its partnership with Microsoft, Teladoc plans to...
Loop Diagnostics, un test capaz de detectar la sepsis en su fase inicial
La empresa Loop Diagnostics ha desarrollado SeptiLoop, un test diagnóstico llamado a revolucionar la detección temprana de la sepsis. La sepsis es una condición grave que causa millones de ingresos...
Un biosensor evalúa la mejor opción para tratar el párkinson y el alzhéimer
Investigadores de la Escuela Politécnica Federal de Lausana (EPFL) en Suiza han desarrollado un biosensor llamado ImmunoSEIRA que detecta proteínas mal plegadas relacionadas con enfermedades...
La IA descifra el genoma del cáncer cerebral durante la cirugía
Científicos de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Harvard han desarrollado una herramienta de inteligencia artificial llamada CHARM (Cryosection Histopathology Assessment and Review...
Siemens presenta el primer escáner CT de alta resolución y baja radiación con tecnología de conteo de fotones
Siemens Healthineers ha llevado a mercado el primer escáner CT de conteo de fotones, llamado Naeotom Alpha. El Naeotom Alpha ofrece imágenes de alta resolución, permitiendo a los médicos visualizar...
Next-Gen Digital Stethoscope
Eko Health has launched the CORE 500 Digital Stethoscope, a next-generation tool for heart and lung disease detection. Combining artificial intelligence (AI) software, high-fidelity audio, a...
Un monitor portátil detecta niveles de hormonas del estrés durante 24 horas en busca de enfermedades endocrinas
Un nuevo dispositivo portátil podría facilitar la detección temprana de enfermedades relacionadas con desequilibrios en las hormonas del estrés. Investigadores de la Universidad de Bristol, la...
Sensores neuromórficos: El futuro de la salud está en tus bioseñales
La Universidad Rovira i Virgili (URV) está participando en un proyecto pionero de computación neuromórfica que busca desarrollar sensores inspirados en el funcionamiento del cerebro humano. El...
Diseñan un dispositivo portátil para medir con precisión la apnea obstructiva del sueño
Investigadores de Georgia Tech han desarrollado un dispositivo portátil para diagnosticar la apnea obstructiva del sueño y evaluar la calidad del descanso de las personas. Los parches, que tienen...
Google seeks patent for chest condition-detecting device
Google is looking to patent a device that can determine "chest conditions from radiograph data" using machine learning. This AI-powered tech processes x-rays of a patient to offer up a preliminary...
In-Ear Wearable to Measure Blood Flow to the Head
STAT Health has unveiled a groundbreaking wearable device that measures blood flow to the head. This device can help understand symptoms like dizziness, brain fog, and fatigue that occur when...
Scientists use AI to discover new antibiotic to treat deadly superbug
Summary: Scientists from McMaster University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology used AI to discover a new antibiotic capable of combating a deadly superbug, abaucin. To identify a new...
Ascires revoluciona el diagnóstico hepático con HepaTools: una biopsia virtual sin dolor ni riesgos
Summary: "Diagnosticar la patología hepática sin necesidad de biopsiar al paciente, sino a través de unos biomarcadores de imagen que equivalen a una biopsia ‘virtual’ del hígado. Este es el...
Wellen taps OpenAI’s GPT for a chatbot that dishes advice on bone health
Summary: Wellen, a New York–based bone health–focused fitness startup that launched earlier this year with a subscription service aimed at middle-aged women — touting science-backed “personalized”...
Meet the tiny, wireless sleep apnea diagnostic wearable headed for the US
Summary: U.K. medtech startup Acurable has gained FDA clearance for a novel wireless diagnostic device for remote detection of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Healthcare services often struggle to...
How Medical Records Can Close the Information Gap in Patient Care
Summary: At a time when every click can be tracked and medical records are fully electronic, physicians should be able to digitally reference the decisions made by other clinicians to find out: What...
This UK startup plans to radically shake up the antiquated world of COPD measurement
Summary:Back in 1846, a London surgeon named John Hutchinson created the spirometer, which is commonly used by doctors to assess lung function in asthma patients by measuring the amount of air...
Outperforming doctors and dealing with hallucinations — how GenAI will transform healthtech
Summary: Since ChatGPT’s launch last year, large language models (LLMs) have mostly drawn attention for helping non-engineers write code and explaining quantum computing to five-year-olds. Less...
El nuevo test que simplifica y agiliza el diagnóstico de cáncer de endometrio
Summary: MiMARK Diagnostics, una spin-off del Vall d'Hebron Instituto de Investigación (VHIR) en Barcelona ha desarrollado un test de diagnóstico del cáncer de endometrio llamado WomEC, basado en la...
Diseñan un sensor de nanopartículas para el diagnóstico precoz del cáncer a partir de un análisis de orina
Summary: Investigadores del Instituto de Tecnología de Massachusetts (MIT) han creado un sensor de nanopartículas que permite detectar proteínas cancerosas en la orina y así diagnosticar el cáncer...
NuraLogix announces new AI model for fatty liver disease
Summary: NuraLogix has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that can predict a person's risk of having fatty liver disease (FLD) by using facial blood patterns. The technology is part of...
New test detects Parkinson’s biomarker before movement symptoms start
Summary: Researchers from the Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative have developed a test to detect alpha-synuclein, a protein that accumulates in the brains of patients with Parkinson’s...
Toledo dirige a Europa hacia un cribado en cáncer de mama sin radiación
Summary: El Hospital Universitario de Toledo, en Castilla-La Mancha (España), lidera un proyecto internacional, denominado Mammowave, cuyo objetivo es diagnosticar el cáncer de mama en mujeres en...
New Bandages Promise Faster Healing for Stubborn Wounds
Summary: Investigadores del Instituto de Tecnología de California han desarrollado vendajes inteligentes hechos de un polímero flexible y elástico que incorpora sensores electrónicos para monitorear...
Los sistemas de IA en Pontevedra «revolucionan» el diagnóstico de cáncer de colon
Summary: En marzo, el Servicio de Aparato Digestivo del Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Pontevedra (CHUP) anunció la llegada de Polydeep, un nuevo sistema de inteligencia artificial (IA) que...
Smartphone technology takes on Anaemia detection
Summary: Researchers at the University College London and the University of Ghana have developed a smartphone-based system to detect haemoglobin concentrations. Anaemia is a common disease that...
Promising new AI can detect early signs of lung cancer
Summary: Researchers at the Mass General Cancer Center and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool called Sybil that can detect early signs of...
La empresa española que hace biopsias virtuales con inteligencia artificial
Summary: La empresa valenciana Quibim ha desarrollado algoritmos que permiten obtener y analizar datos cuantificables de imágenes médicas sin necesidad de extraer una muestra invasiva de los...
Revolutionizing Single Cell Analysis: Meet the Hybrid Micro-Robot
Summary: Researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed a tiny micro-robot, the size of a biological cell, which can be controlled and navigated using both electric and magnetic fields. The...
Desarrollan un test para detectar resistencia a los antibióticos en 3 horas
Summary: Especialistas del Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, en Sevilla, han creado un test llamado RapidTZP que permite detectar rápidamente en apenas tres horas la resistencia al...
Un equipo del CSIC desarrolla una tecnología para mejorar la distribución de radiofármacos en el cuerpo de pacientes con cáncer
Summary: "Los actuales sistemas de imagen de fotones son en general de baja eficiencia, y tienen mayor dificultad cuando hay fotones de distintas energías, cuando estas energías son más altas que...
3 Tech Trends That Will Outlast the Downturn
Summary: "Pundits are slinging a lot of doom and gloom these days, predicting that this will be a lean year for startups, marked by limited funding and a new obsession with profitability. They're...
First wearable health sensor for monitoring muscle atrophy
Summary: "A condition involving the loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength, muscle atrophy can happen for a variety of reasons, but is typically a side effect of degenerative disease, aging or...
New Study Uses Sensors to Monitor Parkinson’s Patients
Summary: "BlueRock Therapeutics recently announced collaborative partnerships with Rune Labs and Emerald Innovations in BlueRock’s noninterventional clinical study of the effects of Parkinson’s...
The Future of Heart Health – Continuous Heart Monitoring
Summary: "Heart health issues are intermittent and often asymptomatic, leaving issues undetected with individuals unaware of any underlying problem. This presents itself in places where we least...
This tiny chip is being used to develop a tooth-mounted sensor that can read your spit
Summary: "Miniaturizing tech is a perpetual challenge for wearable makers. The smaller the device, the better it is for wearability. The thing is, that usually comes at the expense of battery life....
14 Types of Medical Software You Really Need
Summary: "The healthcare industry has always been faced with the far-reaching challenge to find the perfect balance between adhering to distinct patient-facing workflows and complying with...
Phone app tracks cough frequency in tuberculosis trial, opening up monitoring opportunity
Summary: "Researchers have used a smartphone app to assess cough frequency in people with tuberculosis (TB) and other respiratory diseases, suggesting the technology can enable remote monitoring."...
Varjo, machineMD partner to detect brain disorders using VR
Summary: "In an exclusive interview, Varjo and machineMD discuss their partnership to develop Neos, a VR-powered eye-tracking tool that aims to help providers detect brain disorders." "Extended...
Why ChatGPT In Healthcare Could Be a Huge Liability, Per One AI Expert
Summary: "ChatGPT refers to an AI model that analyzes language to answer questions and produce in-depth written content that humans can easily understand. The technology, which was developed by...
Access and reimbursement pathways for digital health solutions and in vitro diagnostic devices: Current scenario and challenges
Summary: "Digital therapeutics (DTx) are innovative solutions that use meaningful data to provide evidence-based decisions for the prevention, treatment, and management of diseases. Particular...
Hito en Apple frente a la diabetes: su reloj inteligente podrá detectar la glucosa en sangre
Summary: "Según los datos de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) una de cada 11 personas en el mundo padece diabetes, un trastorno que se ha multiplicado por cuatro en los últimos años y...
Moms’ and babies’ medical data predicts prematurity complications, Stanford Medicine-led study shows
Summary: "Stanford Medicine scientists and their colleagues have shown they can tap mothers’ and babies’ medical records to better predict newborn health risks." "By sifting through electronic...
Scientists develop five minute AI respiratory disease test
Summary: "These findings, published in peer-reviewed, scientific journal ACS Nano, demonstrate how machine learning can improve the efficiency, accuracy and time taken to identify different types of...
El electrocardiograma del siglo XXI, con sello español: Corify Care comercializará este año su mapeo cardíaco sin cirugía
Summary: "Sorprende al ciudadano medio 'de a pie' -al menos a aquel que no es experto en medicina o cardiología- que, en la era de la tecnología, la ciencia y la digitalización, el...
The health benefits and business potential of digital therapeutics
Summary: "Around the world, the burden of chronic disease is increasing at a rapid pace. Unfortunately, most of these conditions are irreversible and need to be managed through lifelong medication...
Valencell plans product launches for chronic disease
Summary: "The company’s first product candidate being showcased at CES is focused on helping people monitor and manage hypertension by combining an intuitive app with an innovative over-the-counter...
A wearable ultrasound sensor provides real-time cardiac imaging
Summary: "In a recent article published in the journal Nature, a team of researchers described a wearable ultrasonic device that allows cardiac function to be assessed directly in real-time, with...
AI application in pathology reveals novel insights in endometrial cancer diagnostics
Summary: "Research at the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) Department of Pathology shows the power of artificial intelligence (AI) applied to endometrial carcinoma microscopy images. The...
Is AI-Assisted Lung Cancer Diagnosis Right For Your Hospital?
Summary: "Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, with approximately 1.8 million people dying from this disease each year. Most patients are diagnosed after symptoms have...
AI-powered pop up clinic launched to detect skin cancer in South Australia
Summary: "Health charity Skin Check Champions, the University of South Australia, and The Hospital Research Foundation have teamed up to launch a pop-up clinic that uses AI to diagnose skin cancer."...
AI Mental Health Chatbot Predicts Disorders with 93% Accuracy
Summary: "London-headquartered digital health startup, Limbic, has announced that its psychological assessment tool, Limbic Access, has achieved Class IIa UKCA medical device certification – making...
AI predicts lung cancer risk six years into the future using single CT scan: study
Summary: "LDCT is an effective lung-cancer screening tool and the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends annual scans for people aged 50 years and older with a 20-pack-a-year history of...
Lightweight Belt Sensor Can Monitor Heart Failure in Real Time
Summary: "Researchers in Florida have developed more user-friendly way to monitor for signs of heart failure in real time that doesn't require a device to be implanted under a patient's skin....
Nowatch is a health-focused smartwatch without the watch part
Summary: "Your health is all you’ve got, and you can’t change what you can’t measure, so it’s little wonder that health trackers are everywhere. The problem with a lot of them, however, is that in...
Telehealth Brings Expert Sexual Assault Exams to Rural Patients
Summary: "Amanda Shelley was sitting in her dentist’s waiting room when she received a call from the police. A local teenage girl had been sexually assaulted and needed an exam." "Shelley, a nurse...
Valencell announces fingertip blood pressure monitor at CES 2023
Summary: "Valencell, a company known for its work on health sensors found in various smartwatches and fitness trackers, has announced a new product for consumers at CES 2023. The yet to be named...
AI Can Now Help Your Smartphone Take Your Blood Pressure
Summary: "For some time now, smartphone apps have been used to measure blood pressure; this type of contactless blood pressure tracking has been something of a Holy Grail for cardiologists and the...
THE WORLD FIRST’S HEALTH TRACKER THAT RUNS ON YOUR BODY’S ENERGY AND TRANSFORMS ANY WATCH INTO A SMARTWATCH UNVEILED AT CES 2023
Summary: "We’ve just ushered in 2023, and somehow (every single year without fail) the new year always brings along with it new fitness and health goals for us to achieve. On January 1st, we’re...
Knife that ‘smells tumours’ can detect womb cancer within seconds
Summary: "A revolutionary surgical knife that “smells tumours” can diagnose womb cancer within seconds, researchers have found in a breakthrough that could enable thousands of healthy women to get...
Big Data analytics and artificial intelligence in mental health
Summary: "The mental health and well-being of the WHO European Region has been hit hard by several large-scale public health emergencies over the past few years, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the...
OPPO OHEALTH H1 IS A PEBBLE-SHAPED DEVICE THAT KEEPS TABS ON YOUR FAMILY’S HEALTH
Summary: "Although we should always be aware of our body’s condition, it wasn’t until recently that people became more acutely aware of the need to monitor our health on a regular basis. Regular...
A Silicon Valley biotech just showed a simple blood test can detect a hidden and deadly type of cancer. But the results fell short of investors’ hopes.
Summary: "A new era in cancer screening could be starting soon." "Instead of having to undergo uncomfortable procedures like colonoscopies, it might be possible to detect cancer from a simple blood...
AXIM® Biotechnologies Develops Novel Dual IgE/MMP-9 Rapid Ophthalmological Diagnostic Test; Files Provisional Patent
Summary: "AXIM Biotechnologies, Inc. (OTCQB: AXIM) (“AXIM Biotech,” “AXIM” or “the Company”), an international healthcare diagnostic solutions development company, announced today that it has filed...
Gene Pathway Analysis In Action 3×4 DNA Test Review
Summary: "In the past couple of years, I have taken at least 10 genetic tests, including this latest DNA test from 3×4 Genetics. This may seem excessive, but I have my reasons. I graduated from...
Wearable Technology in Healthcare: What are the Benefits for Patients, Hospitals and Caregivers?
Summary: "Today I’m going to talk about wearable technology in healthcare. Wearable technology has the potential to revolutionize healthcare by making it easier for patients, hospital employees and...
Simple Tracker Data Might Have Clinical Medical Value
Summary: "The line between wearable activity trackers and clinical-grade health monitors seems to be getting blurrier by the day. A new study from researchers at Johns Hopkins University shows that...
This Health Startup Is Mapping The Vaginal Microbiome Because No Bothered To Before
Summary: "Priyanka Jain and Laine Bruzek want to close the gender gap in healthcare. And they’re talking about vaginas, in particular." "With their new company, Evvy, which launched earlier this...
The Digital Future Of Pathology
Summary: "Pathology is the motor that drives healthcare to understand diseases. Digital technologies could push the field into becoming more efficient and more scalable. They could transform the job...
How To Develop a Women’s Health Tracking Mobile App – A Detailed Guide
Summary: "Is Femtech the next new thing in healthcare? Femtech has been around for some time in the mHealth, or healthcare, industry." "Are you familiar with the term “FemTech”? Well, we will...
AI Transforms Smartwatch ECG Signals Into a Diagnostic Tool for Heart Failure
Summary: "A study published in Nature Medicine reports the ability of a smartwatch ECG to accurately detect heart failure in nonclinical environments. Researchers at Mayo Clinic applied artificial...
Exheus cierra una ronda de 900.000 euros liderada por Decelera Ventures
Summary: "La compañía española especializada en análisis de ARN también ha contado con el apoyo de WA4Steam y NextGen Venture Partners. Exheus utilizará los recursos para abrirse mercado en Europa."...
Flexible AI computer chips promise wearable health monitors that protect privacy
Summary: "My colleagues and I have developed a flexible, stretchable electronic device that runs machine-learning algorithms to continuously collect and analyze health data directly on the body. The...
Ana Maiques (Neuroelectrics): «Cualquier emprendedor con éxito ha pasado por muchos fracasos»
Summary: "La plaza Kennedy es el punto de origen y, a la vez, de llegada de la línea 196 del bus de Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona. En los primeros minutos de trayecto, los usuarios pueden...
Digital Health is Improving Patient Care
Summary: "Digital health is making it easier for doctors to share information with patients, and for patients to take control of their own care. In the past, patients often had to wait days or weeks...
One Wearable Camera Captures Full 3D Body Movements
Summary: "What can 3D imaging tell us about the health of the human body? Lots. The motion capture of one’s gait has the potential to serve as a digital biomarker that identifies disease progression...
A New Wearable Measures Brain Activity
Summary: "If you’ve ever had a brain scan, or even just seen one on TV, you probably know that it’s kind of a big deal. Measuring brain activity usually involves functional magnetic resonance...
Skin-like electronics could monitor your health continuously
Summary: "New wearable electronics paired with artificial intelligence could transform screening for health problems." "Flexible, wearable electronics are making their way into everyday use, and...
Wearables Help Keep Workers Safe This Holiday Season
Summary: "The holiday season is here, and with Christmas shoppers and holiday orders beginning to flood into stores, businesses will be working overtime to keep operations running smoothly....
Digital Transformation: How AI Could Spell a New Era of ‘Smart Care’
Summary: "The term digital transformation can be interpreted in many different ways. Rather than transforming healthcare practices, I like to view it as transforming the way healthcare is...
Smartwatches could help detect and track COVID – here’s what the research shows
Summary: "An elevated respiratory rate, or breathing rate, has been shown to be a useful biomarker for the early detection of COVID. Respiratory rates can be estimated using a method called...
10 Best Health Monitoring Devices for 2022
Summary: "At the start of January 2020, Telehealth and remote health monitoring device companies were having a hard time making a go of it. They were on a long slog toward any sort of...
These 14 medical device inventions are the best, Time magazine says
Summary: "For over 20 years, Time magazine has highlighted the 100 most impactful devices and ideas around the world. The list is compiled through nominations from the publication’s editors and...
New Evidence That Fitness Trackers Can Predict Premature Births
Summary: "The percentage of preterm births in the United States has been on the rise for decades, and today around 1 in 10 infants who are delivered in the U.S. have gestation times of 37 weeks or...
GlucoRx showcases «world’s first» multi-sensor non-invasive CGM at MEDICA
Summary: "The GlucoRx BioXensor uses patented radio frequency technology alongside a multiple sensor approach to measure blood glucose levels every minute reliably, accurately, and non-invasively."...
Digital Transformation: How AI Could Spell a New Era of ‘Smart Care’
Summary: "The term digital transformation can be interpreted in many different ways. Rather than transforming healthcare practices, I like to view it as transforming the way healthcare is...
TECH IS GOOD FOR YOU: HOW WEARABLE EDGE DEVICES CHANGED HEALTHCARE
Summary: "Since Summer 2022, millions of people have woken up each morning to their wristwatches offering to tell them if they were at risk of heart failure. The Fitbit, a fitness tracker...
The promising future of personalised diagnostics in wearable technology
Summary: "Wearable technology has sparked a fundamental shift in our everyday lives. Technological advancements in relation to health and fitness are incentivising us to adopt healthier lifestyles...
Can smartphones predict mortality risk?
Summary: "Passive smartphone monitoring of people’s walking activity can be used to construct population-level models of health and mortality risk, according to a new study publishing October 20th...
El Clínic-IDIBAPS y el CIBER firman un acuerdo con Eiken Chemical para evaluar la eficacia de una nueva prueba fecal para el cribado del cáncer colorrectal
Summary: "La empresa japonesa, líder en el cribado del cáncer colorrectal a nivel mundial, financiará la primera fase de un estudio clínico multicéntrico liderado por Antoni Castells y Meritxell...
Wearable technology measures mental activity through the skin
Summary: "Researchers at NYU Tandon have reached a key milestone in their quest to develop wearable technology that manages to measure key brain mechanisms through the skin." "Rose Faghih, Associate...
This Entrepreneur Aims To Make Cognitive Screening As Easy As Checking Your Pulse
Summary: "Earlier this month, one of the first comprehensive studies of cognitive issues found that nearly one in ten Americans over the age of 65 has dementia, and another 22% may have mild...
New Sensor Tracks Tumors in Real Time
Summary: "A first-of-its-kind wearable device could give doctors and researchers the ability to offer better insights into how tumors respond to treatments." "Medicine has made huge progress in the...
Apple Watch heart rate alerts helped a girl discover and treat cancer
Summary: "Apple Watch is often credited with helping people detect heart disease or even saving their lives with features like fall and car crash detection. But this time, a 12-year-old girl was...
Alexandra Hospital leverages cloud-based service to help patients avoid preventable chronic disease
Summary: "Alexandra Hospital has taken part in the launch of a new cloud-based digital health service in Singapore by telecommunications provider StarHub, together with its partners, health...
Swansea University develops diagnostic tool to deliver quick health test results
Summary: "The new tool leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to accelerate the identification of biomarkers in biofluids, including blood plasma, synovial fluid, and saliva-containing proteins to...
A Wearable Patch That Could Revolutionise Health Monitoring
Summary: "Currently, India ranks second in the global diabetes epidemic which makes it necessary for providing instant diagnosis and treatment. It is not practical to use wearable devices for...
How to center patients when designing distance care medical devices
Summary: "User-centered design is critical when developing new medical devices to support distance care. Medtech companies are now specifically designing devices for patient use outside of clinical...
Everyone walks differently — so this exoskeleton adjusts on the fly
Summary: "A new robotic, boot-like exoskeleton uses wearable sensors to adjust to each person who wears it, marking a significant step forward for robotics. The device, described in a study...
Pre-diagnostic cognitive and functional impairment in multiple sporadic neurodegenerative diseases
Summary: "The pathophysiological processes of neurodegenerative diseases begin years before diagnosis. However, pre-diagnostic changes in cognition and physical function are poorly understood,...
Diagnostic Performance of Deep Learning in Infectious Keratitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocol
Summary: "Infectious keratitis (IK) represents the 5th leading cause of blindness worldwide. A delay in diagnosis is often a major factor in progression to irreversible visual impairment and/or...
Signs of dementia may be detectable nine years before diagnosis – study
Summary: "Scientists have discovered that it may be possible to spot signs of dementia as early as nine years before patients receive an official diagnosis." "Researchers at Cambridge University...
«World’s first» non-invasive continuous glucose monitor to launch
Summary: "The GlucoRx BioXensor uses radio frequency technology alongside a multiple sensor approach to measure blood glucose levels every minute." "The small and discreet wearable multi-sensor...
Sydney study to evaluate AI’s impact on clinical decision making
Summary: "A new Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre project will study the impact of an AI-powered diagnostic support solution on clinicians' decision-making and patient management at the...
Tool to spot breast cancer at home wins UK Dyson award
Summary: "A device to help detect breast cancer has won the prestigious UK James Dyson Award." "The Dotplot aims to help women self-check at home and track any changes they may find on an app....
Health Tech Company Hopes To Transform Skin Cancer Testing In America With A Sticker
Summary: "John Dobak had learned about genomic testing in the 1990s and been tracking the evolution of this new approach to detecting cancer, and other diseases. Yet few had been able to turn it...
El MIT desarrolla una red neuronal capaz de detectar el párkinson mientras el paciente duerme
Summary: "El párkinson es una de las enfermedades neurológicas de más rápido crecimiento en todo el mundo y el segundo trastorno neurológico más común, después del alzhéimer. A nivel global, esta...
Medtech: AI Can Detect Parkinson’s Disease From Night Breathing Patterns
Summary: "Parkinson’s Disease is the world’s fastest-growing neurological disease. It’s also notoriously difficult to detect, largely depending for diagnosis on symptoms like tremors, stiffness, and...
Experimental Earbuds Can Detect Ear Infections and Other Medical Conditions With a Chirp
Summary: "Do you remember how your parents tried to convince you to eat your vegetables as a kid by promising they were good for your health? That’s the same tactic a lot of wearable makers are...
SCIENTISTS WANT TO GIVE YOU A BIONIC SKIN TO SAVE YOUR LIFE
Summary: "FROM ANTI-INFIDELITY RINGS to masks that change color with your emotions, wearable technology seems to have creeped into nearly every aspect of daily life. These rapidly developing sensors...
MedTech: Rare Disease Diagnosis and Beyond
Summary: "Healthcare services globally are under more pressure to serve growing populations in new and innovative ways. The development of medical technology (medtech) has moved beyond clinical...
Lumen: World’s First Device and App for Real-time Metabolic Feedback
Summary: "Lumen is the first device and app available to anyone that provides real-time feedback on whether you’re burning carbohydrates or fats. These measurements are usually only made for...
Smallfry collaborates on peritonitis early warning device
Summary: "Coventry-based Smallfry aims to change lives through design and engineering and QuickCheck, is a perfect example of how collaboration and design innovation can really transform ideas....
Amazing Technologies Changing The Future Of Dermatology
Summary: "Smart algorithms will soon diagnose skin cancer, dermatologists consult patients online, and 3D printers will print out synthetic skin to fight tissue shortages. There is a lot going on in...
Can a Fitbit or Apple Watch Help Fight Thyroid Disease?
Summary: "Numerous studies have demonstrated the accuracy of heart rate data from wearable devices when compared with conventional measurement, even though there is minor variability...
Un videojuego con prescripción médica que ayuda en el tratamiento de TDAH en niños y adultos
Summary: "Se estima que en España casi siete de cada 10 niños y adolescentes sufren de trastorno de déficit de atención e hiperactividad (TDAH). Concretamente, el 6,8%, según datos publicados por el...
As the Alzheimer’s crisis looms, healthcare organizations look to innovation
Summary: "More than 55 million people were living with dementia as of 2021. Alzheimer’s disease, the most common source of dementia, is the seventh leading cause of death in the U.S. " "The...
The Bio Revolution Brings Innovation For Precision Diagnostics
Summary: "Society has benefited from remarkable scientific advances in the 21st century; perhaps few are more profound than the extraordinary achievements in human health, thanks to the convergence...
Can Smart Implants Monitor Healing Inside the Body?
Summary: "Using artificial implants in surgeries to support human tissue or bone that isn’t functioning optimally anymore is commonplace. But what if those implants also could monitor on-site what’s...
Kindly makes hormonal health care more approachable
Summary: "Hormonal healthcare can be intimidating, since it touches on the most intimate parts of our lives. Kindly wants to make it accessible to more people, with a combination of at-home...
Typhoid Detection Technique Improves Diagnostic Sensitivity
Summary: "A team at the University of California Davis Health working with international collaborators have developed a new technique to detect typhoid and estimate its incidence in populations over...
A Sensor Sniffs for Cancer, Using Artificial Intelligence
Summary: "Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) have developed a sensor that can be trained to sniff for cancer, with the help of artificial intelligence." "Although the...
This Wearable Neck Patch Can Diagnose Concussions
Summary: "Nelson Sepúlveda was sitting in the stands at Spartan Stadium, watching his hometown Michigan State players bash heads with their cross-state football rivals from the University of...
How AI Can Accurately Detect Diabetes Through Retinal Images
Summary: "Recent advancements in AI have demonstrated that AI can accurately detect diabetes through the analysis of retinal images that retina experts would consider healthy. To better understand...
Somerset NHS FT trials AI algorithm for lung cancer diagnosis
Summary: "The red dot algorithm, from Behold.AI, has shown positive initial results. It has more than halved the time between initial x-ray screening and a CT scan – the gold standard for detecting...
SERI researchers develop AI tools for screening kidney disease, predicting age using eye photos
Summary: "Researchers from the Singapore Eye Research Institute have developed two novel AI-powered tools for screening chronic kidney disease and predicting a person's biological age from retina...
Novel, complementary approach to applying AI to breast cancer screening improves accuracy
Summary: "The largest retrospective study of its kind into the use of artificial intelligence as a tool to assist radiologists with breast cancer screening has demonstrated that the technology can...
Alimetry gets FDA clearance for wearable gut disorder test
Summary: "Auckland-based health technology startup Alimetry has received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration for its wearable device for diagnosing gastric disorders." "Gastric...
AI Detects Autism Speech Patterns Across Different Languages
Summary: "A new study led by Northwestern University researchers used machine learning—a branch of artificial intelligence—to identify speech patterns in children with autism that were consistent...
AI-based image analysis automatically detects serious heart condition
Summary: "Researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) method that can automatically detect plaque erosion in the heart's arteries using optical coherence tomography (OCT) images....
Giving physicians the power of precision imaging for lung disease
Summary: "Lung health has never been more of a priority for our world than it is right now. Even prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, the incidence of life-threatening lung disease was consistently on...
Artificial Intelligence Model Can Successfully Predict the Reoccurrence of Crohn’s Disease
Summary: "According to researchers, more than 500,000 individuals in the United States have Crohn’s disease. Crohn’s disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that damages the digestive system...
EarliTec Diagnostics receives FDA clearance for autism diagnosis support tool
Summary: "EarliTec Diagnostics announced it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for a device that helps clinicians identify autism spectrum disorder for children between the ages of 16 and 30 months...
Can Artificial Intelligence Improve Diagnosis in Radiology?
Summary: "Artificial intelligence is a growing field, and one of the biggest areas of development has been in healthcare. In fact, experts predict that by 2030, AI will be responsible for saving...
It’s time to meet the future of the OR: Collaborators
Summary: "This may sound ironic coming from a neurosurgeon but, seriously, deploying artificial intelligence in medicine doesn’t have to be brain surgery. Nearly half of operating rooms are already...
Fujifilm launches mobile training hub to tackle endoscopy challenges as clinicians warn cancers will be more difficult to treat post-COVID
Summary: "Fujifilm has today launched a first of its kind mobile training hub at ESGE Days to help tackle some of the biggest challenges in endoscopy, as new research shows concern among...
A soft wearable stethoscope designed for automated remote disease diagnosis
Summary: "Digital stethoscopes provide better results compared to conventional methods to record and visualize modern auscultation. Current stethoscopes are bulky, non-conformal, and not suited for...
More than Just AI: Practical Applications in Diagnostic Intelligence
Summary: "Many AI algorithms are already available to support diagnosis, make image interpretation more efficient, augment clinical decision-making, inform procedural interventions and therapies,...
3D ultrasound system holds promise of accurate, risk-free diagnosis of dental disease
Summary: "Dentists may soon add portable ultrasound to the standard equipment in their offices, allowing them to accurately and affordably diagnose aspects of their patients’ periodontal disease...
The Use of Artifical Intelligence in Radiology
Summary: "Artificial intelligence is becoming more and more commonly used in radiology, and there are several reasons why this is the case. One of the main benefits of artificial intelligence is...
With AI, doctors can now diagnose and plan stroke treatment in 3 minutes or less
Summary: "VIZ-AI and other artificial intelligence programs allow doctors to quickly see how severe a stroke is and minimize any brain damage" "Every minute your brain is not getting enough blood...
Artificial intelligence tool shows promise for identifying cancer risk from lung nodules
Summary: "As artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies continue to be developed, they may become powerful tools in many fields, including that of medicine." "AI, complementing human...
Machine learning radically reduces workload of cell counting for disease diagnosis
Summary: "The use of machine learning to perform blood cell counts for diagnosis of disease instead of expensive and often less accurate cell analyzer machines has nevertheless been very...
UCLan medical students to use VR technology in classroom
Summary: "Medical students will be using virtual reality headsets to diagnose heart attacks and treat sepsis from the comfort of the classroom." "The University of Central Lancashire will be...
MedTrace Pharma moves forward on 15 O-water imaging tech
Summary: "MedTrace Pharma announced the first person scanned in its Rapid-Water-Flow Phase 3 clinical trial, further testing its tech to bring 15 O-water to imaging." "The first subject scan took...
Largest study of its kind shows promising results in preventing missed breast cancer with AI
Summary: "The Mammography Reference Center North in Oldenburg, Germany and Berlin-based deep tech company Vara, are today announcing the peer-reviewed findings of a large-scale study into the...
How AI Expedites Medical Research, Diagnosis And Don’t Forget Office Work
Summary: "There has been a lot of hype around the use of artificial intelligence (AI) across industries—so much hype, in fact, that it can be hard to separate truth from fiction. But healthcare is...
Smaller than a pinhead: New 3D printed micro device provides breakthrough for IVF and regenerative medicine
Summary: "A tiny new medical device has been developed by Australian researchers that will transform the only fertility treatment procedure available for men with low sperm counts, with implications...
Could AI and an Apple Watch ECG improve the prognosis for heart failure?
Summary: "Heart failure affects about 2% to 3% of people globally—including up to 9% of those over 60—and about 6.5 million Americans. For a person with this chronic, progressive condition, the...
Oxipit and AstraZeneca join forces to aid early lung cancer detection
Summary: "The software was deployed in two major primary care centres in Lithuania. With nearly 50.000 chest X-ray images analysed over the course of 2021, ChestEye Quality helped to detect 82...
AI-enabled app evaluates MRI data to help analyze dementia
Summary: "Combinostics, a neurology technology company looking at everything from early detection and diagnosis to the ongoing management of neurological disorders, has announced the Dementia...
AI-Enabled Tool May Be Able to Predict Heart Attack Risk
Summary: "A team of researchers have developed an artificial intelligence-enabled tool they believe could make it easier to predict which patients are more likely to have a heart attack in the next...
Mental Health Startup Uses Voice ‘Biomarkers’ To Detect Depression And Anxiety
Summary: "Kintsugi’s AI software analyzes the human voice to detect depression and anxiety, offering clinicians “a more well-rounded, 360-view of the patient” that sometimes gets lost in virtual...
Stroke triage tool which reduces detection time available in UK
Summary: "A new stroke triage tool, AUTOStroke, powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now available in the UK. " "The imaging innovation analyses and categorises diagnostic brain images...
AI could turn your phone into a mobile health lab
Summary: "Google Health has introduced research projects that promise to turn smartphones into disease=screening tools. One promising avenue involves using the onboard microphones on a phone as a...
Some health apps are able not just to diagnose diseases, but also to treat them
Summary: "AI-coaches help with all that, some with the level of personal detail typical of an organised, doting or even despotic spouse. Blue Star, an app for diabetes, combines data on a patient’s...
Introduction to Explainable Artificial Intelligence in medical imaging
Summary: "Artificial intelligence (AI)-based computer-aided diagnostics (CAD) is a promising technique to make the diagnosis process more efficient and accessible to the general public. Deep...
How AI can increase the effectiveness of point-of-care ultrasounds
Summary: "For patients who need care in rural areas, getting diagnostic testing can be a complicated process. In some cases, individuals may need to travel long distances to larger facilities to get...
Biological age diagnostics: Deep Longevity and digital health
Summary: "The surge in technological innovation so far in the 21st century has made people more connected than ever before. New tech is also providing innovative solutions to help improve health....
Ultrasound AI Aims to Save Infants with AI-powered Detection Software
Summary: "Preterm birth, or birth that occurs before 37 weeks, can have serious implications for the health of the infant. But if changes in pregnancy are detected early, preterm birth can often be...
Fujifilm develops AI tech for predicting Alzheimer’s progression
Summary: "Fujifilm Corporation has developed AI technology that can predict whether patients with mild cognitive impairment will progress to Alzheimer's disease within two years. According to a...
Nimble Diagnostics da gas a su nacimiento con medio millón de euros
Summary: "El spin off catalán, constituido como empresa en 2022, ha recibido financiación de CaixaImpulse, el FIS, la Marató de TV3 y del Premi societat catalana. El objetivo es comercializar un...
AI Software Detects Breast Cancer Metastases in Lymph Nodes
Summary: “Paige’s aim is to provide pathologists with innovative, care enhancing technology so they can provide the best possible insights to patients. Through Paige Breast Lymph Node, pathologists...
First autonomous X-ray-analyzing AI is cleared in the EU
Summary: "An artificial intelligence tool that reads chest X-rays without oversight from a radiologist got regulatory clearance in the European Union last week — a first for a fully autonomous...
New Version Breath Sensor Expands Digestive Health Profile
Summary: "Food Marble, an Irish company providing digital digestive health solutions, has launched the Aire 2, a second-generation personal breath testing device. An at-home test solution that...
Researchers use new AI tech to improve polyp detection
Summary: "Researchers from nine locations across England are using an AI technology to improve polyp detection during colonoscopies allowing doctors to detect signs of bowel cancer at its earliest...
Meet 7 Femtech Companies Innovating In The Area Of Ovarian Health, Breast And Gynecological Cancers
Summary: "Cancer ranks as the leading or second leading cause of premature death among 30-69-year-old individuals in 134 countries across the world, with the International Agency for Research on...
How Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality And Mixed Reality Are Enhancing Radiology
Summary: "Virtual reality (VR) has been talked about for at least a few decades, but you may have also heard about augmented reality (AR) and perhaps even mixed reality (MR) in recent years....
Predicting therapeutic outcomes in breast cancer patients: AI’s next big task – MedCity News
Summary: "There is a need for sophisticated and accurate forecasting software tools that incorporate precision cancer care. Technology and artificial intelligence, in particular, have the potential...
From AI-assisted imaging to AI-assisted diagnosis
Summary: "Mark Hitchman, managing director of Canon Medical Systems UK explains why it is an exciting era of innovation and practical application of AI into UK diagnostic imaging services."...
Withings clinical study to determine efficacy of its scale in detecting small fiber neuropathy
Summary: "Withings also announced in January that it has acquired Impeto Medical. This is an outfit that specialises in research, development, manufacturing and distribution of medical devices for...
Virtual patient ‘surrogates’ can personalize cancer treatments
Summary: "Scientists have developed mathematical models that act as patient 'surrogates' for evaluating potential prostate cancer treatments." "The research, published today in eLife, could...
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital trials AI skin cancer diagnostic tool
Summary: "Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is rolling out a pilot involving an AI decision support tool which aims to change the way skin cancer is assessed and treated by the...
ResApp’s diagnostic app coming to Health Teams’ aged care telehealth platform
Summary: "ASX-listed ResApp Health has inked a two-year deal with Health Teams, a digital aged care platform, to launch its mobile diagnostic app on the latter's telehealth platform." "ResAppDx is...
Scientists developing single test to detect risk of four cancers in women
Summary: "Scientists are developing a “revolutionary” test to predict a woman’s risk of four cancers using a single sample collected during cervical screening. Using cervical cells from a routine...
Highmark Health and Bosch explore sensor tech for pulmonary conditions
Summary: "Highmark Health and Bosch have announced a research collaboration that will explore the use of innovative sensor technology to capture audio that is analysed using artificial intelligence...
To drill or not to drill? Maybe AI knows the tooth better than your dentist
Summary: "That makes dentistry ripe for technological innovation aimed at increasing confidence and accuracy in diagnoses. For many reasons, dentistry is the ideal frontier for AI:...
Sondas cerebrales fabricadas con grafeno para detectar señales asociadas a la epilepsia
Summary: "La investigación internacional, en la que ha participado el CSIC, ayudará a mejorar la comprensión de enfermedades neurológicas como la migraña." "un equipo internacional de investigadores...
Innitius abre una ronda puente de un millón de euros para acelerar sus ensayos clínicos
Summary: "Innitius abre ronda puente para completar la fase de desarrollo de Fine Birth, su dispositivo enfocado a diagnosticar potenciales partos prematuros. De momento, la compañía española busca...
AI can identify heart disease from an eye scan
Summary: "Scientists have developed an artificial intelligence system that can analyse eye scans taken during a routine visit to an optician or eye clinic and identify patients at a high risk of a...
Kindbody launches at-home fertility tests
Summary: "Hybrid reproductive care and women's health company Kindbody announced Tuesday that it's launching at-home fertility hormone tests for men and women". "The tests, which measure hormones...
KardiaMobile recommended by NICE for detecting abnormal heart activity
Summary: "A smartphone based electrocardiogram (ECG) has been recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) as an option for detecting atrial fibrillation within...
This security researcher fooled an at-home COVID-19 test using a Bluetooth hack
Summary: "A security researcher was able to change the results of an at-home COVID test and get those results certified by intercepting and modifying Bluetooth traffic from the device before it...
Former Google and Meta executive launches at-home COVID-19 test
Summary: "A new medical testing startup called Detect began selling at-home molecular COVID-19 tests through its website last week. The company also announced its CEO — Hugo Barra, a former...
Study finds artificial intelligence accurately detects fractures on x-rays, alert human readers
Summary: "Emergency room and urgent care clinics are typically busy and patients often have to wait many hours before they can be seen, evaluated and receive treatment. Waiting for x-rays to be...
Charco raises $10m for wearable device that could ease Parkinson’s symptoms; announces European Parkinson’s Disease Association partnership
Summary: "Cambridge, UK –Charco Neurotech, a medical technology company that develops solutions for people with Parkinson’s, has today announced its $10m seed investment round, co-led by technology...
AR in medicine. The future?
Summary: "Augmented reality, or AR, is a relatively new technology in which a computer-generated image is superimposed on the user’s vision of the world.1 To create this augmented reality, hardware...
AI in stroke prevention
Summary: "According to the World Stroke Organisation, there are approximately 13.7 million new cases of stroke each year. To some extent, this may not be news to the vast majority of people. In all...
How artificial intelligence in healthcare will change the way you’re treated forever
Summary: "While artificial intelligence in healthcare may seem a new, and perhaps a slightly alien concept, it is revolutionizing diagnoses and treatments in hospitals around the country."...
Philips Extends AI-Enabled CT Imaging Portfolio
Summary: "Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced new additions to its CT imaging portfolio at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)...
How the approach to cognitive screening can change
Summary: "Cognitive disorders such as Alzheimer’s affect more than 55 million people worldwide. Diagnosing these conditions requires an approach similar to cancer, where patients of all ages are...
Evoq Technologies LLC Announces Launch of First Smartphone-Based Product for Retinal Health Testing
Summary: "Evoq Technologies is excited to announce the FDA registration of the first in its family of products based on its proprietary smartphone-based biosensor technology. Dubbed the “SmartERG”™...
Cardiologs Awarded FDA Clearance for Pediatric Use of Algorithm
Summary: "Cardiologs announced today that the FDA has cleared their algorithm to be used for the pediatric population – younger than 18. Their technology can now analyze ECG readings for atrial...
The Role of Edge Computing and 5G in Healthcare
Summary: "The role of technology in healthcare has changed the way we approach diagnosis, patient care and treatment. Patients now have access to the best diagnostic tools, advanced treatment...
New Israeli cancer ‘directory’ will help doctors choose right immunotherapy
Summary: "Israeli scientists say they have found a way to match cancer patients with the right immunotherapy more effectively. A new data platform will allow doctors worldwide to input data from...
AHA: Fitbit shows it can track down atrial fibrillation in 450,000-strong heart study
Summary: "A large-scale clinical trial of Fitbit’s pulse-tracking algorithm showed some success in spotting the hidden signs of atrial fibrillation, demonstrating the capability of smartwatches and...
Wision A.I. Achieves CE-MDR Mark Approval for AI-assisted Diagnostic Software Medical Device Supporting Colonoscopy
Summary: "Wision A.I. Ltd, a startup in the field of artificial intelligence assisted diagnostics for gastrointestinal endoscopy, today announced it received the European CE Mark approval for...
AI can make breast cancer screening more affordable. Here’s how
Summary: "Integrating technology such as medical imaging with artificial intelligence (AI) has shown promising results in various healthcare domains, including oncology. From improving the accuracy...
Neurotech startup Beacon Biosignals scores $27M to bring AI to EEG analysis
Summary: "Electroencephalography is a decades-old technique for capturing brain activity, data that are used to evaluate brain disorders. Beacon Biosignals is applying artificial intelligence to...
The dawn of tappigraphy: does your smartphone know how you feel before you do?
Summary: "“Tappigraphy patterns” – the time series of my touches – can, he says, confidently be used not only to infer slumber habits (tapping in the wee hours means you are not sleeping) but also...
Here’s How Artificial Intelligence Can Help Predict Breast Cancer Risk
Summary: "Breast cancer, like many other cancers, is an extremely diverse disease, with multiple different tumour types,” said Lacombe. “The collaboration between human expertise and complex...
Korean startup introduces AI sleep disorder diagnostic tool
Summary: "HoneyNaps, a South Korea-based healthcare startup, has unveiled its medical software that uses artificial intelligence to diagnose sleep disorders." Article written by Adam Ang. Photo by...
FIVE FROM FINLAND: Wearable healthtech
Summary: "Home to Oura, Polar and Suunto, Finland has long been at the heart of global wearable technology development. Today, one of the most promising markets for the industry is in the healthcare...
New AI Tool Predicts Diabetes Risk In Under Three Seconds
Summary: "For quite some time now, fat accumulation around the heart has been linked with cardiovascular and metabolic disease. However, until now, there hasn’t been a simple way to measure it. A...
C2i Genomics is Globalizing AI-Based Cancer Diagnostics and Monitoring
Summary: "C2i Genomics plans to make sophisticated AI-informed cancer diagnostics and tumor monitoring available throughout the world, regardless of where patients or clinical trials are located."...
How AI is helping to make breast cancer history – TechCrunch
Summary: "Artificial intelligence is playing an increasingly critical role in identifying breast cancer. This year, Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) announced a study of how AI could screen...
Phase Genomics Announces Next Generation Cytogenomics Platform to Advance Precision Diagnosis and Treatment in Reproductive Genetics and Oncology
Summary: "Phase Genomics, Inc., a biotech company leading advancements in next-generation sequencing (NGS) solutions for genome assembly and analysis, today announced the launch of the beta version...
AI’s push to understand psychiatry research has the potential to tackle mental illness
Summary: "Psychiatry researchers are using artificial intelligence to develop a better understanding of mental illness, with the goal of creating more effective and personalized treatment plans."...
Philips’ new tools help gamify the MRI experience for kids
Summary: "Health tech giant Royal Philips is launching a set of tools to help children prepare for MRI scans, keeping them calm and avoiding the need for sedation." Article written by Emily Olsen....
Cell labelling method from microscopy adapted for use in whole-body imaging for the first time
Summary: "The researchers at Karolinska Institutet have now developed and evaluated an AI (artificial intelligence)-based method for tissue analysis." Article written by MEDICA Magazine 01|10|2021...
First telemedicine screening program for diabetic retinopathy eyed to be established in PH
Summary: "The Philippines may soon have its own first inclusive telemedicine screening program for diabetic retinopathy." Article written by Charissa Luci-Atienza. Photo by DOST-PCHRD. 04|10|2021...
Artificial Intelligence Makes Bad Medicine Even Worse
Summary: "In other words, AI systems like the one from Google promise to combine humans and machines in order to facilitate cancer diagnosis, but they also have the potential to worsen pre-existing...
AI improves services for cardiologists at three European medical centers
Summary: "A deep learning platform is enabling healthcare professionals in France to accelerate the analysis of electrocardiograms (ECGs), reduce waiting times, and improve diagnostic capabilities."...
New AI Detects Breast Cancer from Ultrasounds
Summary: "Artificial intelligence (AI) machine learning is rapidly transforming how physicians, clinicians, pathologists, and health care providers diagnose patient conditions. ." Article written...
Council Post: How Digital Tools Could Make Measurement-Based Behavioral Healthcare Possible
Summary: "Measurement-based care has transformed the identification and management of physical health diagnoses." Article written by Mainul Mondal. Photo by Getty Images. 20|09|2021...
How artificial intelligence can help prevent heart disease misdiagnosis | Cyprus Mail
Summary: "A US company is implementing artificial intelligence practices to help decrease the number of deaths stemming from not treating heart disease-related incidents accurately and on time."...
Clinical trials for AI robotic device for minimally invasive surgeries eyed in South Korea
Summary: "CGBIO, a regenerative medicine company in South Korea, and NDR Medical Technology, a Singaporean AI medical device maker, have joined hands to introduce an AI robotic intervention device...
Microscopy, Artificial Intelligence Aids Detection of COVID-19
Summary: "By pairing microscopy and artificial intelligence, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology researchers created a COVID-19 test that is fast, accurate, and cost-effective."...
AI Can Help Diagnose Blood Cancer Even in Resource Poor Settings
Summary: "Researchers from the University of Bonn have designed a freely accessible artificial intelligence (AI) system that can help clinicians diagnose leukemia or lymphoma even in settings with...
Medial EarlySign signs deal with Roche to develop AI-enabled cancer detection tool
Summary: "With an eye on the oncology space, Israeli startup Medial EarlySign has inked a deal with pharma giant Roche Diagnostics International to commercialize an artificial intelligence tool that...
Using Artificial Intelligence to Identify Diseases via Health Records
Summary: "Last week, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai published a study in Patterns that shows how an artificial intelligence(AI) deep learning algorithm called Phe2vec can...
AI Deep Learning Classifies Brain Tumors from a Brain Scan
Summary: "Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine use artificial intelligence (AI) deep learning to classify common brain tumors with a high degree of accuracy using a single...
AI-based early warning system for sepsis can improve patient outcomes
Summary: "An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm for detecting sepsis warning signs has been proven to increase survival rates and reduce hospital stays." Article written by Critical Care...
Implantable AI system developed for early detection and treatment of illnesses
Summary: "TU Dresden scientists at the Chair of Optoelectronics have now succeeded for the first time in developing a bio-compatible implantable AI platform that classifies in real time healthy and...
Portable MRI provides life-saving information to doctors treating strokes
Summary: "A new Yale-led study shows that a portable MRI device can help identify such intracranial hemorrhages, potentially life-saving information particularly in areas or scenarios where access...
NVIDIA and Harvard Create New AI Deep Learning Genomics Tool
Summary: "We show that our method can be used on small subsets of rare lineage-priming cells to denoise signal and identify accessible regulatory regions at [a] previously unattainable genomic...
Eli Lilly joins $30M Series A financing for startup bringing AI analysis to endoscopy
Summary: "Endoscopy enables gastroenterologists to examine the digestive tract, scouting for pre-cancerous polyps. Startup Iterative Scopes is developing technology that employs artificial...
Artificial intelligence scores another victory in diagnosing breast cancer
Summary: "Human doctors once again fell short of artificial intelligence in a test to accurately diagnose breast cancer, adding yet more evidence that AI-aided diagnostics may soon be commonplace....
Michael J. Fox Foundation and IBM use AI to uncover multiple underlying types of Parkinson’s disease
Summary: "Using Big Blue’s machine learning algorithms to analyze data gathered from patients over as many as seven years, the programs were able to spot patterns in their symptoms linked with...
The artificial intelligence system that can identify cancer-causing mutations
Summary: "“One single tumor can have 50,000 mutations, but only two or three of these are the ones that trigger the disease; identifying them is key to improving treatments,” says López-Bigas."...
How AI Is Helping Diagnose Rare Genetic Diseases
Summary: "AI has the power to search through millions of genetic variants at high speed and identify likely causes of rare diseases, while also comparing what they find with the existing medical...
NHS is piloting AI-assisted CT head scans that can quickly spot patients with serious injuries
Summary: "The NHS is testing a new AI system that can quickly spot severe injuries in CT scans so that those patients can be prioritised and quickly treated." "The NHS has just started a pilot...
Merck, Evidation to test if smartphone data can be used to detect early Alzheimer’s
Summary: "Merck is partnering with a digital health startup to see if smartphone data can be used to identify digital endpoints for Alzheimer’s drug development."...
How AI Can Improve CTA Analysis After Stroke and Heart Attack
Summary: "Computed tomography angiography (CTA) has been increasingly used in the diagnosis of vascular disease, and it's a modality that offers many potential clinical benefits. The question is,...
Real-time Interpretation: The next frontier in radiology AI
Summary: "Despite this optimistic outlook, AI still falls short of widespread clinical adoption in radiology. A 2020 survey by the American College of Radiology (ACR) revealed that only about a...
AI-powered emotion analysis technology to help diagnose mental health conditions in seniors in Singapore
Summary: "Emotional analysis technology developed by software solutions provider Opsis Emotion AI will be piloted over the next two years in a programme targeting more than 4,300 seniors in...
AI-driven ‘clock’ predicts aging-related illness and mortality
Summary: "Scientists in the US have developed an artificial intelligence-powered ‘clock’ that can estimate a person’s chance of developing an illness or dying based on the pattern of cytokines in...
Radiobotics: “We’re on the cusp of a second wave of innovation”
Summary: "Health Tech World hears from Radiobotics, a Danish start up that is developing AI solutions to analyse musculoskeletal x-ray images, a relatively neglected area in the growing field of...
Phoenix launches new full-body cancer screening imaging service
Summary: "Phoenix Hospital Group – one of the UK's private healthcare providers with hospitals in the Harley Street Medical Area (HSMA) – has launched a new full-body cancer screening imaging...
Philips Aims to Remove Hurdles in Stroke Diagnosis and Care
Summary: "Timing is critical when it comes to diagnosing and treating stoke patients. “If you get a stroke, your outcome is closely tied to how fast you get treatment,” Dr. Atul Gupta, chief medical...
New grant helps artificial intelligence screen for dementia
Summary: "Michigan State University researchers are developing technology that scans speech and vocabulary patterns to catch early signs of Alzheimer’s disease, the most common cause of dementia."...
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: Intel’s AI tool screens patients for vision loss
Summary: "Intel has been focusing its efforts towards accelerating AI innovation to deliver transformative healthcare solutions and democratise healthcare access and delivery in India. The company’s...
Intuition Robotics thinks companion robots could help doctors follow older patients at home
Summary: "Intuition Robotics today announced that it has expanded its AI-drive companion robot capabilities to provide care for older adults at home. Boston-based Intuition Robotics designed the...
New ‘e-nose’ sniffs out hard-to-detect forms of cancer
Summary: "Researchers have used AI and machine learning to create an ‘e-nose’ that can identify hard-to-detect forms of cancer with up to 95% accuracy. The odour-based test sniffs out vapours...
Ada Health partners with Novartis to work on diagnosis for immunological diseases
Summary: "Berlin-based medical AI company Ada Health has announced the launch of a new partnership with Novartis in order to speed up the diagnosis for patients with immunological diseases and rare...
Ada Health partners with Novartis to work on diagnosis for immunological diseases
Summary: "Berlin-based medical AI company Ada Health has announced the launch of a new partnership with Novartis in order to speed up the diagnosis for patients with immunological diseases and rare...
New ‘e-nose’ sniffs out hard-to-detect forms of cancer
Summary: "Researchers have used AI and machine learning to create an ‘e-nose’ that can identify hard-to-detect forms of cancer with up to 95% accuracy. The odour-based test sniffs out vapours...
Is blood sugar monitoring without diabetes worthwhile?
Summary: "Here’s an ad you haven’t seen, but it could be coming soon: A man jogs along a dirt path meandering through idyllic countryside. He pauses at an overlook and glances down at his cellphone....
Computer simulations of the brain can predict language recovery in stroke survivors
Summary: "At Boston University, a team of researchers is working to better understand how language and speech is processed in the brain, and how to best rehabilitate people who have lost their...
Research team improves fetal heart defect detection using machine learning
Summary: "UC San Francisco researchers have found a way to double doctors' accuracy in detecting the vast majority of complex fetal heart defects in utero—when interventions could either correct...
FDA authorizes machine learning software to help diagnose autism
Summary: "The system, developed by digital health startup Cognoa, uses information from questionnaires and videos to help pediatricians diagnose autism. It received marketing authorization from the...
AI Can Now Detect Depression From Your Voice, And It’s Twice As Accurate As Human Practitioners
Summary: "When children feel unwell, the mother often senses something is amiss just by looking at them. She springs into action immediately. By diagnosing the problem, the mother uses a mix of home...
Neoplasia detection tool for Barrett’s oesophagus patients receives CE mark
Summary: "NEC Corporation has developed an AI technology for supporting doctors to detect neoplasia in Barrett's oesophagus during endoscopic procedures which has received the CE mark. " Article...
Así funciona el sistema que detecta la Covid-19 con una foto de los ojos en tres segundos
Summary: "Detectar la Covid-19 a partir de una foto de los ojos y solo en tres segundos es posible con la tecnología OcuTech, una prueba basada en inteligencia artificial que podría posicionarse...
Artificial Intelligence Detects Lung Cancer Risk
Summary: "According to the World Health Organization, there was an estimated 1.8 million deaths in 2020 from lung cancer. It is a leading cause of cancer death among men and women and each year,...
Rugby organisations trial VR eye-tracking tech for detecting concussions
Summary: "In-match trials will determine accuracy of the technology in identifying abnormalities in the oculomotor functions of rugby players." Article written by Thiru Gunasegaran 20|05|2021...
Star Trek-style scanner creates ‘digital twin’ to track your health
Summary: "Imagine a Star Trek-style body scanner that examines your body in such depth that it can produce a 3D computerised model to track your health. Jeff Kaditz didn’t just imagine it, he built...
Researchers use artificial intelligence to determine extent of damage in kidney disease
Summary: "Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is caused by diabetes and hypertension. In 2017, the global prevalence of CKD was 9.1 percent, which is approximately 700 million cases. Chronic kidney damage...
New medical device improves accuracy of pre-term birth diagnosis
Summary: "Research carried out on Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) at the University of Sheffield has led to the creation of a new medical device that improves the accuracy of pre-term birth...
Q&A: The robotic system reaching the smallest targets in the body
Summary: "Med-Tech Innovation News caught up with Chen Levin, the CEO of XACT Robotics, who tells us more about how its iPad sized system can reach small targets in the human body." Article written...
THIS CARDIOLOGIST IS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN HEART MEDICINE
Summary: "There is a common myth that heart disease is more of a problem for men than women, however women and men die at equal rates from heart disease. Studies have shown that men’s heart health...
InterSystems and Cognetivity partner up to support dementia detection tool
Summary: "InterSystems is partnering up with Cognetivity to support its solution that uses AI to detect dementia up to 15 years earlier than conventional methods. Cognetivity uses InterSystems’...
Indian biotech startup reports early cancer detection breakthrough
Summary: "A team of Indian scientists says it has achieved a stunning breakthrough in early cancer diagnosis with a discovery rooted in a contentious segment of cellular biology that, if validated...
Wearables for actigraphy measures in clinical trials
Summary: "Given the increased use of wearable devices, such as smart watches, which are able to monitor a broad range of physiological activities, it makes sense that actigraphy is a growing trend...
New Algorithm for the Diagnostics of Dementia
Summary: "Researchers have created a new algorithm based on blood and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers to help detect dementia." Article written by University of Eastern Finland 29|04|2021...
‘Sweat sticker’ diagnoses cystic fibrosis on the skin in real time
Summary: "A Northwestern University-led research team has developed a novel skin-mounted sticker that absorbs sweat and then changes color to provide an accurate, easy-to-read diagnosis of cystic...
Q Bio Launches Clinical “Digital Twin” Platform, Whole Body Scanner
Summary: "Q Bio, a Redwood City, CA-based company building technology for the Physical of the Future, unveiled its “digital twin” platform, the first to capture and monitor comprehensive baseline...
Artificial intelligence test could hold key to bowel cancer treatment
Summary: "A test using artificial intelligence could hold the key to more targeted treatment of bowel cancer, new research has suggested." Article written by Andrea Downey 28|04|2021 Source:Digital...
Machine Learning Helps Choose Best Test for Chest Pain
Summary: "Using machine learning, clinicians may be able to choose which imaging test to use for patients who may have coronary artery disease, a condition caused by plaque buildup in the arterial...
Artificial Intelligence in ophthalmology
Summary: "Telemedicine and artificial intelligence (AI) provide solutions to the challenges faced by ophthalmologists and healthcare professionals around the world. Diseases such as diabetic...
IBM examines best methods to reduce bias around AI in healthcare
Summary: "Biases in medical AI algorithms can have critical implications for minority patients, which is why IBM Research and Watson Health researchers have launched a new study to examine the best...
AI caught a hidden problem in one patient’s heart. Can it work for others?
Summary: "Somewhere in Peter Maercklein’s heartbeat was an abnormality no one could find. He survived a stroke 15 years ago, but doctors never saw anything alarming on follow-up electrocardiograms....
New cancer algorithm flags genetic weaknesses in tumours
Summary: "A new way to identify tumours that could be sensitive to particular immunotherapies has been developed using data from thousands of NHS cancer patient samples sequenced through the 100,000...
AI Used to Predict Early Symptoms of Schizophrenia in Relatives of Patients
Summary: "Combining brain scans with AI technology, researchers were able to accurately predict the likelihood of a person developing schizophrenia in those with a family history of the psychiatric...
Engineers create a tiny wireless implant that measures tissue oxygen levels
Summary: "Engineers from the University of California, Berkeley have announced the creation of a very small wireless implantable to provide real-time measurements of tissue oxygen levels deep within...
Alimetry Leaves Stealth Mode to Announce CE Mark on New Wearable Medical Device for Gastric Diseases and Investment
Summary: "Alimetry, a digital healthcare and diagnostic devices start-up, announced today that it has achieved CE Mark for its first product, a pioneering medical device for enabling diagnosis of...
Scots scientists ‘train’ AI to assess cancer in revolutionary system
Summary: "SCOTLAND has the world’s highest incidence of the “asbestos cancer” mesothelioma and now artificial intelligence (AI) is being used to assess patients in a system that could revolutionise...
A Better Measuring Stick: Algorithmic Approach to Pain Diagnosis Could Eliminate Racial Bias
Summary: "Among the many mysteries in medical science, it is known that minority and low-income patients experience greater pain than other parts of the population. This is true regardless of the...
Voice assistants predict driving accident risk in seniors
Summary: "Speech data collected from older adults could help determine the risk of driving accidents, according to a new study out of Japan. Published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research,...
Desarrollan una tecnología mapear a nanoescala moléculas en el interior de los tejidos
Summary: "A lo largo de la última década el campo de la genómica, que posibilita la extracción y el estudio en profundidad de moléculas de ARN de cualquier tejido, ha transformado la biología y la...
Renalytix AI adds new biomarkers to platform for tricky to diagnose CKD
Summary: "Clinical diagnostic company Renalytix AI has expanded its partnership with the Joslin Diabetes Center to integrate new biomarkers for kidney disease discovered by the center's researchers...
AI Used To Study Aggressive Asbestos-Related Cancer
Summary: "International genomics research led by the University of Leicester has used artificial intelligence (AI) to study an aggressive form of cancer, which could improve patient outcomes....
The future of Diagnostics in Health Care
Summary: "Today, we need to democratize and decentralize the diagnostics ecosystem in health care. Pre-hospital diagnostics should be done anytime, anywhere, instantly and should be accessible by...
Artificial Intelligence could ‘crack the language of cancer and Alzheimer’s’
Summary: "Powerful algorithms used by Netflix, Amazon and Facebook can 'predict' the biological language of cancer and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's, scientists have found." Article...
Machine learning can help with treatment planning and proper management of tongue cancer
Summary: "Imagine a technology that can predict the outcome of cancer patients - if cancer would reoccur after treatment, what kind of treatment plan would benefit the patient and the overall...
More than the sum of mutations: 165 new cancer genes identified with the help of machine learning
Summary: "Japan Airlines (JAL) has started trials with three health credential apps – CommonPass, VeriFLY, and the IATA Travel Pass. The purpose of the health passport trail is to reopen borders...
New app helps prevent skin cancer using AI and ML
Summary: "Monitor the size of moles and skin lesions with Miiskin, an app that can help your doctor see changes more easily. (...)TechRepublic's Karen Roby spoke with Jon Friis, CEO and founder of...
Teaching AI to recognize rare: biliary atresia
Summary: "For several years, I worked as a junior doctor at Great Ormond Street Hospital, a famous children’s hospital in London. It was at this hospital that I first became interested in rare...
MIT Researchers Develop An AI Tool To Detect Skin Cancer
Summary: "In recent research, MIT scientists have come up with a unique AI tool to help in the early detection of skin cancer." "Traditionally, physicians had to examine suspicious pigmented lesions...
Prostate AI solution receives CE mark under EU MDR
Summary: "Quantib, an artificial intelligence solutions provider for precision diagnosis, has obtained class IIb CE marking under the new MDR laws for its Quantib Prostate solution." Article written...
AI Can Help Diagnose Some Illnesses—If Your Country Is Rich
Summary: "Algorithms for detecting eye diseases are mostly trained on patients in the US, Europe, and China. This can make the tools ineffective for other racial groups and countries." "ARTIFICIAL...
Analysis system for breast cancer diagnosis solves ‘blackbox algorithm’ problem
Summary: "The system uses heatmaps to make AI decisions transparent to clinicians." "A breakthrough breast cancer diagnosis system could help clinicians understand the rationale behind artificial...
Machine learning helps spot gait problems in individuals with multiple sclerosis
Summary: "Monitoring the progression of multiple sclerosis-related gait issues can be challenging in adults over 50 years old, requiring a clinician to differentiate between problems related to MS...
Apple hiring machine learning scientist for early disease detection
Summary: "The new job posting describes collaborating with software engineers and clinicians to implement data collection strategies, among other duties." Article written by Kat Jercich 18|03|2021...
BioSig Employs Vuzix Smart Glasses in Pure EP Rollout
Summary: "BioSig Technologies Inc. is putting augmented reality to work, both in manufacturing and in the field. To overcome constraints encountered during the COVID-19 pandemic, the company is...
This Indian Startup Uses Artificial Intelligence to Facilitate Radiology Imaging
Summary: "Predible Health is an Artificial Intelligence-based health startup operating out of Bangalore, Karnataka, India. It uses data-driven technology to solve the significant and unmet needs of...
AI helps assess pain levels in people with sickle cell disease
Summary: "AI algorithms can assess the pain that someone with sickle cell disease is experiencing by using just their vital signs. Doing so could ensure people receive the most suitable pain...
Bowel cancer screening capsules the latest in at-home care trend
Summary: "Innovation in NHS self-care will see patients in England swallow tiny cameras instead of having standard endoscopy" "People will be able to check if they have bowel cancer by swallowing a...
Using digital twins in viral infection
Summary: "When the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic emerged in 2019, researchers rapidly recalibrated epidemiological computer models originally developed for...
Artificial Intelligence Boosts Alzheimer’s Disease Classification
Summary: "An artificial intelligence framework could help providers classify Alzheimer’s disease with enhanced accuracy, potentially leading to earlier treatment." "Artificial intelligence tools...
A sneak peek of the current state and future use of artificial intelligence in pathology
Summary: "Artificial intelligence can already scan images of the eye to assess patients for diabetic retinopathy, a leading cause of vision loss, and find evidence of strokes on brain CT scans. But...
Study to look into how AI could reduce breast cancer diagnosis time
Summary: "A new study is to look into how artificial intelligence could be used to reduce the length of time it takes to diagnose women who are at a higher risk of breast cancer." "Google Health has...
Researchers use machine learning to identify autism blood biomarkers
Summary: "Using machine learning tools to analyze hundreds of proteins, researchers have identified a group of biomarkers in blood that could lead to an earlier diagnosis of children with autism...
This ‘AI doctor’ can assess skin melanoma as accurately as human dermatologists
Summary: "Scientists from the University of Gothenburg have developed an algorithm that assesses the severity of skin melanoma as accurately as dermatologists." "The system was developed to help...
CANCER CARE CAN MAKE GREAT STRIDES WITH THE SUPPORT OF AI
Summary: "With the ability to diagnose cancer early and efficiently, enable personalised treatments and speed up drug discovery, artificial intelligence can be a boon for overburdened healthcare...
Is AI-enabled radiomics the next frontier in oncology?
Summary: "Many professionals in healthcare information technology might not yet be familiar with radiomics, but the emerging technology could potentially have a big impact on the future of cancer...
Analíticas a demanda, un nuevo paso hacia la medicina digital y personalizada
Summary: "Contamos los pasos que damos cada día, nuestras pulsaciones, las calorías que ingerimos, nuestras horas de sueño… Cada vez estamos más pendientes de diferentes parámetros relacionados...
Looking at a brighter medical future with Google Glass
Summary: "How San Francisco-based Augmedix uses AI and Google Glass to rehumanize clinician-patient interactions" "In 2012, a group of new graduates were hanging out at a park near their alma mater,...
Philips logra avanzar en la vigilancia de los aneurismas de la aorta abdominal con el ultrasonido 3D
Summary: "La compañía Philips ha presentado el modelo de aneurisma aórtico abdominal (AAA), que ofrece a los médicos una solución más cómoda para el paciente en comparación con el estándar de...
Advanced Medical Imaging
Summary: "What is the state of medical imaging today? Conventional CT, X-Ray and MRI technologies have been successfully used by medical professionals. Although effective, these types of medical...
AI uses «ugly duckling» technique to spot melanoma with high accuracy
Summary: "Artificial intelligence is starting to combine with smartphone technology in ways that could have profound impacts on the way we monitor health, from tracking blood volume changes in...
Self-help for atrial fibrillation
Summary: "Diet, exercise, and other lifestyle factors are known to affect your risk of heart disease.The major risk factors for heart disease, as well as the condition itself, are all closely linked...
Artificial Intelligence Identifies Lung Cancer Patients at Risk of Harm Caused by Immunotherapy
Summary: "In a subset of patients diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), immunotherapy paradoxically exacerbates tumor growth and significantly shortens survival. Currently there are no...
How data can empower patients to personalize and improve their cancer treatment
Summary: "Cancer treatment is not one-size-fits-all. Thanks to medical advancements, people receiving a cancer diagnosis might have many potential treatment options, ranging from established,...
Humana joins with IBM Watson Health on AI tool
Summary: "Humana is also working with CMS on a demonstration program for a hospice benefit for MA members." "Humana and IBM Watson Health are joining forces on a new collaboration, one that will use...
Test could help rule out endometrial cancer in three hours
Summary: "A test which uses patented technology to detect the cancer biomarker MCM5 (Minichromosome Maintenance Complex Component 5) in the urine, could help gynaecologists rule out endometrial...
Apple Watch tracks Parkinson’s disease symptoms, medication adherence
Summary: "Apple researchers worked with 15 scientists to design a system within the Apple Watch that tracks Parkinson's disease symptoms, according to research published Feb. 3 in Science...
This Algorithm Doesn’t Replace Doctors—It Makes Them Better
Summary: "An artificial intelligence system has outperformed physicians when detecting skin lesions. The results are changing how one school trains dermatologists." "That lesson originated in a...
NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSTIC TECH POISED FOR GROWTH IN 2021
Summary: "EyeTech Digital Systems Vice President of Software and Firmware Engineering Robert Nelson recently shared his thoughts on the future of healthcare technology with editors at Health IT...
THIS MINIMAL CONTACT THERMAL SCANNER MAKES CHECKING YOUR TEMPERATURE A BETTER USER EXPERIENCE!
Summary: "COVID-19 has changed the way we perceive personal hygiene and the extent to which personal health needs to be monitored 24×7. Infrared thermometer guns have become the norm to monitor the...
The Use of Immersive Environments for the Early Detection and Treatment of Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Summary: "Neuropsychiatric disorders are highly prevalent conditions with significant individual, societal, and economic impacts. A major challenge in the diagnosis and treatment of these conditions...
Millions could benefit from genetic screening before prescribing, new research finds
Summary: "New research has found that millions of patients could benefit from genetic screening before being prescribed common medicines. The research, led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) in...
Immersive Emergency Point-of-care Ultrasound Training Solution
Summary: "New technology introduces a new level of realism to pediatric emergency training" "Gaumard Scientific Co., a healthcare simulation company committed to industry leadership through...
Swiss startup first to launch blood pressure bracelet
Summary: "Aktiia releases clinical device bracelet ahead of Fitbit, Apple and other tech giants." "Swiss startups Aktiia has beaten Fitbit, Apple and other tech giants to become the first company to...
MIT’s oncological risk AI calculates cancer chances regardless of race
Summary: "It was trained and validated on datasets from the US, Europe and Asia." "Artificial intelligence and machine learning systems continue to be adopted into an ever wider array of healthcare...
Eight recommendations to improve apps for neglected tropical diseases
Summary: "UOC researchers have analysed 13 apps developed for the treatment and control of neglected tropical diseases, identifying the main weaknesses and evaluating possible improvements" "A study...
New technology advancement in detecting Peripheral Arterial Disease to benefit US patients
Summary: "MESI mTABLET ABI, a device used for early detection of Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) by measuring Ankle-Brachial Index (ABI), was cleared for marketing and sales by the Food and Drug...
NIH launches database to track neurological symptoms associated with COVID-19
Summary: "The body’s response to COVID-19 infection on the brain, spinal cord, nerves and muscle can be particularly devastating." "A new database will collect information from clinicians about...
In ED patients with chest and abdominal pain, care delivered by physicians and APPs is similar
Summary: "In patients matched on complexity and acuity presenting to the emergency department with chest pain and abdominal pain, the care delivered by advanced practice providers (APPs) and...
Hitting the Books: AI doctors and the dangers tiered medical care
Summary: "Would you be OK with paying for “last year’s medicine at last year’s prices”?" "Healthcare is a human right, however, nobody said all coverage is created equal. Artificial intelligence and...
Digital health innovation in multiple sclerosis care
Summary: "Research in multiple sclerosis (MS) treatments has brought tremendous progress. Since the launch of the first drug in 1993, the health of MS patients, expressed in quality-adjusted life...
AI could make healthcare fairer—by helping us believe what patients say
Summary: "A new study shows how training deep-learning models on patient outcomes could help reveal gaps in existing medical knowledge." "In the last few years, research has shown that deep learning...
AI in Healthcare: Predictive Medicine
Summary: "However trained we are in a concrete task, human beings make mistakes that machines would never allow. In addition, our senses have a limit, which prevents us from reaching where the...
Philips and Merck partner to develop personalised fertility treatment
Summary: "Remote patient monitoring, cloud-based platform services and AI-enabled ultrasound diagnoses will be used to improve outcomes in fertility treatment." "Netherlands-based global health...
Biogen, Apple to launch virtual study on cognitive decline
Summary: "Biogen has announced a new multiyear research study on cognitive decline that will be conducted using the Apple Watch and iPhone. The observational study is being conducted in...
Scientists identify workflow algorithm to predict psychosis
Summary: "Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, led by Nikolaos Koutsouleris, combined psychiatric assessments with machine-learning models that analyse clinical and biological...
3D-Printed COVID-19 Test Works in Seconds
Summary: "Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University report findings on an advanced nanomaterial-based biosensing platform that detects, within seconds, antibodies specific to SARS-CoV-2, the virus...
Amazon reportedly developing radar-equipped sleep apnea tracker
Summary: "Amazon is developing a new Alexa-powered device that can track and monitor for signs of sleep apnea using radar, according to a new report from Business Insider. The palm-sized device is...
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare after COVID-19
Summary: "AI is on the front lines of the COVID-19 fight. It can play an even bigger role in healthcare afterward." "The Covid-19 pandemic put most of the world on pause for a year. Still, there is...
Alineadores dentales impresos en 3D para ‘democratizar’ la teleodontología
Summary: "La firma SmileDirectClub acaba de aterrizar en España con una propuesta de tratamientos dentales en remoto gracias al desarrollo de tecnología médica." "Ocho de cada 10 españoles afirman...
Are AI Biases a Risk in Healthcare?
Summary: "The use of AI or Artificial Intelligence in healthcare has been increasing in the past decade. This is because it makes the process of assisting patients and doctors during times of need a...
Aena prepara la entrada de clínicas en 15 aeropuertos para realizar test de Covid-19
Summary: "Los 15 aeropuertos de la red de Aena con mayor tráfico de viajeros van a contar en breve con espacios clínicos dedicados a la realización de pruebas diagnósticas para detectar la Covid-19....
New Robot Does Superior Job Sampling Blood
Summary: "First clinical trial of an automated blood drawing and testing device. In the future, robots could take blood samples, benefiting patients and healthcare workers alike. A Rutgers-led team...
How Remote Patient Monitoring Is Reducing Readmissions in 2020
Summary: "Remote monitoring is digital technology that collects biometric data (e.g., blood pressure, oxygen saturation, glucose levels) from a patient at one location, analyzes and interprets that...
Update on Heart Rhythm Detection Devices for Remote Patient Monitoring
Summary: "Over the past 10 years, electrocardiography (ECG) has become a mainstay for heart rhythm detection for remote patient monitoring. The sensor technology and filtering capabilities of...
CAPTUREing Whole-Body 3D movements
Summary: "In a paper published December 18 in Neuron researchers from Harvard University describe a newly developed behavioral monitoring system, CAPTURE (continuous appendicular and postural...
Wearable gadgets could help catch COVID-19 before symptoms show
Summary: "Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, and the University of California, San Diego, have shown that constant temperature surveillance could be a promising method for...
Highline Beta invests in Aifred Health to support its mission of improving clinical decision making for mental health
Summary: "Aifred Health’s technology, including AI-based insights, provide information to physicians on the right treatment for each individual patient.". Article written by Unknown 11|12|2020...
An AI Used Facebook Data to Predict Mental Illness
Summary: "IT’S EASY TO do bad things with Facebook data. From targeting ads for bizarrely specific T-shirts to manipulating an electorate, the questionable purposes to which the social media...
How AI could make therapeutic decision-making for breast cancer more accurate, affordable
Summary: "Salesforce Research collaborated with the Ellison Institute to develop ReceptorNet, a deep-learning algorithm that can determine hormone-receptor status - a crucial biomarker for...
New Study Brings Biomarkers For Depression Closer To The Clinic
Summary: "Scientists have been studying biological signs of depression in the brain, looking for markers that could be used to identify the disorder. A team of scientists recently developed a...
Desarrollan un nuevo test de orina capaz de detectar al 100% el cáncer de vejiga
Summary: "Una de las claves de la lucha contra el cáncer es la prevención y el diagnóstico temprano. Por eso, la importancia de una detección precoz es clave en la batalla contra la enfermedad....
AI-Assisted Cough Tracking Could Help Detect the Next Pandemic
Summary: Some researchers have turned their focus to artificial intelligence to study an underused symptom common to most respiratory pathogens—cough. Article written by Max Koslov...
AI now sees and hears COVID in your lungs
Summary: DeepChest and DeepBreath, new deep learning algorithms developed at EPFL that identify patterns of COVID-19 in lung images and breath sounds, may help in the fight against other respiratory...
AI abdominal fat measure predicts heart attack and stroke
Summary: Automated deep learning analysis of abdominal CT images produces a more precise measurement of body composition and predicts major cardiovascular events, such as heart attack and stroke,...
Señales que iluminan el cáncer en el interior del cuerpo
Summary: "Los equipos de diagnóstico por imagen han mejorado la resolución de sus resultados y han reducido la radiación que reciben los pacientes, pero el principal avance se ha producido en los...
New DNA scanning method could lead to quicker diagnosis of cancer and rare disease
Summary: Understanding the sequence of human DNA gives scientists information about diseases, including potentially how to diagnose or treat them. Article written by Unknown 30|11|2020...
Scientists Are Looking Into The Eyes Of Patients To Diagnose Parkinson’s Disease
Summary: With artificial intelligence (AI), researchers have moved toward diagnosing Parkinson's disease with, essentially, an eye exam. This relatively cheap and non-invasive method could...
Seven innovations in radiology workflow that are improving efficiency and quality of care
Summary: "As demand for medical imaging has grown dramatically over the last few decades, radiology workflow has become increasingly complex. With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic adding to the...
Data could hold the key to stopping Alzheimer’s
Summary: More data sharing will accelerate progress towards an Alzheimer’s breakthrough. Article written by Bill Gates 17|11|2020...
New self-administered digital health tool helps women assess risk for premature delivery
Summary: Women who are intending to become pregnant or who have just found out they are pregnant can quickly learn of their risk for preterm birth with a noninvasive, self-administered digital tool...
AI program uses vocal biomarkers to diagnose COVID-19
Summary: An artificial intelligence voice analysis tool can help diagnose COVID-19 in asymptomatic patients, according to its manufacturer, Vocalis Health. Article written by Janel Miller 17|11|2020...
Un análisis de sangre para detectar el cáncer cuando aún puede ser curado
Summary: La detección del cáncer seguramente siempre necesitará una biopsia. Pero, el problema es que muchas de esas biopsias se realizan cuando ya es demasiado tarde. Article written...
Novel deep learning method enables clinic-ready automated screening for diabetes-related eye disease
Summary: Researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München together with LMU University Eye Hospital Munich and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) created a novel deep learning method that makes...
Predicting the risk of severe side effects of cancer treatment
Summary: The risk of serious adverse effects on the blood status and bone marrow of patients during chemotherapy can be predicted by a new model. This research may make it possible to use genetic...
Hacia la medicina de precisión: modificar proteínas para conseguir biomarcadores
Summary: Investigadores de la UA trabajan en el proyecto europeo eProt con el objetivo de desarrollar dispositivos bioelectrónicos, implantables, sostenibles y eficientes. Article written by Unknown...
90% accuracy in detecting melanoma: New non-invasive method
Summary: A team of researchers proposed a non-invasive method for detection of melanoma. A patented computer-aided diagnostic system developed by scientists proved to be more than 90% accurate in...
Esta inteligencia artificial evalúa psíquica y neuralmente la vista
Summary: El sistema desarrollado por la española Wivi Vision es capaz de detectar disfunciones visuales y tratarlas de forma eficiente mientras juegas. Article written by Creu Ibáñez 05|11|2020...
Telehealth solution approved for stroke assessment in Northern Ireland
Summary: A telehealth solution that allows for the remote assessment of patients has been approved for the emergency assessment of patients with suspected stroke in Northern Ireland. Article written...
Earwax sampling could measure stress hormone
Summary: A novel method to sample earwax could be a cheap and effective way to measure the hormone cortisol, according to a study led by researchers at UCL and King's College London. Article written...
La inteligencia artificial detecta infecciones asintomáticas de Covid-19 a través de toses grabadas en el móvil
Summary: Según han descubierto investigadores del MIT, los asintomáticos podrían llegar a distinguirse de las personas sanas en la forma en que tosen. Se trata de pequeños matices que no podemos...
Machine learning helps pinpoint sources of the most common cardiac arrhythmia
Summary: Researchers from Skoltech and their US colleagues have designed a new machine learning-based approach for detecting atrial fibrillation drivers, small patches of the heart muscle that are...
IBM y Pfizer predicen la aparición de Alzheimer en personas sanas con inteligencia artificial
Summary: El modelo de inteligencia artificial es capaz de predecir con un 71% de precisión la aparición de la enfermedad Article written by Unknown 27|10|2020...
RAPID DIAGNOSIS OF STROKE-CAUSING BLOCKAGES USING DEEP LEARNING MODEL
Summary: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing the way healthcare industry functions. It is helping doctors diagnose patients more accurately. AI makes predictions about patients’ future health...
The AI that spots Alzheimer’s from cookie drawing
Summary: A dated line drawing of two children stealing cookies behind their mother's back is being used by an artificial intelligence system to detect the onset of Alzheimer's disease. Article...
UPGRADING PSYCHIATRY TREATMENT USING AI AND BIG DATA
Summary: Artificial Intelligence (AI) has invaded the healthcare sector long back. It is making accountable impacts on treatment and overviewing of patients. However, psychiatry department stands...
Artificial intelligence assesses Alzheimer’s risk by analyzing word usage
Summary: Artificial intelligence could soon help screen for Alzheimer’s disease by analyzing writing. Article written by Unknown 22|10|2020...
Researchers develop method for earlier detection of Alzheimer’s Disease
Summary: Washington State University scientists have developed a method to detect the biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease that is 10 times more sensitive than current blood testing technology....
Diagnosing Parkinson’s disease with skin samples could lead to earlier detection
Summary: New research shows a simple skin test can accurately identify Parkinson's disease, which could lead to earlier detection of the disease and better outcomes for patients. Article written by...
Smartphone Test for Quick Stroke Diagnosis
Summary: Researchers at Penn State and Houston Methodist Hospital have developed a tool to aid doctors in rapidly diagnosing strokes. The technology uses a smartphone to record a patient’s speech...
Australian and New Zealand scientists use AI to predict heart disease risk
Summary: Scientists from the University of Melbourne and University of Otago have jointly developed and trained an artificial intelligence (AI) system to predict a person's risk of cardiovascular...
This Robot Could Perform Your Colonoscopy In The Near Future
Summary: Increasing the roles played by robots in society can conjure various visions of both utopias and dystopias, depending on your level of comfort with and trust in technology. Article written...
New virtual reality software allows scientists to ‘walk’ inside cells
Summary: irtual reality software which allows researchers to 'walk' inside and analyse individual cells could be used to understand fundamental problems in biology and develop new treatments for...
Early results from DETECT study suggest fitness trackers can predict COVID-19 infections
Summary: Sensor data from wearable devices can complement virus testing and conventional screening to signal new infections. Article written by Unknown 29|10|2020 Source:Science...
How AI Voice Assistants Can Revolutionize Health
Summary: The vision for this future is to unlock the human voice as a meaningful measurement of health. AI voice assistants can transform speech into a vital sign, enabling early detection and...
A smartphone app for diagnosing autism could soon win FDA approval
Summary: A system that uses A.I. to identify people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is in the process of being submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and could become a...
Platform for AI in diagnostic services
Summary: The EMPAIA project, which is led by Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, has been crowned one of the winners of the AI Innovation Competition organized by the Federal Ministry for Economic...
Researchers have developed the world’s smallest ultrasound detector
Summary: Researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed the world's smallest ultrasound detector. It is based on miniaturized photonic circuits...
Patients set to benefit from new guidelines on Artificial Intelligence health solutions
Summary: Patients could benefit from faster and more effective introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) innovations to diagnose and treat disease – thanks to the first international standards...
Implementation of an on-demand app-based heart rate and rhythm monitoring infrastructure for the management of atrial fibrillation through teleconsultation: TeleCheck-AF
Summary: "During the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, outpatient visits in the atrial fibrillation (AF) clinic of the Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC+) were transferred into...
Babylon study finds new AI with ‘imagination’ is more effective than GPs at medical diagnosis
Summary: Research by UK-based digital firm Babylon found that artificial intelligence (AI) using the principles of causal reasoning scored higher than 70% of GPs in diagnosing written test cases....
Algorithm detects heart disease by analysing selfies
Summary: Researchers have developed a new deep learning algorithm that can detect heart disease just by analyzing four photographs of a patient’s face. Article written by Victor Tangerman ...
La salud en la era digital: biomarcadores que transforman la piel en una plataforma de datos
Summary: La catalana Onalabs desarrolla biosensores para impulsar la hospitalización a domicilio con mediciones continuas, en remoto, no invasivas de diferentes constantes vitales del paciente....
El análisis de sangre que detecta el cáncer cuatro años antes de su diagnóstico
Summary: Un grupo de investigadores desarrolla un test sanguíneo no invasivo que podría utilizarse para la detección temprana de cinco tipos comunes de tumores.. Article written by Unknown...
This Algorithm Doesn’t Replace Doctors—It Makes Them Better
Summary: An artificial intelligence system has outperformed physicians when detecting skin lesions. The results are changing how one school trains dermatologists. Article written by Tom Simonite...
Simple Device Monitors Health Using Sweat
Summary: A device that monitors health conditions in the body using a person’s sweat has been developed by Penn State and Xiangtan University researchers, according to Huanyu "Larry" Cheng,...
Digital copy of your body allows treatments to be tried out
Summary: Researcher Natal van Riel of Eindhoven University of Technology wants to build a digital copy of individual patients to predict the success and to determine the necessary aftercare of...
How Medical Innovations Promise Success In Times Of Crisis
Summary: IT didn't take long for Covid-19 to become a global pandemic. However, information travels fast too, and that has enabled the scientific community to band together to share resources and...
How well can computers connect symptoms to diseases?
Summary: "A new MIT study finds “health knowledge graphs,” which show relationships between symptoms and diseases and are intended to help with clinical diagnosis, can fall short for certain...
Esta empresa española ayuda a hacer biopsias guiadas con realidad aumentada
Summary: El sistema es capaz de reproducir capa a capa todo nuestro organismo, facilitando que el médico pueda examinar aquellos tejidos o zonas que le sean de utilidad y atinar en los puntos donde...
Eyes hint at hidden mental-health conditions
Summary: "Schizophrenia — a severe mental-health condition that often involves psychosis — has long been an enigma. Before the early twentieth century, psychiatrists thought that it comprised...
Mayo partnership aims to teach digital stethoscope to detect heart trouble
Summary: The Mayo Clinic is teaming up with the California medical device company Eko to conduct a clinical trial to see whether a new kind of digital stethoscope can be used as an early screening...
Mayo Clinic study shows voice-analyzing app may be useful in heart disease diagnosis
Summary: Researchers at the Mayo Clinic believe that there may be a relationship between voice characteristics and heart disease, meaning that doctors might someday use voice-analyzing software as a...