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....
Exploring How Wearables Are A Great Way Of Following Your Health
Summary: "Wearables are not new, but they are constantly evolving. They can be used to track your health and fitness, to monitor your heart rate and blood pressure, and even to keep tabs on your...
Cycle-focused femtech startup, 28, grabs backing from Thiel Capital
Summary: "Meet 28: A U.S.-based femtech startup founded by a wife and husband team that’s scored $3.2 million in seed funding in a round led by Thiel Capital with a fitness and wellness pitch that...
Preventive, Proactive, Productive: Digital Care for Managing Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)
Summary: "Cardiovascular disease (CVD) claims more lives than any other ailment. In 2019, it accounted for about one-third of total deaths globally. CVD also takes an enormous economic toll – US$ 1...
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...
Predicting Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety Using Smartphone and Wearable Data
Summary: "Traditionally, researchers have relied on questionnaire data administered by a clinician or self-reported to assess an individual's mental health. However, these methods may be limited in...
Heart attack prediction startup Cleerly scores $192M and more digital health fundings
Summary: "The company offers an AI-backed tool that evaluates CT angiograms for plaque build-up on the heart arteries' walls, which Cleerly pitches as a way to catch heart disease early. It will use...
Smart Jumpsuit Tracks Motor Development in Children
Summary: "Researchers at the University of Helsinki in Finland created a smart jumpsuit that can track toddler movements. The idea is to closely monitor motor development and identify any issues...
How wearables can help monitor your hydration
Summary: "Phoenix can get hot. Very hot. With the rapid expansion of the city, the valley in which it rests has been slowly transforming into an urban heat sink. As a Phoenix resident, I’m well...
Apollo Hospitals, ConnectedLife tie up for AI heart disease risk tool integration
Summary: "Indian hospital chain Apollo Hospitals Group is integrating its latest AI tool for predicting a patient's cardiovascular disease risk with the digital health solutions of Singaporean...
Smart Face Mask Requires No Power to Monitor Coughs
Summary: "Engineers at the University of Missouri’s MU College of Engineering took pandemic-mandated public mask-wearing to another level. Going beyond filtering incoming and outgoing breath, the...
Seed funding: Melbourne startup raises $9m for mental wellness game based on tending houseplants
Summary: "A Melbourne startup has raised $9m in funding for a mobile game aimed at mental wellness in what is said to be the largest venture capital seed investment for a game studio founded by...
Helping patients with prediabetes, one ZIP code at a time
Summary: "Patients diagnosed with prediabetes can take action to help prevent progression to type 2 diabetes. But doing so requires making long-term sustainable lifestyle changes and patients can...
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...
A collaboration seeks to build healthy routines to help end the nation’s mental health crisis
Summary: "The youth mental health crisis was dire before the pandemic, but it has only been exacerbated over the last two years, especially among girls and young women. In fact, although suicide...
A new method to differentiate between genetic mutations could lead to better cancer treatments
Summary: "Most of the roughly 40 trillion cells of your body have nearly identical copies of your genome–the DNA inherited from your parents, containing instructions for everything from converting...
Five Ways Digital Health Makes It Easier to Quit Smoking
Summary: "Everyone knows smoking is bad. It’s bad for your health, bad for employers, and bad for the environment. But one of the biggest challenges for smokers this No Tobacco Day—or any other...
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...
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...
E-cigarettes ‘as safe as nicotine patches’ for pregnant smokers trying to quit
Summary: "E-cigarettes are as safe to use as nicotine patches for pregnant smokers trying to quit, and may be a more effective tool, researchers have revealed." "Smoking in pregnancy can increase...
Telehealth can be a safe technique in high-risk pregnancies, study shows
Summary: "A recent study published in the Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare found that telehealth can be safe and effective when it comes to managing high-risk pregnancies."...
SparkRx: The first digital therapeutic for adolescents
Summary: "Mental health issues among teens and young adults have risen dramatically over the past decade. Jessica Lake, chief science officer at Limbix, tells us about SparkRx, a digital...
Apps interpreting data from wearable devices are helping people to live better
Summary: "Device manufacturers, for their part, are starting to realise that when it comes to giving people health data, less is sometimes more. Many people are happier when they are simply told...
Patient generated data can be a key factor in reducing health inequity
Summary: "Adam Mariano, vice president of Health Innovation at IQVIA, and David Voccola, senior director of global strategic planning for the integrated health practice at IQVIA, discussed the...
Brave Health and the Doula Network partner for maternal mental healthcare
Summary: "Virtual behavioral health company Brave Health is partnering with the Doula Network, a service that pairs pregnant Medicaid patients with doulas, to offer maternal mental healthcare. As...
This WFH accessory is designed to monitor your posture for healthy spinal alignment
Summary: "Uplift is a posture-monitoring desk accessory that broadcasts users’ real-time side profiles and posture-correcting suggestions. Working from home has done a number on our spinal...
Dyson’s bizarre new headphones have a built-in air purifier
Summary: "Dyson is getting into headphones in the most Dyson way possible: the Zone, a pair of noise-canceling Bluetooth headphones with air purification technology built in, thanks to a...
How Apps Can Help People Manage Chronic Illnesses
Summary: "Conditions such as Hashimoto’s disease often require ongoing treatment and lifestyle modifications. But apps can empower patients to improve their health." "Here’s the good news: Mobile...
La industria digital del sueño quiere desterrar a los medicamentos: así quiere dormirnos Bodymatter
Summary: "Durante el día tomamos decisiones que más tarde tienen un gran impacto a la hora de dormir, o, al menos, así lo aseguran desde la startup Bodymatter (Newport Beach, California). La...
Machine learning voice tool trialled to help manage depression
Summary: "Green Door Clinic – a specialist mental health clinic based in the Harley Street Medical Area (HSMA) – is trialling a machine learning tool that tracks voice changes in a new way to manage...
The Magic Mirrors That Turn Your Home Into A Complete Fitness Center
Summary: "Amazon’s virtual healthcare program, Amazon Care, is now available nationwide, the company announced today. The hybrid There was a time when working out at home meant owning a menagerie of...
Using AI To Support More Data-Driven Diets
Summary: "AI has been shaping people's lives rapidly, and one of the areas that AI has touched and made more data-driven is people's health. As of 2017, there were approximately 325,000 mHealth...
Withings grabs health and fitness app 8fit to dig deeper into consumer-centric tech
Summary: "Withings has acquired health and fitness app 8fit to expand the company’s portfolio of tech-enabled consumer health offerings, the device maker announced Wednesday. 8fit’s data-driven...
Virtual PT app is effective and now reimbursable
"New research out of the Mayo Clinic published in Archives of Rehabilitation Research and Clinical Translation found that the Limber Health digital exercise therapy app not only helped reduce...
App Shown to Reduce Back Pain and Healthcare Costs
Summary: "Recent results from a large-scale clinical trial indicate that the Kaia Health digital musculoskeletal (MSK) therapy platform reduces patient costs considerably compared to conventional...
A chatbot could help prevent eating disorders, new study finds
Summary: "A chatbot may help reduce the likelihood a person develops an eating disorder, according to a new study. For women at a high risk for an eating disorder, going through a dialogue with...
AI algorithm more accurately predicts when patients have developed sepsis
Summary: "An AI algorithm has been developed that can accurately predict the likelihood of sepsis in patients. Sepsis affects more than 30 million people worldwide, causing an estimated...
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."...
AI enabled technology that monitors Blood Pressure on the go.
Summary: "Lana Patapava, from CardioX, provides some insight into an AI-enabled technology that can help monitor blood pressure. Wearable technology has gained a major following in recent years....
Inpathy aims to be a social network that mirrors real human experience
Summary: "The constant comparisons of our lives to the highlight reels that people post on Facebook and Instagram is ridiculously lopsided since the majority of those platforms’ users don’t post...
Scientists Identify Way To Predict Response To Antidepressants
Summary: "For people with depression, finding a suitable antidepressant medication can be difficult and involve a lot of trial and error before finding one that works for them. Now a new study led...
Algorithmic tracking is ‘damaging mental health’ of UK workers
Summary: "Monitoring of workers and setting performance targets through algorithms is damaging employees’ mental health and needs to be controlled by new legislation, according to a group of MPs and...
So Now You’ve Got Your Fancy Wearable Device. But How Do You Get Full Value from Its Data?
Summary: "The future of health is about you and your data: intelligent sensors that capture health and wellness data are all around us. They not only track our heart rate night and day or give us...
Wearable tech transforms data collection and analysis for athletes
Summary: "Data is a powerful resource when making difficult or pressure-filled decisions. However, wearables can make such choices easier, especially if the information feeds into a dedicated...
NICE uncertain on insomnia app Sleepio in draft guidance
Summary: "Big Health’s Sleepio app for insomnia has been cautiously backed by NICE in preliminary guidance, although the cost-effectiveness agency says more data on longer-term use is needed."...
Bayer, One Drop launch AI tool for heart disease prevention
Summary: "Bayer’s two-year-old digital health collaboration with One Drop has borne its first fruit, an artificial intelligence-powered software module for preventing cardiovascular disease (CVD)."...
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...
NeoRhythm App update: focusing on meditation programs
Summary: "Following all their success, Omnipemf decided to create a new, more user-friendly app that offers quite a few novelties. However, the biggest update are meditation programs." Article...
Meet the world’s first smart bath mat that can scan your weight, BMI, posture, and even recognize your footprint
Summary: "Combining the bathroom mat and the bathroom scale into one product, the BBalance Mat will tell you your weight while keeping your bathroom floor dry… but it does more than just that."...
How can technology improve our lives as we age?
Summary: "Digital tools and services can play critical roles in and enabling healthy and active ageing by promoting independence, enabling social participation and ensuring healthcare access."...
How AI Could Help Doctors Reduce Maternal Mortality
Summary: "In the past eight years, several studies have provided evidence that AI coupled with information from electronic health records can be used to help prevent maternal morbidity and...
Yes, personalized digital interventions actually work
Summary: "Many physicians intuitively suspect that the key to successful chronic disease management and prevention is to encourage sustained behavior change in their patients." Article written...
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." Article written by Karen Toby. Photo by Miiskin. 05|04|2021 Source:Tech...
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...
Peloton to turn its bike workouts into a video game-like experience
Summary: "Connected fitness device company Peloton is looking to gamify exercise with a new in-app experience geared toward its stationary bikes tentatively called Lanebreak." "Gamification has...
‘Inflammation clock’ can reveal body’s biological age
Summary: "The inflammatory ageing clock (iAge), reported on 12 July in Nature Aging1, is one of the first tools of its kind to use inflammation to assess health.Other age clocks have used epigenetic...
How scientists are subtracting race from medical risk calculators
Summary: "Some of these calculations are rooted in racist assumptions. Others emerged out of an effort to improve predictions across racial groups. The challenge of defining “normal” versus...
How to Get the Most Out of Your Meditation App
Summary: "Some call it daydreaming; others call it fantasizing. Whatever you call it, it’s actually your brain’s default mode. We spend at least a third of our waking hoursthinking about things...
Collective Health’s partnership program launches with inclusion of Livongo, Hinge Health and more
Summary: "The program brings together some of the leading digital health companies to help employers curate, integrate, measure impact and drive engagement with their virtual offerings". "At launch,...
RxAll grabs $3.15M to scale its drug checking and counterfeiting tech across Africa
Summary: "Research says that counterfeit medication is the cause of 1 million deaths per year. One-tenth of this number comes from Africa. Counterfeiting is hard to detect, investigate, quantify or...
Fitness app HealthifyMe to expand worldwide after raising $75M Series C from LeapFrog and Khosla Ventures
Summary: "People shopping around for a fitness app already have a plethora of choices from which to pick: MyFitnessPal, Noom and Lifesum, to name a few. Founded in India, HealthifyMe is betting that...
UK menopause clinic Bia Care launches virtual clinic for remote care solutions
Summary: "London-based Bia Care has launched its virtual clinic to provide women with remote care solutions that ensure they are provided with the knowledge needed to control their symptoms. Through...
Assistant ‘robots’ showcased among innovative social care solutions
Summary: "Robots designed to help carers lift people without the need for extra assistance are among the innovations showcased in an initiative to support local authorities using technology to...
Amazon’s Halo body fat percentage calculator outperforms lab devices
Summary: "Amazon’s body fat percentage scanner performs better than other, more cumbersome methods of calculating body fat, a new study showed. A body scan is one feature on the Amazon Halo Band...
Professional services firm rolls out digital musculoskeletal care program
Summary: "As more digital health companies look to bundle together point solutions, employee benefits firms are doing the same. One of them, professional services firm Aon, is launching a benefit...
El mes de la disrupción sanitaria: monitorización, inteligencia artificial y 3D contra el cáncer o la diabetes
Summary: "Es evidente que la sanidad está en constante evolución. Y, por el bien de todos, así debe ser. Pero esa evolución ya no solo consiste en actualizar bibliografía o casos de éxito en...
Upright Go’s new budget wearable nags you when you slouch to improve posture
Summary: "If you’ve ever had a parent tell you to sit up straight do you don’t ruin your posture, you know that you can sometimes end up slouching into your day without even realizing it. Good...
The computer will see you now: is your therapy session about to be automated?
Summary: "Experts say AI is set to grow rapidly in psychiatry and therapy, allowing doctors to spot mental illness earlier and improve care. But are the technologies effective – and ethical?"...
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....
Amazon’s new fitness tracker listens to your voice to figure out your mood
Summary: "Modern fitness trackers often try to set themselves apart by adding more advanced hardware and sensors inside. Now, many high-end trackers and smart watches include ECG devices for...
Amazon Halo releases Movement Health to assist in functional fitness
Summary: "Amazon Halo, the tech giant's app and wearable, is adding a new feature designed to help users understand their functional fitness, dubbed Movement Health. The company is pitching this...
Fitbit devices may soon track your snoring
Summary: "Fitbit has offered sleep-tracking on its devices since 2017. Since the start, that functionality has mostly focused on measuring your heart rate and movement to provide you with a...
Digital health firm Hello Tomo snapped up by ICAS World
Summary: "A UK tech firm with an NHS-commissioned mental health app – Hello Tomo – has been acquired by ICAS World, a company specialising in providing employee health and wellbeing services."...
Withings has no immediate plans to introduce HRV, but there is a workaround
Summary: "In this episode Rob first spoke to the team about heart rate and HRV. It was interesting to learn that Withings uses the Polar H10 heart rate monitor in assessing the heart rate accuracy...
Yes Health Partners With Gympass To Bring Digital Health Prevention Platform to World’s Largest Corporate Fitness and Wellbeing Platform
Summary: "Yes Health, a leading digital health provider focused on weight loss, diabetes prevention and concierge health coaching, has today announced a partnership with Gympass, the world’s largest...
Hacia una salud preventiva e inclusiva: los retos de la innovación en la medicina
Summary: "Estar pasando una pandemia mundial ha servido para devolver al primer punto de la agenda pública algo tan elemental como la salud. Nos hemos dado cuenta de la importancia de contar con...
5 Insights About The Future Of Health Insurance In The Digital Health Age
Summary: "The global health insurance market has been experiencing a declining growth rate in recent years; from 9% in 2014-2015 to 6-7% in subsequent years. The 2019 Forbes report that pointed this...
Study Shows Benefits of Virtual Reality in Measuring Memory
Summary: "In a new study, researchers from The University of Texas at Dallas have demonstrated the advantages of using virtual reality to measure how people handle tasks that tax their memory and to...
Commercially Available Apps to Support Healthy Family Meals: User Testing of App Utility, Acceptability, and Engagement
Summary: "Parents juggling caregiving and paid employment encounter a range of barriers in providing healthy food to their families. Mobile apps have the potential to help parents in planning,...
THIS SUSTAINABLE TOOTHBRUSH’S BRISTLES CHANGE COLOR TO TELL YOU ITS TIME TO REPLACE THE HEAD!
Summary: "Switch is an award-winning toothbrush design with sustainability at its core. It allows you to replace only the brush head and keep the long-lasting metal handle. Manually replace the head...
The Endless Possibilities of Wearable Technology in Healthcare
Summary: "Watches almost became a thing of the past when people started carrying their smartphones in their pockets, but with the integration of technology into wearable devices, the wrist is a...
Meru Health develops digital mental health support program for employees with mild anxiety and depression
Summary: "Looking to prevention, Meru Health, maker of digital mental health tools, is launching a new program aimed at helping employees dealing with mild depression or anxiety symptoms. The...
THE BEST THING TO DO IN VR IS WORK OUT
Summary: "In the pandemic we’ve had to shift our lives to be socially distant — we work remotely, we shop online, and we workout at home. Last year, I signed up for a virtual reality workout app...
How CO2 sensors might help us return to ‘normal’
Summary: "One of the things we’ve learned over the past year is to be wary of the air around us — especially indoors. If other people are around, exhaling, they’re filling the space with their...
AI Applications for Senior Health and Wellness
Summary: "Just as we seem to expect today’s young adults to macgyver a nuclear power plant with just a smartphone and a smile, we also tend to treat our senior adults as if the modern toaster oven...
A CONCEPTUAL NIKE SKINCARE GADGET AND OTHER SELF-CARE PRODUCTS TO HELP YOU RELAX AND GET SOME ME-TIME!
Summary: "These are extremely stressful times. COVID-19 has changed the way we live and function, and though we are slowly getting accustomed to this whole new world, sometimes it can all be a bit...
How Virtual Reality Is Making Healthcare More Accessible
Summary: "As more people move away from cities to live in more rural areas, driven away by the pandemic or looking to simplify their day-to-day routines, access to healthcare is becoming more...
Apple Fitness+ creates new programs for pregnant people and seniors
Summary: "Apple Fitness+ is integrated with Apple Watch to build on the goal of helping people live a better day by being more active," Jay Blahnik, the senior director of fitness technologies at...
The 8 Best Smart Water Bottles for All-Day Hydration
Summary: "Hydration is the key to success. No, really, we're serious here. Water is what gives us life. And beyond that, proper hydration levels keep our bodies functioning properly, our skin...
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...
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,...
HATE FLOSSING? THIS INNOVATIVE ELECTRIC FLOSSER FLAWLESSLY CLEANS YOUR TEETH IN 60 SECONDS
Summary: "I’ll let you in on a secret – You’re not fooling your dentist when you lie about flossing every day. Trust me, they know… and I’m obviously talking about flossing in its traditional,...
Café orgánico vegano con hongos, bueno para la salud e invención por accidente
Summary: "El croata Stipe Rezic ha desarrollado un innovador proceso industrial para extraer las propiedades que ayudaron a "salvar la vida" de su padre." Article written by Julio Miravalls ...
Fitbit begins smartwatch blood pressure tracking study
Summary: "Fitbit is gearing up for its latest research initiative, this time focusing on how its smartwatches can measure blood pressure without the traditional arm-cuff method, according to a...
How Many Steps Are in a Mile
Summary: "Step counts can be a serious preoccupation for most people who pay attention to their fitness tracker or smart phone. After all, an entire industry of gadgets sprung up around the guidance...
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 aims to address disparities in care for Black and brown mothers
Summary: "Irth allows Black and brown patients to search for and create reviews of their OB/GYN, birthing hospitals, postpartum care and pediatricians up to an infant's first year." Article written...
How noninvasive cardiac tests are helping save lives
Summary: "Many people who have been told by their doctor that they are at risk of heart disease often find themselves in a quandary, unsure of where to turn next. It often can be stressful and...
How to stay sane when the world’s going mad
Summary: "For those who want more fine-grained, quantified detail, there’s more complex software such as NeuroFlow and Unmind. These apps monitor people’s mood, sleep, stress, and pain levels to...
Eye wellness app developer Plano partners with myopia education platform
Summary: "The partnership aims to produce new educational content for eye care professionals." "Plano, a Singapore-based eye wellness app developer, has teamed up with US-based myopia education...
AstraZeneca working with Mass General on tech for heart failure, asthma
Summary: "The organizations said the collaboration will use AstraZeneca's AMAZE disease management platform to deliver insights to clinically validate digital health solutions." Article written...
Creation of 3D organoid models to fine-tune radiation dose for nasopharyngeal cancer
Summary: "First of its kind 3D organoid models of nasopharyngeal cancer help to fine-tune radiation doses, and lower the chances of Nasopharyngeal Cancer recurrence and reduce mortality rate."...
What Will The RPM Device Of The Future Look Like?
Summary: "With the pandemic putting such a large strain on hospital inpatient capacity, it was inevitable that providers would look for ways to discharge the less acute patients safely. However, it...
La nueva ropa deportiva que te avisa si no estás en forma
Summary: "Un nuevo material textil que detecta tus movimientos y que puede ayudarte a sacar como Federer o avisar si un ejercicio es demasiado exigente para ti" "Los científicos del MIT presentaron...
How Can Technology Help Improve Elder Care?
Summary: "The use of smart, internet-powered devices is becoming the way of life among the young and old alike. For the elderly, advanced technology and smart devices make everyday tasks easier. It...
Artificial intelligence system can help prevent anemia in patients undergoing hemodialysis
Summary: "Scientists developed a decision support system that relies on expert opinion to prevent anemia in patients with kidney disease." Article written by OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY 18|03|2021...
Why Digital Fitness Companies Like Peloton and Tonal Are Exciting For Healthcare
Summary: "In short, the new generation of connected fitness companies offer not only the immediate promise of improved health, but also the intriguing possibility of future insights into both the...
Virtual avatar coaching with community context for adult-child dyads
Summary: "Virtual reality avatar-based coaching shows promise to increase access to and extend the reach of nutrition education programs to children at risk for obesity, according to the Journal of...
Biobeat to Trial Patient Monitoring Devices with Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients
Summary: "Biobeat has begun a new collaborative pilot study with Nuvance Health’s Vassar Brothers Medical Center, in New York, to evaluate the practicality and acceptability of using Biobeat’s...
Predictive Analytics Tool Forecasts Post-Surgical Complications
Summary: "A web-based tool leverages predictive analytics to determine patients’ risk of post-surgical complications like kidney failure and stroke." Article written by Jessica Kent 26|02|2021...
Seniors Are Safer With Help from New Remote Monitor System
Summary: "Remote patient monitoring (RPM) applications continue to proliferate. We recently wrote about Equip’s RPM platform designed to help treat eating disorders. Other recent Health Tech Insider...
Bone-Stimulating Device Uses NASA-Developed Tech to Help Prevent Osteoporosis
Summary: "Bone Health Technologies was recently granted a breakthrough device designation from FDA for its OsteoBoost Vibration Belt, a drug-free alternative for improving bone health and reducing...
Eat this, exercise now; new personalized software predicts and helps prevent blood sugar spikes
Summary: "Not everyone has Type 2 diabetes, the disease that causes chronically high blood sugar levels, but many do. Around 9% of Americans are afflicted, and another 30% are at risk of developing...
A THERAPY DEVICE THAT RELIEVES PAIN USING MULTIPLE TECHNOLOGIES, WITHOUT ANY MEDICATION
Summary: "It’s the 21st century so just relying on a hot compress to relieve muscle pains does sound slightly archaic if you ask me. The IASO Ultra works just like a hot or cold compress would, in...
Artificial Intelligence Can Predict Death Risk
Summary: "A new machine-learning algorithm which videos of echocardiograms is able to accurately predict patients who will die within a year." Article written by Geisinger Health System 08|02|2021...
98point6 Launches New Virtual Behavioral Health Offering
Summary: "What You Should Know: – 98point6 announces the launch of its new virtual behavioral health service. – With primary care at the center, 98point6’s new single-stop virtual care solution...
A WEARABLE SENSOR FOR TRACKING STRESS
Summary: "While Nanolab is focusing on the use of their sensor in a healthcare setting, their partnership with Xsensio could allow the device to be developed into a consumer product, such as a smart...
Así se usa la Inteligencia Artificial para detectar problemas visuales en niños
Summary: "Se estima que 810 millones de niños en el mundo tienen problemas visuales, de los cuales un tercio está sin detectar a nivel global. Incluso en países con sistemas de salud desarrollados,...
Nanit raises another $25M for its AI-powered baby monitor
Summary: "Nanit’s nursery camera pairs computer vision with specially patterned clothing to help answer the question that most new parents ask themselves roughly every 90 seconds: “Is my baby still...
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...
Scientists are working with AI to measure chronic pain
Summary: "Scientists are working on a way to use AI to create quantitative measurements for chronic pain." "Why it matters: Chronic pain is an epidemic in the U.S., but doctors can't measure...
Transforming mental health outcomes with analytics
Summary: "Technology is fast becoming the saving grace in combating Australia’s growing mental health crisis. With at least six suicides a day, data driven techniques are now becoming critical in...
Garmin & myAir: Turning Physiological & Psychological Data into Personalized Nutrition
Summary: "Garmin Wearables and myAir foodtech research has found that myAir's solution reduced 73% of participants' stress and improved 84% of participants’ sleep quality (...) The myAir team...
This new startup wants you to treat mental fitness like going to the gym
Summary: "Here was a pro athlete, among the best of the best, and he was openly talking about his vulnerability. Here was a man who had spent the better part of his life building his body into an...
New AI algorithm uses routine imaging to predict cardiovascular risk
Summary: "Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital have developed a deep learning system that can automatically measure coronary artery calcium from routine CT scans." "Coronary artery...
Apple Fitness+ review: ‘Short of getting a trainer, it’s good at getting me to push myself’
Summary: "Paying $14.99 a month for workout videos when you can find them free on YouTube might seem pricey, but Josh Taylor finds some advantages." "Fitness+ takes the “close your rings”...
La salud digital y los determinantes de salud
Summary: "Una interesante gráfica de la empresa de comunicación en salud Goinovo -elaborada con una metodología basada en fuentes rigurosas-, nos muestra como un 89 % de los determinantes de la...
Can Technology Help Us Eat Better?
Summary: "A new crop of digital health companies is using blood glucose monitors to transform the way we eat." "A new crop of digital health companies is offering consumers an unusual way to...
THIS BOXING PLATFORM USES RHYTHM TECH, LIKE DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION, TO MAKE WORKOUTS MORE CHALLENGING!
Summary: "Liteboxer is the only connected fitness platform currently on the market today that offers full-body boxing workouts equipped with Rhythm Technology and expert training. It’s like Dance...
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...
Scientists publish a blueprint to apply artificial intelligence to extend human longevity
Summary: "Deep Longevity, a fully-owned subsidiary of Regent Pacific (HKEX: 0575), specializing in the development and the application of next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) for aging and...
Female-Founded Telehealth Startup Calibrate Announces $22.5 Million Series A
Summary: "When Calibrate—the female-founded telehealth startup trying to disrupt the $70 billion weight loss industry—came out of stealth mode in June, it was operating in three states, had 10...
High blood pressure during pregnancy may be a warning sign of life-threatening condition
Summary: "Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration presented the organization’s first Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML)- Based Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) Action...
Women launch digital platform to ‘break taboos around female health’
Summary: "Three women are hoping to break taboos around female health in relation to fitness through a new digital platform. "Former British rower Baz Moffat, Dr Bella Smith and former Olympic sport...
London startup Spill that provides remote mental health treatments via Slack raises £2M
Summary: "London-based mental health startup Spill provides remote mental health support for companies via Slack, a workplace messaging tool. The startup offers all-in-one mental...
A Rationale for a Gamified E-Coach Application to Decrease the Consumption of Sugar Sweetened Beverages
Summary: "The design and implementation of applications for behavior change should be preceded by careful analysis of the behavior change process and the target population. We, therefore, present on...
At the height of digital wellness, are we missing the human touch?
Summary: "Medicine will never progress without technology—there’s no denying that. But for the foreseeable future, human interaction remains an instrumental part of the healthcare experience." "The...
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...
The Poseidon Smart Mirror is the New Health and Wellness Hub at Home
Summary: "The key to making the smart mirror unique is its use of AR technology through a camera that can map your face with 7,000 different points. Not only does this allow the mirror to...
Having a fitness tracker gets you to walk further, study finds
Summary: "People walk almost an extra mile each day if they have an activity tracker on their smartphone or watch, a study has found. Researchers analyzed dozens of studies comparing people's...
The Apple Watch expands its range of cardio fitness measurements
Summary: "Apple is expanding the range of cardiorespiratory fitness that can be measured on the Apple Watch. Starting today, the Health app will classify users as having “high,” “above average,”...
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...
Editing the DNA of human embryos could protect us from future pandemics
Summary: "Hollywood blockbusters such as X-men, Gattaca and Jurassic World have explored the intriguing concept of “germline genome editing” – a biomolecular technique that can alter the DNA of...
La startup española que propone un viaje al interior del ADN
¿Por qué tenemos el cabello rubio? ¿Qué provoca que sea intolerante al gluten? La startup española ADNTRO busca democratizar el acceso a nuestro propio ADN y a la información que esconde Article...
Study shows hyperbaric oxygen can reverse the aging process
Summary: High-pressure oxygen treatments are found to reverse two major cellular processes associated with aging and its illnesses. Article written by Abigail Klein Leichman 22|11|2020...
Innovar para reinventar los seguros en la era digital
Accenture y Zurich cuentan en ‘Innovar para Vivir’ cómo está siendo la transformación digital del sector seguros Article written by Unknown 22|11|2020...
Live Long And Eat Chili Peppers? Cardiologists Report Sweet Results
Summary: In these challenging days of unsavory news, we need to dig pretty deep to find something uplifting. Even if it means bringing tears to your eyes, sweat to your brow, and fire to your...
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CAN HELP YOU HAVE A PEACEFUL SLEEP
Summary: Sleep is a fundamental piece of our life that helps in staying physically and mentally healthy. Tragically, we all are not normally honored with better sleep. Many individuals among us will...
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...
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...
¿Cómo influye la alimentación en la salud de nuestra piel?
Summary: Los expertos en nutrición señalan que la piel ofrece mucha información no solo de alergias o intolerancias alimentarias sino también de posibles carencias nutricionales. Article written...
Osram presenta su nuevo purificador de aire AirZing Mini para automóviles
Summary: El filtro de dióxido de titanio de este dispositivo no necesita ser reemplazado, solo debe lavarse de forma regular. Article written by Unknown 27|10|2020...
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...
Apple, Google, Amazon And The $9 Trillion Battle Over The Future Of HealthTech: Former Apple CEO John Sculley
Summary: Apple has the most popular health wearable on the planet. Google bought Fitbit. Amazon just released the Halo Band. All now have a fitness and health subscription service. Article written...
How Data From Wearables Will Revolutionize Healthcare
Summary: [...] Seen in this light, the fact that clinical studies are beginning to emerge — in addition to those known as Stanford's with Apple — in which this type of technology and devices are...
WEARABLES ENABLE PREVENTION ON A MASS SCALE
Summary: Apple is partnering with the Singapore government to improve citizens’ health, opening a new chapter in the relationship between public health and digital health innovations. Article...
Daily foot temperature monitoring leads to fewer hospitalizations, amputations and more
Summary: The study used Podimetrics SmartMats to take the temperature of participants’ feet and scan for signs of inflammation. Article written by Mallory Hackett 14|10|2020...
This Smart Home Gym Is The Future Of Fitness
Summary: JaxJox, which makes a smart personalized home gym that uses AI to track and improve your performance and give you a wellness score, just scored itself. The Seattle-based fit tech company...
Sanitas lanza bluaU, el seguro médico que apuesta por la digitalización de la salud
Summary: Sanitas presenta bluaU, la evolución de su seguro sanitario en el que incluyen videoconsultas, medición de constantes vitales por imagen facial, algunos programas digitales de prevención y...
Standard Blood Test Can Predict Risk Of Dying From Covid-19
Summary: A group of researchers based at the Massachusetts General Hospital have discovered that a standard blood test that measures the amount of variation in red blood cell volume and size can...
Artificial intelligence detects osteoarthritis years before it develops
Summary: Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering have created a machine-learning algorithm that can detect subtle signs...
New high-speed test shows how antibiotics combine to kill bacteria
Summary: Researchers have developed a new method to determine - rapidly, easily and cheaply - how effective two antibiotics combined can be in stopping bacterial growth. The new method is simple for...
Brain Waves Can Predict Pain Sensitivity
Summary: Rhythms produced by the brain can reliably be used to predict how sensitive we are to pain, new research shows. Article written by Unknown 10|08|2020 Source:Technology...
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...
Innovación óptica ‘made in Spain’ para combatir los tumores cerebrales
Summary: La startup Fotoglass junto a investigadores en neurocirugía, óptica y biomedicina del Hospital de Valdecilla y la Universidad de Cantabria desarrollan un dispositivo para luchar contra el...
Meet Lena, the AI Chatbot Fighting Social Isolation in Seniors
Summary: Alex Harb was handpicked by one of the largest medical systems in the world to address a seemingly intractable health challenge: healing alone. Article written by Unknown...
This Digital Home Gym Uses AI to Correct Your Form
Summary: This digital screen uses 3D sensors to correct your form, heralding a future without in-person trainers and physical gyms. Article written by Parker Hall 07|06|2020...
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...
Five innovative startups improving the lives of people with diabetes
Summary: "The diabetes epidemic is a growing concern in many parts of the world. In the UK, over 3.9 million people have the chronic illness, which Diabetes UK estimates will increase to 5...
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...
The 22 Best Apps For Weight Loss That Will Help You Make Smart Lifestyle Changes
Summary: "In case you haven’t taken a (virtual) walk down the weight-loss aisle of the app store, here’s what you need to know: There are tons, and I mean tons, of free—if not...
Identificada una bacteria intestinal que alarga la vida
Summary: Un tratamiento con una bacteria intestinal, abundante en personas centenarias, ha alargado la vida en experimentos con ratones, según una investigación española presentada en la revista...
Shiseido Launches Internet of Things Skincare System
Summary: Japanese beauty brand Shiseido has entered the skincare industry's latest competitive realm with a personalized high-tech moisturizer and serum, formulated by pairing augmented reality and...
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...
Keeping Up with Internet of Medical Things (IoMT)
Summary: The IoMT (internet of medical things) is dramatically altering the landscape of the industry, and the overall IoMT market is expected to grow from $41 billion in 2017 to $158 billion by...