UK-based roadtohealth, which makes a health improvement app called Quealth, has announced it has completed a clinical validation study of the dementia risk assessment tool within the app.
Quealth, which is free and available on both iOS and Android, guides users through lifestyle modification behaviors to reduce the risk of five major non-communicable but sometimes preventable diseases: type 2...
Boston-based Cogito, a behavioral analytics company that spun out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has raised $15 million in Series B funding in a round led by OpenView. Existing investors Romulus Capital and Salesforce Ventures also contributed to the round, and OpenView Founder and Managing Partner Scott Maxwell joined Cogito’s board of directors.
The funding will be used to expand...
In an effort to a facilitate faster, more efficient flow of information between doctors and patients, Chinese search engine Baidu is introducing Melody, an AI-powered conversational bot. Melody gathers information, responds to patients about medical conditions and gives feedback to the real-life doctors. The service is available immediately in China.
Melody builds on the Baidu Doctor app, which...
US consumers are getting more comfortable using mobile devices to manage their health, a new study finds. Even in the face of privacy concerns, Americans are increasingly sharing medical information, sending photos to their doctors, using fitness or activity trackers, and using AI to become active players in their healthcare.
Ketchum conducted an online survey of 2,000 smartphone-owning Americans...
