Disease management

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By  Anthony Vecchione 01:37 pm October 28, 2024
Medavie Blue Cross (MBC) announced an enhanced version of its digital health and wellness platform Connected Care, which includes access to its partnership with Beyond ADHD. Beyond ADHD uses an evidence-based, multi-modal approach to treatment that includes medication and personalized academic and workplace accommodations. Users undergo an ADHD assessment, book an appointment with a nurse...
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By  Anthony Vecchione 01:45 pm October 25, 2024
Tech-enabled transplant company CareDx announced a strategic partnership with Dovetail Genomics to push the next wave of innovation in human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genotyping for organ and stem cell transplant matching. The partnership will enable HLA labs to take part in an early access program utilizing CareDx's NGS-based AlloSeq Tx 17 HLA typing solution that will include Dovetail Genomics'...
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By  Anthony Vecchione 02:42 pm October 23, 2024
Integral Molecular, a company that develops vaccines and therapeutics, announced a five-year $8 million contract from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). The funding will be used to support the company's continuing research into emerging viruses recognized as potential pandemic threats. This marks the fourth similar contract awarded...
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By  Anthony Vecchione 01:32 pm October 21, 2024
Remote patient monitoring company, Withings Health Solutions, a division of Withings, announced the release of BPM Pro 2, a cellular blood pressure monitor. The blood pressure monitor includes a Patient Insights feature that aims to simplify clinical workflows by collecting critical data via the device, including symptoms and medication adherence. Additionally, care teams have the capability to...
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03:32 pm October 18, 2024
Veris Health, a subsidiary of PAVmed, has been awarded a $1.8 million grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The aim of the two-year grant is to fund research and upgrade and verify the Veris cancer care platform designed for medically underserved patients with cancer. PAVmed is a medical technology company in...
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By  Jessica Hagen 10:47 am October 18, 2024
Tech giant Lenovo, alongside Innovations in Dementia, announced a proof-of-concept project dubbed Alzheimer's Intelligence, a photorealistic AI-enabled 3D avatar that converses with individuals with dementia. It offers curated advice gathered from hundreds of real people living with dementia and Alzheimer's. Lenovo's technology aggregates experience and advice collected from hundreds of...
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By  Adam Ang 02:35 am October 18, 2024
Presagen divests IVF AI line to Japanese manufacturer Adelaide-based Presagen has sold its line of AI solutions for in vitro fertilisation to Japanese assisted reproductive technology manufacturer, Astec. The Life Whisperer series assesses embryo and oocyte images. It features AI algorithms that determine an embryo's likelihood of leading to pregnancy and being genetically normal, evaluate its...
Researcher at the Kennedy Space Center preparing the programmable syringe pumps
By  Anthony Vecchione 04:32 pm October 17, 2024
Researchers at the International Space Station National Laboratory (ISS National Lab) and the University of Florida have modeled age-related muscle loss by using tissue chips in microgravity. According to researchers, the model can be used to test novel treatments and study sarcopenia, an age-related condition that causes loss of muscle mass, strength and function. Investigators determined that...
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By  Jessica Hagen 02:38 pm October 17, 2024
Google announced it is licensing its AI model focused on detecting diabetic retinopathy to partners in Thailand and India, two countries the tech giant says have a shortage of eye specialists.  Google Research teams partnered with foundational research partners Aravind Eye Hospital in India and Rajavithi Hospital in Thailand nearly a decade ago to research whether AI could be used to help reduce...
A doctor holding a digital tablet showing a patient their bone X-ray
By  Adam Ang 06:01 am October 17, 2024
The Indonesian Ministry of Health has approved an AI-assisted software from Taiwan for screening potential cases of osteoporosis.  Acer Medical's VeriOsteo OP uses AI to analyse bone mineral density (BMD) and predict T-scores in X-ray images. It supports clinicians in assessing potential abnormalities in BMD.  WHY IT MATTERS The Indonesian government estimates that around two in five of their...