Machine learning helps Yale researchers spot heart disease
Researchers at Yale’s Cardiovascular Data Science (CarDS) Lab are using artificial intelligence (AI) to detect a common valvular heart disease from simple ultrasound scans. Known as severe aortic stenosis [...]
Evolution Optiks wearable trains tennis player vision
Barbados-based Evolution Optiks is working with the John McEnroe Tennis Academy (JMTA) in New York to develop a neuro fitness training wearable. Evolution Optiks’ OcuRay division plans is to [...]
Cigna uses smartphones to check dental health
People with toothache or other dental problems can take pictures of their mouth and send them to Connecticut-based Cigna Healthcare for a check-up. The company announced that its dental [...]
Smart sock checks people with dementia
Researchers at Imperial College London (ICL) have developed a sock that combines sensors with artificial intelligence (AI) to help care staff detect agitation and prevent falls in people with [...]
FDA clears Sonio AI foetal ultrasound monitor
French firm Sonio has received FDA 510(k) clearance for an AI-powered way to monitor foetal ultrasound examinations in real time. Called Sonio Detect, it is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering [...]
Synthpop AI assistants connect healthcare
Massachusetts start-up Synthpop has secured $2.6m in seed funding and unveiled a connected system of artificial intelligence (AI) assistants for healthcare providers. The connected system of AI assistants is [...]
Amazon expands virtual healthcare across USA
Amazon is expanding its virtual healthcare clinic across the USA to provide messaging and video visits for common health conditions. With Amazon Clinic, people in all 50 states and [...]
KORE connects seniors at touch of button
KORE is helping Minnesota-based GrandPad connect seniors with loved ones and caregivers at the touch of a button. Part of KORE’s IoT for Good initiative, the services help older [...]
Cognizant and Google create healthcare LLMs
New Jersey-based Cognizant is building on Google Cloud’s generative AI technology to create large language models (LLMs) for healthcare. Expanding a partnership announced in May, the programme’s initial focus [...]
Movano submits medical ring for FDA clearance
California-based Movano Health has submitted a 510(k) premarket notification to the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for its first commercial product, the Evie Ring. The submission has passed [...]
MIT wearable could detect breast cancer at home
To improve survival rates for breast cancer, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have designed a wearable device to detect tumours when they are still in their [...]
Juli improves asthma and depression in clinical trials
Massachusetts-based Juli’s digital health platform improved asthma and depression outcomes in two clinical trials. Juli achieved statistically significant superiority compared with an active control in two randomised controlled trials [...]
