Personalized medicine

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By  Anthony Vecchione 02:21 pm January 8, 2025
Validic, a digital health and personalized care technology company, announced the integration of physical activity data from wearables and smartwatches into electronic health record (EHR) clinical workflows. The multi-device platform, accessible in Epic and Oracle Health EHR systems, adds daily insights from more than 350 wearable device models from leading consumer brands, such as Apple, Fitbit...
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By  Anthony Vecchione 03:08 pm December 17, 2024
Remote patient monitoring company Withings Health Solutions, the professional healthcare division of Withings, announced that its BPM Pro 2 cellular blood pressure monitor has been cleared by the FDA. The BPM Pro 2, which Withings released in October, is designed to measure blood pressure and pulse rate in adults with arm circumferences of 9 to 17 inches (22 cm to 42 cm) or 16 to 20 inches (40 to...
A discreet sexual health package by Quinn in Singapore
By  Adam Ang 08:29 pm November 19, 2024
Singapore may be technologically advanced in healthcare, however, there may be sections in the health system that have yet to catch up – including sexual health. In this small island nation-state of nearly six million people, sexual and reproductive health remains a topic too sensitive and intimate to be discussed in the open.  Access to the internet and the general acceptability of telemedicine...
CU Medicine research team with the new Olympus endoscopy AI system
By  Adam Ang 10:45 am October 25, 2024
New upper GI endoscopy AI tested at CU Medicine The Chinese University of Hong Kong's Faculty of Medicine (CU Medicine) became the first to test Olympus' new AI-powered upper gastrointestinal endoscopy system for detecting gastric cancers. The faculty first partnered with the Japanese medical endoscope manufacturer last year.  "The new AI endoscopic system is distinguished by its ability to...
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By  Adam Ang 08:46 pm September 2, 2024
The Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology, an independent research institute under India's Department of Science and Technology, has invented a smartphone and sensor-based system to support the management of Parkinson's disease. HOW IT WORKS  The system involves a fluorescence nanoprobe, a smartphone camera, and a mobile app. It aims to detect the concentration of L-dopa (levodopa...
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By  Anthony Vecchione 12:58 pm August 28, 2024
Imidex, an AI-enabled medical device company specializing in lung cancer detection, and DNA-sequencing technology specialist Orbit Genomics announced a strategic partnership to combine their offerings to help reduce lung cancer fatalities. Imidex's FDA 510(k)-cleared VisiRad XR device allows for detecting lung nodules as small as 6mm in chest X-rays. The company touts the VisiRad XR as having an...
Oura ring
By  Nathan Eddy 02:34 pm May 13, 2024
Finland-based Oura, the maker of its namesake health tracking ring, announced it added two heart health monitoring features to its Oura Ring wearable device, Cardiovascular Age (CVA) and Cardio Capacity, which will be available later this month on Oura Ring Gen3 devices for both Android and iOS. The CVA feature uses data from the device to estimate a user's cardiovascular age relative to their...
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By  Jessica Hagen 02:45 pm April 1, 2024
It is not often consumers consider their refrigerator or television as a tool that gives their healthcare providers personalized health data, but LG NOVA is considering the possibility of consumer electronics becoming data collectors for preventative care measures. Atul Singh, general manager of digital health at LG NOVA, sat down with MobiHealthNews to discuss how the North American Innovation...
Two healthcare providers looking at a diagnostic image of a brain on a wall
By  Jessica Hagen 05:51 pm March 25, 2024
Boston-based brain-computer interface technology company Neurable announced a partnership with Canadian precision health company Healthspan Digital to offer its neurotechnology to health and longevity clinics to help providers assess cognitive performance and brain health.  Brain-computer interfaces collect brain signals and translate them into commands that are then relayed to external devices,...
A person wearing a CGM patch checking their blood glucose level on a mobile app
By  Adam Ang 08:23 pm March 19, 2024
Researchers from Singapore have recently introduced a mobile application that teaches diabetes patients about diabetic foot ulcers and self foot care. WHAT IT DOES Developed in consultation with clinicians from Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) and National Healthcare Group, the app called WellFeet delivers comprehensive patient education through animations in multiple languages, including English,...