diagnosis
SVOne turns the iPhone into an eye test kit
Posted in Hardware on 30th Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller
New York-based Smart Vision Labs has created a low-cost, portable iPhone-based gadget to help people in developing countries to diagnose vision problems.
We Are Slowly Winning the War on Cancer
Posted in Medicine on 30th Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller
Cancer mortality rate has been reduced from a peak of 215 deaths per 100,000 people in 1991 to 172 deaths per 100,000 people in 2010.
Breast cancer test 'Angelina Jolie effect' found
Posted in Medicine on 20th Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller
Referrals to breast cancer clinics more than doubled in the UK after Angelina Jolie announced she had had a double mastectomy to prevent breast cancer.
Smartphone microscope can be made for under a dollar
Posted in Hardware on 18th Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller
Although the device works particularly well with the iPhone, it can reportedly also be used with most other smartphone makes and models.
'Pocket' diagnosis for Parkinsons
Posted in Medicine on 9th Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller
Smartphone technology revealed at the British Science Festival could help diagnose and treat Parkinson's disease.