medicine
First "molecular clock" for kids could reveal early signs of autism
Posted in Medicine on 16th Oct, 2019
by Alex Muller
'This powerful and easy-to-use tool could be used by clinicians to identify why some children aren’t meeting early milestones and potentially diagnose children with developmental disorders earlier in life'
America's deadly obesity epidemic
Posted in Medicine on 13th Oct, 2019
by Alex Muller
A public health emergency is shortening lives and supersizing health-care costs.
Smartphone app can detect eye diseases in children with 80 percent accuracy
Posted in Hardware, Medicine, Software on 4th Oct, 2019
by Alex Muller
An app designed to detect early signs of several eye diseases in children has surpassed an 80 percent accuracy threshold equaling the sensitivity of devices used by trained ophthalmologists.
Schizophrenia as whole-body disorder – the 100-year-old idea only now being proven
Posted in Medicine on 2nd Oct, 2019
by Alex Muller
For some time, scientists have observed strong associations between schizophrenia and poor physical health.
Eko raises $20 million for AI heart disease monitoring and detection solutions
Posted in Business, Medicine on 25th Sep, 2019
by Alex Muller
Heart disease is a silent and often costly killer. About 610,000 people die of it in the U.S. each year, putting it at the top of the leading causes of death for women and men.