How AI is Changing Medical Treatment
Advances in technology, namely artificial intelligence (AI), are revolutionizing the way that we approach medical treatment. AI and Big Data have been powerful tools in helping with medical diagnosis, and when paired with biological delivery systems, they provide a...
Ways Mental Health Treatment Can Benefit From IoT
Mental health illnesses are on the rise, and despite their impact on society, our existing mental health care system isn’t equipped to support patients and their families. Many patients find that there are not enough care providers, especially outside of major cities....
The Impact of AI in Healthcare
As futuristic as it sounds, artificial intelligence (AI) is here and it is revolutionizing the healthcare industry. AI as it applies to healthcare has less to do with robots taking over for doctors and refers instead to analytical tools like machine learning and...
The Rise in Digital Healthcare
Technological advances have been changing the way that we facilitate healthcare services. The primary incentive for achieving a digitized healthcare sector is to ease the seamless provision of healthcare services to patients in need. The improvements in nutrition and...
Healthcare Tech Making Waves in Africa
New technologies are redefining healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa. According to the World Bank, the region has the worst healthcare in the world, accounting for nearly a quarter of all disability and death caused by disease worldwide while only accounting for 1% of...
2.9m Euros Given to Dutch Researchers to Prototype Artificial Womb
The Eindhoven University of Technology has developed an artificial womb for premature babies, and recently these efforts have received a 2.9m Euro grant to develop a working prototype for use in clinics. The womb simulates biological conditions by surrounding the baby...
The Future of Healthcare Technology
The healthcare industry sits at the forefront of leading technological innovations. When it comes to saving lives, diagnosing health ailments, and preventive medical care, there is no better application of the most brilliant technologies being created. Despite some of...
AI and Wearable Health Tech
The link between wearable tech and health & fitness has always been a strong one. When wearable tech was first introduced, it had very little functionality other than simply counting steps or tracking distances. The next most valuable contribution that wearable...
How An Artificial Pancreas Offers Hope For Many
Diabetes is one of the leading causes of death and disability in the United States today. Whether one suffers from the typically more severe and congenital Type I diabetes or the more attenuated but acquired Type II diabetes, either form of this disease can lead to...
Bill Gates’ Top Healthcare Technologies For 2019
Bill Gates may have built his fortune and his reputation as a technological whiz kid who helped make personal computers a ubiquitous part of our lives, but his lasting legacy may be his commitment to philanthropy. Gates has devoted himself admirably to advancing...