When stem cells were first culled from human embryos sixteen years ago, scientists imagined they would soon be treating diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and many other diseases with cells manufactured in the lab.
It’s all taken longer than they thought. But today, a Massachusetts biotech firm reported results from the largest, and longest, human test of a treatment based on embryonic stem cells, saying it appears safe and may have partly restored vision to patients going blind from degenerative diseases.
Qualcomm announced that it has agreed to acquire chip maker CSR for $2.5 billion in cash as part of its continuing strategy to dominate the electronics in mobile devices.
San Diego, Calif.-based Qualcomm will add a wide variety of chip product to its growing portfolio in the internet of things, automotive electronics, and mobile communications.
CSR, based in Cambridge, England, has chip business in categories like Bluetooth chips and navigation. It has also branched into automotive infortainment and the “internet of everything,” also known as the internet of things, where it puts smart computing and connectivity into everyday devices.
Because of changes to the way the government and commercial insurers are reimbursing for health services, health insurers and providers are looking for ways to control the costs of caring for members. The best way, perhaps, is to keep them healthy on an ongoing basis. Healthy plan members use less health services than unhealthy ones, allowing the insurer to keep more of every premium dollar.
That’s why consumer health engagement platforms like Welltok’s have been attracting both new customers and new investment dollars in the last few years.
There’s an oft-heard story in digital health circles: A patient comes into the doctor’s office complaining of common pre-diabetic symptoms, so the doctor — who has no treatment code for “pre-diabetes” — tells the patient, “Come back when you have diabetes.”
And the patient often does come back with diabetes.
La plataforma ha sido creada utilizando el software libre DSpace, del cual IBAI SISTEMAS es Service Provider, y permite el préstamo mediante dos modalidades: la descarga (con proteccion DRM) o el acceso en streaming desde la plataforma Liburuklik.
Este servicio es posible gracias a un acuerdo entre editores de Euskadi y el Gobierno Vasco firmado en abril de este año, que por primera vez a nivel estatal permite implantar un sistema de licencias de pago por número de préstamos.
Measuring blood alcohol level might be just as important to some people as measuring steps or heart rate. It’s a relatively new metric in the “quantified self” movement, but it makes sense.
Breathometer today unveiled a new device in its line of breathalyzers — a wearable gadget called the Breeze that can clip onto your clothing or onto the inside of a purse.
Following the death of a man in Texas who was infected with Ebola, hospitals across the country are bracing themselves for the possibility of having to manage the deadly disease.
Genomics will someday be your doctor’s major weapon for keeping you healthy throughout your life.
The San Francisco-based genetics company Invitae is pushing hard toward making that a reality. The company has developed a test that sequences 218 types of genes to find markers that might point toward health problems in the future.
The company has now taken a sizable $120 million funding round from The Broe Group, Decheng Capital, Deerfield Management, OrbiMed, Perceptive Advisors, Rock Springs Capital, and Wellington Management Company, among others. The company isn’t saying who led the round.
Interoperability among the electronic health records systems at different hospitals or clinics is still a big problem. Not only is it a technical challenge, but there are often competitive reasons not to share. Hospitals and clinics are businesses, after all, and they compete with each other.
This does patients no good of course. It means that they often have personal clinical data spread around numerous providers, and their personal health record is often incomplete or outdated.
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