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MindMaze’s headset brings your brainwaves into virtual reality
Swiss startup MindMaze is moving its technology from the medical field to the mainstream with a virtual reality headset that reads the…
Read MoreApple HealthKit is already finding a home in U.S. hospitals
HealthKit might not get as much attention as, say, Apple Watch, but it could end up being more important to Apple’s bottom…
Read MoreHow scientists are racing to diagnose brain injuries in football
By the time retired Chicago Bears star Dave Duerson took his own life in February of 2011, he’d spent months complaining about…
Read MoreWhy doctors are excited about mobile blood pressure monitoring
In the first decade of this century, deaths attributed to high blood pressure have increased nearly 40 percent – roughly one in…
Read MoreScientists are trying to model our mental health based on our tweets
During the holiday season, ideally filled with family, food, and festivities, the topic of depression is often sidelined; even more of a…
Read MoreWorking out while wearing Oculus Rift could soon be a thing
I was at the gym the other day thinking about how fun virtual reality would be on a treadmill. My gym’s treadmills…
Read MoreIs Facebook’s Ebola initiative the future of the company’s healthcare strategy?
Facebook’s Ebola initiative gives us insight into the company’s plans to tackle healthcare. Will social good be a key pillar?…
Read MoreHow Google’s latest moonshot could change human health
Google is determining what exactly it means to be a healthy human being, which could redefine health as a spectrum instead of black and white. It is developing a wristband and nanoparticles that could detect the first signs of illness.…
Read MoreAs another flu season approaches, health tech will play an educational role
From personal apps to big data mining and real-time interactive maps of outbreaks, the effort to revolutionize the public’s understanding of influenza has been extremely tech-driven.…
Read MoreWhat recipe search tells us: The coasts eat healthy, but inland, we like our bacon
Sorry, St. Louis. You're the unhealthiest major city in the country based on Yummly's analysis of recipe search data. The healthiest? Of course it's frigging San Francisco.…
Read MoreMIT can now track a heart rate through a wall with Wi-Fi signals
A low-power signal is enough to track the rise and fall of the chests of up to four people, opening up applications like monitoring people during search and rescue operations or simply ensuring a baby is OK overnight.…
Read MoreDigital health is going to need medical approval and a great UI
So far the internet of things hasn't made much headway into patient care in the medical setting, but consumers are buying wellness devices for a variety of reasons. Will the medical world embrace that data?…
Read MoreLeap Motion grows up with applications in augmented reality and physical therapy
Nine startups pitched everything from a gesture-controlled cousin to Siri to a website for animating images at the first AXLR8R demo day in San Francisco.…
Read MoreStealth startup alert: Skype co-founder ventures into health and wearables with Project Florida
Project Florida wants to combine health and wellness wearables with data science, and it has hired an impressive launch team.…
Read MoreE-tattoo can monitor health, store data and deliver drugs
The University of Texas-Austin team behind the patch reports it is the first that can store data, which could be important for long-term health monitoring.…
Read MoreTracking for good: why the future might hold more control for personal data
Turing AI founder Juliette Powell spoke onstage at Structure Data about how personal data can be used to better enrich the health and wellbeing of communities.…
Read MoreGoodbye charts: Boston docs using Google Glass for patient history
A Boston hospital created its own way to use Google Glass for real-time patient charts and medical information, already saving at least one life. Doctors scan a QR code with Glass to see patient data, which is securely behind the hospital's firewall.…
Read MoreWelcome your primate overlords: One monkey controlled the movements of another via brain waves
Researchers implanted electrodes in a master monkey's brain and an unconscious avatar monkey's spine, allowing the master to move a joystick with the avatar's hand.…
Read MoreZappRx raises $1 million, including participation from GlaxoSmithKline
ZappRx, a mobile app that manages mobile prescriptions, closed a million-dollar seed round led by Atlas Venture and SR One, the venture arm of GlaxoSmithKline…
Read MoreData-driven fertility app Glow’s new version includes those avoiding pregnancy
Fertility app Glow is expanding to include women who don't want to get pregnant, using data for prevention instead of conception.…
Read MoreBlueprint Health’s latest class aims to cut costs through enhanced efficiency
Blueprint Health's Winter 2014 class offers enhanced communication and efficiency for everyday tasks at hospitals, clinics and care facilities.…
Read MoreGoogle testing contact lens that can monitor glucose levels
The lens could help people with diabetes monitor their daily health and recognize dangerous situations.…
Read MoreThe $1,000 genome could actually be here
San Diego-based Illumina revealed a $1 million machine today that can sequence tens of thousands of genomes each year.…
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