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- The American Cancer Society (ACS) and Color Health have announced a new program to provide free lung cancer screening access to eligible individuals.
- The program will make it easy for people to determine their eligibility, identify screening options, and get screened. The goal of the program is to increase the number of eligible Americans who get screened for lung cancer, which is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States.
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Meet The Circular Smart Ring Slim, The Slimmest and Lightest Smart Ring in the World
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Following the success of the groundbreaking Circular Ring Pro, Circular, pioneers of smart ring technology, is excited to unveil the Circular Ring Slim, the thinnest, and lightest, most intuitive smart ring in the world and the first to incorporate haptic navigation and alerts.Paired with Kira+, Circular's powerful AI wellness assistant, the sleek Circular Ring Slim assesses 7 biometrics and 142 derived markers 24/7 to help people sleep better and live healthier
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Cytovale Fuels Sepsis Diagnostic Innovation with $84M in Funding
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Cytovale®, a commercial-stage medical diagnostics company focused on advancing early detection technologies to diagnose fast-moving and immune-mediated diseases, today announced it has raised $84 million in Series C funding led by Norwest Venture Partners with participation by additional new investors Sands Capital and Global Health Investment Corporation (GHIC).The financing included participation from other new and existing investors, as well as the conversion of
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UHealth and Aidoc Partner on AI-Driven Care Diagnostic Imaging
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UHealth has launched a system-wide AI deployment powered by Aidoc, a pioneer in artificial intelligence. The initiative aims to support UHealth's mission of delivering high-quality, compassionate care by utilizing AI to identify suspected findings early in the care process.
UHealth will integrate Aidoc's 13 FDA-cleared algorithms and pathway-optimized workflow technologies. Aidoc's platform, the aiOS™ flags suspected acute abnormalities in patient scans, expedites
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Edge Computing’s Role in Shaping the Future of Wearable Healthcare
Remote patient monitoring (RPM) has become an integral part of modern healthcare, utilizing wearable devices to track patients' conditions outside the clinic or hospital setting. Devices like these collect critical information from patients, such as their heart rate, activity levels, and temperature, which providers can use for real-time insights to guide treatment and identify conditions proactively.
Due to the technology’s inherent advantages, providers and researchers have increasingly
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Mercy’s AI-Powered Texting Platform Intercepts Chemo-Related Hospital Admissions
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- Mercy has developed a new AI-driven texting platform called The Chen Chemotherapy Model, which is helping to keep chemotherapy patients out of the hospital by raising red flags before symptoms become severe. The model was created by Jiajing Chen, a data scientist who passed away from cancer earlier this year.
- The Chen Chemotherapy Model predicts the likelihood of outpatient chemotherapy patients experiencing symptoms that may result in hospitalization within 30
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Teen Mental Health Startup BeMe Health Raises $1.5M From BCBS Kansas
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BeMe Health (BeMe), creator of an interventional behavioral health platform built by and for teens, has announced a $1.5 million funding investment from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas (BCBSKS). This investment and strategic partnership will extend mental health support to an estimated 20,000 teenagers across Kansas, addressing a critical need as suicide is now the second-leading cause of death among those aged 15 to 24 in the U.S.
Increasing
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MIT Spun Out Layer Health Launches with $4M to Build the AI Layer for Healthcare
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- Layer Health, a healthcare AI company spun out of MIT, has been launched with $4M in funding from investors such as GV (Google Ventures), General Catalyst, and Inception Health.
- The company is focused on solving the information problem in healthcare by using AI to quickly perform any clinical, administrative, or research task that requires chart review from unstructured data.
Building the AI layer for healthcare — powered by large language models.
Layer
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Game-Based Technology Keeps Seniors Happier and Healthier
If I told you to picture a gamer, what comes to mind? Likely a teenager or young adult sitting at a desk in their game room, which is outfitted with a multitude of monitors, gaming consoles, and other gadgets. The last image that would probably come to mind is that of a 70-year-old woman wearing a virtual reality headset and playing an interactive game. But you'd be surprised to learn that this is just as much of an accurate depiction of a "gamer" as the first example.
Fifteen percent of
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NYU Langone Health Makes History with Successful Whole-Eye & Partial-Face Transplant
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- A surgical team at NYU Langone Health performed the world’s first whole-eye and partial-face transplant on a 46-year-old military veteran, Aaron James, who survived a high-voltage electrical accident at work.
- The 21-hour surgery was led by Dr. Eduardo D. Rodriguez, director of the Face Transplant Program at NYU Langone along with a team of more than 140 surgeons, nurses, and other healthcare professionals.. James had lost his left eye and suffered extensive facial
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