Leading Brain Health Hub Tackles Dementia With Technology
There is no cure for Alzheimer’s or dementia, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t seen important progress in the prevention, detection, treatment and care of these devastating diseases. Toronto-based Centre for Aging and Brain Health Innovation (CABHI) has been spearheading and funding 279 brain health projects in Canada, and around the globe, aimed at easing […]
eSight Corporation Announces New President and CEO
Healthcare and technology C-Suite executive joins eSight to lead business through growth stage TORONTO, Feb. 12, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — eSight Corporation, a leading vision enhancing platform, is pleased to announce the appointment of Robert Vaters as President and CEO effective February 3rd. In this role, Vaters will lead all strategic and business aspects of the company […]
Are Healthcare Investments Recession-Proof?
Are Healthcare Investments Recession-Proof? In both good and bad economic times, people will inevitably get sick and require health care. So when markets are down, health care may be a good defensive play for institutional investors. “Including wars, depressions [and] recessions, health-care spending keeps increasing,” says Sam Ifergan, founder and chief executive officer of iGan […]
Venture Capital Investors Should Harpoon More Whales
By John Thornhill It is easy to be rude about the venture capital industry. So here goes. The criticism runs that the VC sector is full of too many over-funded, ill-disciplined chancers who pass off hype for reality, groupthink for insight and luck for good judgment. What’s more, a staggering 95 per cent of VC […]
U.S. Cancer Death Rate Drops by Largest Amount on Record
By Brianna Abbott The cancer death rate in the U.S. dropped 2.2% from 2016 to 2017, the largest single-year drop ever recorded, according to the latest report from the American Cancer Society, continuing a longstanding decline that began a quarter-century ago. The drop is largely driven by progress against lung cancer, though the most rapid declines […]
Google AI system beats docteos in detection tests for breast cancer
By Hannah Kuchler Google Health has developed a system that can identify breast cancer more accurately than radiologists, in the latest sign that artificial intelligence could improve early detection of disease in images. In a paper published in the scientific journal Nature, experts from Google Health, Alphabet’s DeepMind unit, and UK and US universities showed […]
MolecuLight Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for its i:X® Handheld Fluorescence Imaging Device for Wound Management
New FDA Approval Extends Label to Including the i:X’s Detection of Bacteria and Digital Wound Measurement TORONTO, Canada – (December 5, 2019) MolecuLight Inc., the world’s leader in handheld fluorescence imaging for real-time visualization of fluorescence in wounds, has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its i:X® handheld fluorescence imaging device for use in the detection of wounds containing […]
Pitch to Heal Winner 2019
Pitch to Heal 2019! The Winner of Pitch to Heal: RetiSpec: A revolutionary early-stage diagnostic for Alzheimer’s Disease. RetiSpec’s retinal scan detects Alzheimer’s 10-15 years before symptoms emerge in a non-invasive, cost-effective manner.
Harnessing the power of AI for Global Health
By Anurag Agrawal With half a billion people in India needing far better access to high quality essential health services, the country’s growing digital expertise and infrastructure offer much scope to help improve lives. Yet it is also clear that the potential for innovation must be matched by careful governance. Almost 400m people in India […]
Medical Devices Stocks Are in Rude Health
By Charley Grant (WSJ) When earnings season begins in earnest this week, health-care investors will be relying on pacemakers and artificial knees. The S&P 500 Health Care Sector index has returned about 4% so far this year. That is the second-worst performing sector over that period and significantly lags behind the overall market. Policy uncertainty driven by […]
