Flosonics Medical Closes US$14M Financing Round and Expands Board of Directors
SUDBURY, Ontario–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Flosonics Medical, a Canadian medical device company focused on non-invasive hemodynamic monitoring, announced the close of a $14 million USD funding round led by Arboretum Ventures. The financing also included participation from existing investors iGan Partners and Genesys Capital. Dan Kidle, Partner at Arboretum Ventures, will join the board of directors. Flosonics Medical […]
The New Trend in Healthcare: Do-It-Yourself
By: Betsy Morris Two years into a pandemic that has strained health systems and made booking doctors’ appointments next-to-impossible for some, patients are providing more of their own care at home. [Read the full article]
Time for healthcare to make better use of data
By: Benjamin Fels From Palo Alto to Dar es Salaam, healthcare is high tech when it comes to objects, but remarkably low tech in the effective algorithmic use of data. The application of machine learning to the health of individuals should be the principal focus for technologists focused on the power of artificial intelligence. [Read […]
A Vaccine Against Alzheimer’s Disease Could Be On The Horizon After Scientists Carried Out Successful Trials on Animals
By: Sarah Knapton A vaccine against Alzheimer’s disease could be on the horizon after scientists carried out successful trials in animals. Researchers from the US and Germany were able to reverse memory loss in mice and are keen to move quickly to human trials. The vaccine trains the immune system to fight a type of […]
How AI Will Make Your Doctor Smarter
By: Allan Ripp Hassan Tetteh has one of the coolest-sounding jobs in medicine. His official title is Warfighter Health Mission Chief for the Department of Defense Joint Artificial Intelligence Center. The Pentagon established the JAIC, or “Jake” as he pronounces it, in 2018 to ensure that America’s combat operations don’t fall behind rivals in using […]
Regulatory Hurdles Block a Cancer Miracle
By Allysia Finley Scientific breakthroughs are sometimes a matter of serendipity. Eight years ago Meredith Halks-Miller, a pathologist at the genetic-screening company Illumina , stumbled on something unusual while running prenatal blood tests for fetal chromosomal abnormalities. In some blood samples, the fetal genes were normal but the maternal DNA wasn’t. Illumina alerted pregnant women’s […]
ResQ raises $7.5 million to make back of the house top of mind
By Natasha Mascarenhas Entrepreneur Kuljeev Singh has had a three-course meal in the restaurant business. He was an angel investor in ChefHero, a part-time owner in an Australian-style meat pie shop and, now, is the founder of ResQ, a startup that helps restaurants repair and service their equipment through contractor work. Sitting at multiple seats at the table […]
A KNEE OR HIP ‘REPLACEMENT’ WITHOUT SURGERY? IT’S ON THE HORIZON
By Laura Landro With better drugs and stem-cell therapies, researchers hope to repair cartilage—or prevent damage—before osteoarthritis sets in or an operation is needed (Read Full Article Here)
The reason I feel optimistic about the future of Alzheimer’s research
Ever since, she’s been looking for ways to use this link to diagnose Alzheimer’s. Cecilia and her colleagues are exploring different ways to scan your eyes for early signs of Alzheimer’s, including by using artificial intelligence to spot tiny irregularities that a human could never find. The UW team isn’t the only group hoping that […]
Tech Advances Put The Annual Doctor Visit On The Critical List
By Ron Winslow The Future of Everything covers the innovation and technology transforming the way we live, work and play, with monthly issues on education, money, cities and more. This month is Health, online starting Sept. 3 and in the paper on Sept. 10. Shortly after his office closed in the early months of the pandemic, Paul Hyman, a primary care […]
