The statistics for Lyme Disease are as frightening and getting worse. Around 300,000 people in the United States are diagnosed […]
Fighting Lyme Disease With Breakthrough Infection Detection
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Instagram Like Healthcare App Allows Doctors To Share Cases Worldwide
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Toronto-based clinical image and knowledge-sharing healthcare app Figure 1, described as an ‘Instagram for doctors,’ has raised $10 million in funding […]
Researchers Develop Chemical Suntan, Dodging Skin Cancer in the Process
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Cancel that appointment at the tanning salon. Forget about keeping your mouth shut in the spray tan booth. Thanks to […]
HIV Might Be DOA Thanks to CRISPR DNA-Editing Tech
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Step aside, odor-based diagnostics. There’s a new medical breakthrough ready to take center stage, with the potential to treat or […]
Israeli Startup Furthers Medical AI For Radiology With $7 Million in Funding
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We’re quickly seeing medical startups emerge that are bringing modern technological methods to the hospital to assist doctors. It makes […]
Implantables: I’ve Got UI Under My Skin
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If you think employee drug tests are invasive, you definitely don’t want to work at Epicenter. This Swedish co-working space/startup […]
This Genetically Engineered Pig Could Save Those In Need Of Organ Transplants
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People have been trying to master cross-species organ transplants for literally thousands of years. Attempts date back as far as […]
Awesome Alert: Scientists Find Way To Grow Human Heart Tissue Using Spinach Leaves
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If it looks like a spinach leaf and tastes like a spinach leaf, then how can it be used to […]
Solar-Powered Artificial Graphene Skin Could Help Humans and Robots Alike
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When Becquerel discovered the photovoltaic effect at 19 years of age, he probably didn’t comprehend its far-reaching applications. He was […]
AliveCor Raises $30 Million In Series D Funding, Announcing Kardia Pro for Physicians
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We’ve seen the push for health care to have more modern technological innovations. Companies like PeraHealth, SIRUM, and AdhereTech all […]
MucoJet Shows Self-Administered Needle-less Vaccines Could Be A Thing
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The fear of needles and injections is called trypanophobia (and not “being a big fucking baby,” like I was told). […]
Jetty Extracts Is Changing Perceptions With Free Medical Cannabis For Cancer Patients
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It came out recently that the American government’s only source of marijuana for clinical research has moldy samples. The people […]
From Pharma to Table: Are Startups Really Fueling More Egalitarianism in Healthcare?
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The Internet was supposed to be the great equalizer in oh so many ways. Everyone can make their voice heard, […]
UCI’s New Millimeter-Wave Radiator Can Scan The Human Body And Much More
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When one thinks of a routine body scan ultimately two images come to mind; the first is of the large […]
PeraHealth Is Helping Healthcare Professionals With Algorithms That Monitor And Assess Patient Condition
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If you asked any sane person how they’d like to die, they’re not likely to say “in a hospital with plenty […]
The BCI or Brain-Computer Interface Gives ALS Patients The Ability To Speak
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For a great many of us, the idea of being completely trapped in one’s body is an alien thought, difficult […]
Implants Could Get A Lot Safer With New Blood-Repellent Materials
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There’s a massive push to improve the overall quality of medical implants regardless if the new implant is organic or […]
A Connected Smart Medication Bottle That Sends You Alerts
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Adhering to a medication schedule is tough for many people. Products such as pill reminder boxes have been created to […]
A Doctor Used Snapchat Spectacles To Film A Surgery; Here’s The Video
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Hey, remember last week when we published that article about how Snapchat is all growns up now? Well guess what: […]
Virtual Reality & The First Human Head Transplant: Bet You Didn’t See This Coming
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There are still millions of people who struggle with Tupperware lids and Listerine caps, but Sergio Canavero, an Italian neurosurgeon, […]
A Heart Monitoring App Can Detect Arrhythmia By Looking At Your Face
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When you think of heart monitoring, often images of classic stethoscopes, finger-clip-booths-at-the-mall, or expensive and bulky medical equipment come to mind. […]
This Assistive Technology Lets Us Control Computers With Face Movements
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There seems to be more innovation in assistive technology than ever before. There’s also more money in it as a […]
Allergy Amulet For Detecting Peanuts & Other Allergens Closes $1.1M
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The Allergy Amulet just closed a seed round to help people stay healthy wherever they eat. The fashion tech device is initially focused on peanuts, but will eventually help people with a food allergy detect all kinds of contaminants. The question is whether it’s more function or fashion.
Weekly Snapshot: Tech News To Know Sep 19-23
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Believe it or not, we don’t cover every piece of tech news here at SnapMunk. In an effort to keep […]
Zipline, The Drone Designed To Deliver Medical Supplies In Developing Countries
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New drones from a company called Zipline will fly medical supplies to remote parts of developing countries. They use GPS technology to find their targets after being summoned by text message. It seems “the future of healthcare is out for delivery.”
Even If Some Science Says Brain Training Games Don’t “Work”, Can’t We Appreciate Them Anyway?
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The more than $1 billion dollar brain training games industry has suffered a few concussions lately. To be fair, the […]
Bikanta, The Startup Detecting Cancer With Tiny Diamonds
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They say diamonds are a girl’s best friend, but they can also be a cancer researcher’s best friend – and contrary […]
SIRUM’s Award-Winning Medicine-Matching Service Shows the Nonprofit Way to Startup Success
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Kiah Williams has gotten used to the limelight in the past year – or at least she should have, given […]
