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By Dave Muoio | 01:16 pm | April 23, 2018
The mere mention of doctors and needles frequently can leave children in terror, and oftentimes the promise of a lollipop won’t be enough to calm their fears.
By Dave Muoio | 04:45 pm | April 20, 2018
Data published in Scientific Reports describes an algorithm that allows users to measure a patient’s pulse wave velocity using the camera on a smartphone.
By Laura Lovett | 04:17 pm | April 20, 2018
Forty mph winds pelted cold rain against the runners as they approached the Boston Marathon’s infamous Heartbreak Hill.
By Jonah Comstock | 02:03 pm | April 20, 2018
BenevolentAI, a UK company using artificial intelligence for drug development, has raised $115 million in new funding, mostly from undisclosed investors in the United States.
By Dave Muoio | 04:42 pm | April 19, 2018
RapidSOS, a five-year-old startup focused on updating emergency response systems with data-driven technology, has raised $16 million in funding from Highland Capital, Microsoft Ventures, and CSAA Insurance Group, according to a statement.
By Jonah Comstock | 03:54 pm | April 19, 2018
A recently published study in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring is a better predictor of cardiovascular and all-cause mortality than just monitoring blood pressure in the clinic.
By Laura Lovett | 03:24 pm | April 19, 2018
Vicarious Surgical, a startup that combines virtual reality with surgical robotics, just landed $16.
By Dave Muoio | 02:28 pm | April 19, 2018
Following a successful nine-month pilot, Boehringer Ingelheim and HealthPrize Technologies announced that the digital adherence support program RespiPoints will be expanded to any patient who is taking certain Boehringer Ingelheim medications, including some available in the Respimat inhaler.
By Laura Lovett | 12:24 pm | April 19, 2018
Data analytics startup Trayt is launching a new app that helps patients living with neurodevelopmental and brain disorders, as well as their caregivers, track behavioral and non-behavioral symptoms.
By Dave Muoio | 10:40 am | April 19, 2018
New York City-based digital consult platform RubiconMD has closed a $13.