There’s too much time and distance involved in sharing medical images today, says the team of physicians and computer scientists at MyMedImage. Instead of patients carrying CDs or printouts of ultrasounds, MRIs, PET scans, mammograms and other diagnostic images from doctor to doctor, MyMedImage wants to enable them to manage, share and store their own […]
New epilepsy treatments plus solutions for certain genetic liver and lung ailments will test the power of crowdfunding. New York’s Poliwogg will announce today at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference that it has struck partnerships with the Epilepsy Foundation and Alpha 1 Foundation. Both groups will leverage their connections, used primarily for nonprofit grants, to […]
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If you can’t bear to buy and wrap one more thing, but you still have someone on your gift list, consider a donation. If the standard charities aren’t your thing, check out these crowdfunding campaigns. Each one is health-centric and addresses a different need: public art in a hospice, medical education in Mexico, the benefits […]
Shark Tank had the power of celebrity to convince viewers that they should care about venture capitalists and startup pitches. It will take a smart social media campaign or a crowdfunded super star (know any?) to get people to watch RealityCrowdTV. The idea of getting friends, relatives and strangers to give you money to launch […]
Why wait months to determine whether a tumor is responding to cancer treatment if it’s possible to know sooner? That’s the question being posed by a pair of inventors in Toronto who are crowdfunding clinical studies of a new device to monitor the effectiveness of chemotherapy on breast tumors. Called WaveCheck, the noninvasive device combines […]
MobilECG is a clinical-grade, 12-lead diagnostic ECG. The healthcare startup behind it has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise $230,000 on Indiegogo. The funding for this medical device will go toward regulatory submission and manufacturer tooling. Plug it into to your USB port on your computer or tablet–no special installation or drivers necessary–and listen to the […]
In a landscape where complexity has long been the norm, the power of one lies not just in unification, but in intelligence and automation.
Communication is an evergreen problem in healthcare. Whether the problem is a patient with low health literacy or a doctor who can’t explain complicated subjects in a simple way, important messages do not get from one person to the other. There have been many efforts to get doctors to communicate in a more direct, less […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5AFC3MQtSg A new medical device company thinks it has an innovative approach to help with the recovery process for penis and scrotum injuries. It’s raising $75,000 on crowdfunding website “B a Med Founder” to advance its Epiditi scrotal ice pack with the helpful catchphrase, “Cool the Jewels!” Short Hills, New Jersey-based Gallen Technologies said its […]
Socrates Health Solutions has gone to Indiegogo to crowdfund $125,000 for its noninvasive glucose meter technology, the Companion, by Nov. 12. The healthcare startup has Dallas roots as part of the Health Wildcatters incubator. The campaign will help push the device through an FDA 510(k) clearance path. Though Socrates was founded only in March this […]
No more sitting with the school nurse, five Kleenex, head tilted back during recess. A startup with University of Wisconsin ties has launched a $25,000 Indiegogo campaign to bring over-the-counter nosebleed relief to patients with a topical gel that claims to stop the nosebleed in one minute. Greg Dockter, a pharmacist, founded ByzMed LLC because […]
In a recent interview, Esperion president and CEO, Sheldon Koenig talks about the reality of statin intolerance and his company’s expansion into new diseases
ThyroScore is seeking to reduce the misdiagnosis of thyroid disorders and has debuted on the crowdfunding website Indiegogo today. It’s developed a direct-to-lab testing kit as part of an initiative that includes Siemens and Holomic. The goal is to build a database of de-identified test results for medical research. The idea behind the company, a subsidiary […]
When Rise Assistive Devices CEO Vadim Gordin tried to buy his grandmother a fork she could use more easily, what he found were forks jammed into bicycle handles. He used his biomedical engineering background to construct and 3-D print what would become the Easy Fork for her. What he thought would be a one-off has […]
What if a horseshoe crab’s DNA contains the cure for cancer? Project Violet, a nonprofit comprised of a team of researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, are using small proteins from plants and animals, plus the inspiration of one patient, to create drugs that may combat the disease. Dr. James Olson, a pediatric […]
Set your status. Check in with your symptoms. Share photos. Tag parts of the body. Hashtag to join conversations. Personiform‘s Project Medyear combines Twitter and Google Plus with a political campaign-style health record-sharing patient movement. It aspires to be NoMoreClipboard on a Friday night — less official, more social. And Personiform’s kicked off a campaign […]
LifePaths Global Alliance operates a free medical clinic in rural Haiti, which is still dealing with the blow the earthquake dealt the country more than three years ago. Now, this nonprofit is trying to raise C$20,000 in less than 72 hours on Indiegogo to keep telemedicine at the clinic, transforming care in a country […]