CEO behind Pregnancy + app: Want to boost medical app downloads? Build user appeal and trust
So many medical app developers have great ideas but screw up the fundamentals.
The act of improving mental health for city dwellers might literally be a walk in the park
Sometimes a breath of fresh and a little less concrete can make an actual difference for an urban dweller's mental health.
With the Rise of AI, What IP Disputes in Healthcare Are Likely to Emerge?
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Auxogyn raises $34M for IVF test that can tell if an embryo is viable
In vitro fertilization is a tough process. Even if a set of embryos are able to form, it’s a real crapshoot to see which – if any – will actually be viable. Bay Area biotech Auxogyn has developed a test to track whether an embryo is developing successfully – and has raised a healthy swath of cash to commercialize its fresh-on-the-market […]
Advancing smart glasses as augmented reality tool for surgeons drives Vital Medicals’ capital raise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThZ0AoKGShY Health IT company VitalMedicals has developed a way to use smart glasses to save surgeons time in the operating room has raised roughly $1 million to grow its technical team and expand its technical implementations beyond its first two pilot sites in California — El Camino Hospital in Mountain View and the Palo Alto […]
Examining immune systems in twins shows whether it’s more about environment or genes
During this cold and flu season, a strong immune system is essential. But is the state of our immune system at the mercy of our environment or is it mostly genetic? Researchers, who published their findings are published in Cell this week, looked at 210 twins and found that it is actually much more about […]
The business case for Sean Parker’s $24M gift to Stanford for allergy research
Tech entrepreneur Sean Parker just pledged $24 million to Stanford University to set up a new institute for allergy research, and it comes at an important time: We might not be too far, he says, from finding a treatment that’s curative. The new center will be called the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy Research. It joins a […]
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A Personalized Approach to Medication Nonadherence
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
The New Yorker on the promise, the secrecy and the challenges of super-startup Theranos
Bay Area super-startup Theranos and its CEO Elizabeth Holmes have graced the New Yorker this week, in a piece that describes disruptive, futuristic medicine to the literati set. It also brings up the discrepancy between health and high tech, and how the secrecy that shrouds Theranos – and Holmes – might not be as appropriate in healthcare as […]
Stanford spinout developing surgical site wound care snags $6M
Prescient Surgical, a Bay Area wound care startup that aims to reduce surgical site infection, has raised about $6 million, according to a regulatory filing. The company’s staying pretty vague about the technology’s specifics, but president Jonathon Coe has said the company has “developed a platform technology that integrates fluid delivery with a novel wound […]
Is technology ‘dehumanizing’ medicine? Dr. Eric Topol and Dr. Verghese discuss
Dr. Eric Topol, the well-known editor-in-chief of Medscape and expert on genomics and digital health, recently conducted an interview with physician-turned author Dr. Abraham Verghese, who is also a professor of medicine at Stanford University. Among other topics, the two physician touch on some themes that are central to the evolving landscape of healthcare, and […]
Patient engagement: ‘We don’t want to be managed, we want to be supported’
Healthcare providers need to better incorporate the patient into a new care team model that makes them, not the physician or the specialist, the focal point, especially for patients with chronic illnesses, a panel of experts said today at Stanford University’s Medicine X conference. That’s likely to include non-clinical peer care coordinators who can help […]
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Stanford spinout developing first molecular diagnostic test for preeclampsia
The thought of a woman dying in childbirth seemed far-reached, Matthew Cooper said, until his own wife nearly lost her own life a few years ago. Her pregnancy was complicated by preeclampsia, a common but highly dangerous condition that is a leading cause for fetal and maternal illness – even death. The harrowing experience helped Cooper germinate […]
What does it take to be a lean startup leader in life science? Steve Blank offers a few pointers
What’s the difference between an extrovert and introvert in the world of principal investigators? Answer: Are they staring at your shoes or their shoes? The joke Steve Blank told during a fireside chat hosted by NYCBio illustrates the uphill challenge SBIR grant applicants face when they’re asked to break away from the insulated world of […]
Nirmidas Biotech raises $2M in seed round for fluorescent dye meant for diagnostics
Stanford University spinout Nirmidas Biotech has raised $2 million in seed funding to commercialize its fluorescence technology that enhances 100-fold a researcher’s ability to detect disease biomarkers, said the company’s R&D director Joshua Robinson. It’s meant to pick up the subtle traces found in blood from early-stage cancer or hard-to-read autoimmune disorders – conditions that typically use fluorescent dye tests. […]
Study: Social media pages focused on chronic illnesses are mostly for marketing
Social media and healthcare are an odd couple, at least for Facebook. It turns out that only about 9.5 percent of Facebook pages about chronic diseases are used for actual support, while about 32 percent of such pages are marketing ploys, according to a study in the Journal of Medicine Internet Research. The study also […]
Stanford, SAP partnership explores genetics role in chronic conditions
Much of the discussion on big data has focused on claims information from insurers and EHRs from providers, but a collaborative effort underway at the Stanford School of Medicine with SAP is hoping to tap into a different set – genomic data. The possible benefits of sharing genetic data on a wide scale have great […]