Hearing is such a vital component of safety and quality of life as so many of life’s signals and warnings are audible. Loss of hearing can have a dramatic impact on sufferers. According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, 27 million Americans age 50 and older are affected by hearing loss. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has shared reports
Eikon Therapeutics, a new biotech startup that uses advanced techniques for visualizing proteins and combines that capability with computational approaches to drug screening , has emerged from stealth with $148 million in funding and a veteran Merck executive at the helm. The Series A round of funding that Eikon announced Wednesday was led by The
As digital health companies work to differentiate themselves with mergers and new features, another startup for managing chronic conditions is garnering employers’ attention. Vida Health raised $110 million in a recent series D funding round. Insurers Centene and AXA Venture Partners also joined as investors. The San Francisco-based startup offers app-based programs for managing a
Wellness startup Sharecare is going public through a special purpose acquisition company. Photo credit: Sharecare After Sharecare announced Anthem would invest an undisclosed amount, regulatory filings showed that the insurer is pouring $50 million into the digital health startup. Anthem made the investment in a private placement on April 7, as Sharecare looks to go
Researchers at McGill University in Canada have developed a method to create and deliver brain implants that are a similar in consistency to the brain itself, which is a soft gelatinous tissue. The delicate silicone implants are created using sugar molds and delivered using a sugar needle, and their delicate consistency helps to ensure that
People who clock six to seven hours of sleep a night had the lowest chance of dying from a heart attack or stroke when compared with those who got less or more sleep, according to a study being presented at the American College of Cardiology’s 70th Annual Scientific Session. This trend remained true even after
Visual signs of disease can often be spotted within affected tissues, and advances in histopathology have provided clinicians with powerful diagnostic tools to spot those signs. Microscopes are the cornerstone of this trade, and although they have proven to be extremely useful, they do suffer from some limitations. They are effectively 2D imaging devices that
Johns Hopkins Health Policy Forum w/ CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky Streamed live on May 4, 2021, 11-11:45 am EDT About this Event Johns Hopkins University was honored to welcome Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for a virtual conversation with Johns Hopkins University Dean of
Black patients from disadvantaged neighborhoods were significantly more likely to die within five years of surviving a heart attack compared with Black heart attack patients from wealthier neighborhoods and white patients of any socioeconomic means who survive a heart attack, according to a study being presented at the American College of Cardiology’s 70th Annual Scientific
Latest Heart News MONDAY, May 3, 2021 (American Heart Association News) Chris Monaghan woke up one morning and tried to get out of bed. She couldn’t. Her husband, Dan, heard her whimpering, turned on the light and realized almost instantly she was having a stroke. It was something he long feared because of her family
Latest Mental Health News MONDAY, May 3, 2021 (American Heart Association News) Denise Santos remembers exactly how she felt when the first pandemic lockdown was ordered last year, knowing she’d no longer have to interact with the public, her co-workers or anybody outside the sanctuary of her home. “The relief was immediate and almost overwhelming,
Latest Heart News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, May 4, 2021 Many people take fish oil to protect their heart, but a new study suggests that prescription versions may raise the risk of a common heart rhythm disorder. At issue are prescription-strength omega-3 fatty acids, which are naturally found in fish oil. The medications
A new study published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology provides insights on how common hospitalized patients develop liver injury from taking different medications. When investigators analyzed the records of 156,570 hospitalized patients, they found 499 cases of drug-induced liver injury (DILI), for an incidence of 0.32%. Anti-infective agents, cancer medications, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory
Collective Health’s platform helps navigate people through their health benefits, including reminders for preventive screenings. The company recently struck a partnership with insurer Health Care Service Corporation. Photo credit: Collective Health In a big win for benefits navigation startup Collective Health, insurer Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC) plans to offer its service to its self-funded
Epilepsy drugs currently available don’t work for all patients and while electric stimulation offers another option to reduce seizures, it’s an invasive one. Startup Neuroelectrics is developing a less invasive brain stimulation approach and it has raised $17.5 million as it heads toward a pivotal test of its medical device. The Neuroelectrics device consists of
Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part story on Molli Surgical’s recently FDA-cleared technology. Part one covers the design and engineering process, while part two focuses on the clinician and patient experience of the technology. For 30-some years radiologists and breast surgeons used a procedure known as wire localization in order to locate and
The need for digital transformation in medical device manufacturing and the medical supply chain became undeniable during the global COVID-19 pandemic. According toa December 2020 survey of manufacturing leaders from SYSPRO, nearly half (47%) of manufacturers were unable to function due to operational dependence on on-premise systems and 60% were affected by supply chain disruptions.
Siemens Healthineers is raising its guidance for the year after receiving a huge boost from sales of its COVID-19-related diagnostics. The Erlangen, Germany -based company said revenue growth could be between 14% to $17% as opposed to the original forecast of 8% to 12%. The company adjusted its basic earnings per share that were once projected
Shaip is an online platform that focuses on healthcare AI data solutions and offers licensed healthcare data designed to help construct AI models. It provides text-based patient medical records and claims data, audio such as physician recordings or patient/doctor conversations, and images and video in the form of X-rays, CT scans, and MRI results. Like most
If you come from a family where people routinely live well into old age, you will likely have better cognitive function (the ability to clearly think, learn and remember) than peers from families where people die younger. Researchers affiliated with the Long Life Family Study (LLFS) recently broadened that finding in a paper published in