Tag: heart disease
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Crowdsourcing Yields Heart Disease Algorithm
30 March 2016. Two financial analysts are the winners of a data science competition to write an algorithm that quickly analyzes MRI images of a person’s heart suspected of cardiac disease. The winning algorithm, by Qi Liu and Tencia Lee, was submitted in the second Data Science Bowl, put on by consulting company Booz-Allen Hamilton…
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Wide Variation Found in Consumer Blood Tests
29 March 2016; updated. Researchers at a New York medical center found some wide differences in results from commercial blood tests marketed to consumers, with samples from 60 healthy adults. The team led by Mount Sinai Medical Center bioinformatics professor Joel Dudley and genomics professor Eric Schadt published their findings yesterday (28 March) in Journal…
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23andMe Creates Research Software for iPhone Apps
21 March 2016. The personal genetics company 23andMe wrote a software module for Apple’s ResearchKit platform that makes it possible to add genetics data to iPhone apps used in medical research. The module, says 23andMe, in Mountain View, California, also supports genetics data from other sources, with three research apps now using the software to…
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EKG Technology Integrated into Apple Watch Band
16 March 2016. Owners of an Apple Watch will soon be able to track their heart rhythms, using electrocardiogram or EKG sensors built into the wrist band for the device. The Kardia Band and supporting Apple Watch app are made by AliveCor Inc. in San Francisco, a developer of medical devices adapting smartphone technology for…
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Hydrogel Injection Tested to Treat Advanced Artery Disease
9 March 2016. A biomedical engineering team developed an injected hydrogel for advanced cases of peripheral artery disease that in lab animals improved blood flow and muscles in affected limbs. Researchers from University of California in San Diego, led by bioengineering professor Karen Christman, published their findings earlier this year in the Journal of the…
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Duchenne-Related Stem Cell Heart Therapy Trial Underway
22 February 2016. An early clinical trial testing a stem cell therapy for heart disease among individuals with Duchenne muscular dystrophy treated its first enrolled patient. The trial is conducted by Capricor Inc. in Los Angeles, developer of the treatments code-named CAP-1002, for cardiomyopathy or heart failure related to Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Duchenne muscular dystrophy is…
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Patch Finds Heart Problems After Holter Monitor Period
17 February 2016. A review of records of people wearing a single-use heart monitor patch found serious heart rhythm problems occurring well after the 48-hour period recommended for Holter monitors, the device used most often for ambulatory heart monitoring. Results of the study, conducted by researchers at Kaiser Permanente of Northern California, but sponsored by…
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Workplace Heart Health Platform in Development
1 February 2016. American Heart Association is developing a technology platform to help people at work track progress toward their wellness goals, and allow companies to evaluate their corporate wellness programs. The platform takes advantage of cloud computing power from the IBM Watson system and connects users through the Web or mobile access. The new…
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Trial Shows Clot Prevention Drug Safe, Reversible
18 December 2015. An early-stage clinical trial of an experimental drug to prevent blood clots during heart surgery shows the drug prevents platelet accumulation, while still safe and temporary to prevent excess bleeding. The study by a team at Tufts University Medical Center in Boston and Sinai Hospital of Baltimore appears in yesterday’s issue of…
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Trial Tests Vibrating Mattress to Prevent Infant Apnea
24 November 2015. A mattress that provides occasional mild vibrations was shown in a clinical trial to prevent episodes of interrupted breathing in preterm babies, a condition known as infant apnea. Results of the study testing the device, developed at the Wyss Institute, a biomedical engineering research center at Harvard University, were reported yesterday in…