Tag: mathematics
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Public Access to Drugs Meets Health Needs, Cuts Costs
A study shows adding universal access to essential drugs as part of Canada’s health care system would meet much of that country’s pharmaceutical needs and save billions of dollars.
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Software to Simplify Big Data Curation
A software package in development aims to simplify the process of cleaning up large data sets, known as curation, to improve the quality of analysis from those data.
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Skin Health Data Collected by App Offered for Research
A smartphone app collecting images and data about moles on the skin of volunteers is now available to researchers for studies of cancer and other disorders.
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Ford Investing $1B in Artificial Intelligence Start-Up
Ford Motor Company is investing $1 billion in a start-up enterprise that applies artificial intelligence to the operation and management of autonomous vehicles.
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System Slashes Time to Detect Bacteria in Blood
A biomedical engineering lab developed a compact system that detects harmful bacteria in blood samples in less than four hours, a process that now takes days.
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Trial Testing Artificial Pancreas for Type 1 Diabetes
A clinical trial testing day-to-day use of a smartphone-controlled artificial pancreas for people with type 1 diabetes began enrolling participants.
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Companies Recognized for Patient Safety Innovations
Three companies received awards for their products aimed at reducing the number of preventable deaths occurring in American hospitals.
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EU Project to Develop More Versatile Heart Pacemakers
An initiative in Europe plans to design a new type of pacemaker device that adapts to a host of signals in the cardiovascular system and regulates multiple heart functions.
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Smart Watch Software Designed to Verify Signatures
Engineering researchers in Israel created software that enables smart watches and fitness bands to capture wrist movements for verifying a person’s signature.
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UC San Francisco, Intel Partner on Health Analytics
Intel Corporation and University of California in San Francisco are developing a data analytics platform that harnesses artificial intelligence to help front-line clinicians make better decisions for their patients.