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Telcare raises $32.5 million for cellular-enabled glucose meter, to expand to related conditions
Bethesda, Maryland-based cellular-enabled blood glucose meter company Telcare has raised $32.5 million led by Norwest Venture Partners with participation from Mosaic Health Solutions and existing backers The Qualcomm Life Fund and Sequoia Capital.
Quantum Robotics will Create Artificial Intelligence ‘Capable of Creativity’
Quantum computing will open up a new field of robotics able to learn and carry out complex creative tasks, according to researchers.
‘Giant leap’ to type 1 diabetes cure
The hunt for a cure for type 1 diabetes has recently taken a “tremendous step forward”, scientists have said. The disease is caused by the immune system destroying the cells that control blood sugar levels.
Study: Connected healthcare device sales to surpass $3B by 2019
Connected healthcare device sales will exceed $3 billion globally by 2019, according to a report from analysis firm Juniper Research. Juniper explains that the connected healthcare devices it looked at include blood pressure cuffs, oximeters for diabetes, and sleep monitors for sleep apnea.
Philips receives FDA clearance for two telehealth apps
Philips received FDA 510(k) clearance for two of its telehealth applications, eCareCoordinator and eCareCompanion.
Telemonitoring reduces readmissions 44 percent in 4-year, 500-patient study
A new study from Pennsylvania hospital system Geisinger Health Plan shows that remote monitoring of congestive heart failure patients can reduce readmissions by 38 to 44 percent and produce a return on investment of $3.30 on the dollar.
The Rise of the M.D./M.B.A. Degree
At a time when many of healthcare’s greatest challenges are business problems, more and more doctors are adding three extra letters after their names. For David Gellis, the spark came during a class in college on health policy in America.
Doctors Today Are Utterly Miserable. Here’s Why
Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project
The sizeable majority of experts surveyed for this report envision major advances in robotics and artificial intelligence in the coming decade. In addition to asking them for their predictions about the job market of the future, we also asked them to weigh in on the following question:
The Woman With the Bionic Eye
What is it like to see again after years of blindness? Fran Fulton is 66, and she’s been fully blind for about 10 years. A few weeks ago, all that changed. Fulton suffers from retinitis pigmentosa—a degenerative eye disease that slowly causes light-sensitive cells in the retina to die off.
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