Posted in Mobile Health by Nancy Crotti on January 7, 2015 A little more than a year ago, a top executive of Qualcomm Life predicted that smartphones would one day be considered medical devices. Qualcomm's 2Net Hub is a ...
Tags: smartphones, medical devices, Health
When we first reported on Elizabeth Holmes, the 30-year-old CEO of the secretive blood-testing firm Theranos, we hadn’t heard much about her. Now, she’s seemingly everywhere. A recent New Yorker article was likely the longest ...
Tags: Superstar, blood-testing, Health
People over 50, rejoice! The FDA has approved a non-invasive test for colorectal cancer, and it may not take years to obtain. Mayo Clinic gastroenterologist David Ahlquist co-invented the test, Cologuard, which detects the presence of ...
Johnson & Johnson has found a private equity firm willing to pay $4.15 billion for its Ortho Clinical Diagnostics division, which provides blood-testing equipment and chemicals. One would think that blood testing should be a booming ...
Tags: Get out of Blood Testing Tech, J&J
A pair of common tests might help colorectal cancer patients who have undergone surgery remain cancer-free, British researchers say. Both a standard CT scan and a blood test known as CEA (carcinoembryonic antigen) improved doctors' ...
Dr. Weston Price set out to discover the causes of misaligned teeth and cavities in the 1930's with his 10 year, in-depth research of native cultures around the world. He discovered the secrets to dental and overall health lie in nutrition. ...
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France-based specialty diagnostic solutions provider Diaxonhit and XDx in the US, have entered into a memorandum of agreement (MoU) for the exclusive license to market and perform AlloMap Molecular Expression Testing (AlloMap) in Europe. ...
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The US FDA has approved Xofigo (radium Ra 223 dichloride) for the treatment of symptomatic late-stage (metastatic) castration-resistant prostate cancer spread to bones but not to other organs in men. The therapy is indicated for men whose ...
Medica, a provider of blood testing analyzers, has launched EasyCell assistant cell image analyzer. The launch was based on the completion of clinical evaluation of EasyCell analyzer at Boston Children's Hospital, which confirmed the ...
Tags: Medica, blood testing analyzers, EasyCell, cell image analyzer