Kardia is one of only two commercially-available, FDA-cleared mobile-phone operated ECG products–the other is the Apple Watch. And Kardia is currently the only ECG product that works with Android. AliveCor has sold hundreds of thousands of its Kardia units, and … Continue reading
An entrepreneur takes on tremendous financial and personal risks to achieve her dreams, driven by everything from the desire to succeed, financial wealth, and ego. But what happens when that dream is to save her marriage and sex life? After … Continue reading
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is a clear, colorless body fluid found in the brain and spinal cord. CSF performs vital functions including support, shock absorber, nutrition, or immune function. Hydrocephalus is a pathological condition of abnormal accumulation of CSF caused by … Continue reading
Outside of Animal Farm, animals cannot tell their owners how they’re feeling. Virginia-based One Health Group seeks to remedy this communications breakdown with Voyce, its health sensor and software that is designed to capture key medical diagnostics with devices such … Continue reading
Demand for testing individuals for substance abuse and viruses such as COVID-19 will continue to soar, presenting enormous opportunities for businesses involved in sample collection and screening. The problem is that no collection method is perfect. Blood collection is feared … Continue reading
Excerpted from Solution Nation: One Nation is Disproportionately Responding to the World’s Most Intractable Problems Before we learn how NUFiltration converts dialyzers into water filtration devices, let’s review a few basic principles of the mechanics behind dialyzers. The primary purpose … Continue reading
Excerpted from Solution Nation: One Nation is Disproportionately Responding to the World’s Most Intractable Problems Hospital-based medical professionals do not have to work too hard to facilitate the spread of bacteria: The body flora itself is a prolific producer of … Continue reading
Excerpted from Solution Nation: One Nation is Disproportionately Responding to the World’s Most Intractable Problems Sterile Insect Technique is an alternative to spraying insecticides and consists of overwhelming populations of wild female mosquitoes with swarms of sterile male mosquitoes. The … Continue reading
Excerpted from Solution Nation: One Nation is Disproportionately Responding to the World’s Most Intractable Problems Realizing that far more people have access to a mobile phone than to a physician, Tel Aviv, Israel-based Mobile ODT has turned mobile phones into video-colposcopes. … Continue reading