Apple is looking to hire an in-house cardiologist
A recent job listing over at Apple’s website provides a quite unconventional career opportunity for unconventional doctors. Apple is looking for a trained cardiologist with...
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The Coala Heart Monitor helps with palpitation anxiety: the RedHeart study
According to the recently published RedHeart study, the Coala Heart Monitor really helped women with palpitations overcome their fear and anxiety. In some cases, it...
AIs that stare at ECGs: AliveCor Kardia-K is a bloodless potassium test
A cross-industry collaboration hit the news recently: AstraZeneca will support AliveCor further develop Kardia-K. Kardia-K enables non-invasive potassium measurement by looking at Kardia’s famous one-lead...
AIs that stare at ECGs: Taiwanese AI outperforms doctors in 13 ECG patterns
A research group from Taiwan recently published a paper in the European Heart Journal – Digital Health. In that paper, they report on their newly-developed...
A primer on atrial fibrillation and wearables
Smartwatches, smartphones, ECG patches. These days all sorts of devices try to detect atrial fibrillation. The cause is noble – save users from its deadly...
Do activity trackers really increase users’ daily activity?
Activity trackers just received an endorsement by one of the most reliable means of doing science – a BMJ meta-analysis. But things are – as...
Pixel phones will soon track early signs of COVID-19 with their cameras
One of the next Google Fit updates will enable Pixel phones to track breathing and heart rate through their cameras. Although marketed for fitness use,...
Random forest algorithm predicts intubation in COVID-19 patients
The urgency of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to many machine learning projects trying to help doctors. Now, researchers at Mount Sinai created an algorithm...
iKure partners with IBM to bring healthcare to the masses
Researchers and entrepreneurs in Europe and the US are struggling to come up with mHealth innovations that improve their countries’ already good health system. iKure...
NumeriCor’s computer model can predict CRT success
Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is the most advanced piece of tech available for heart failure. The problem is that 30% of patients that undergo this...