Microsoft analyzes web searches, finds clues for early cancer detection

Analyzing online activities can provide clues as to a person’s chances of having cancer, Microsoft researchers showed in a paper published this week.

How Mobile Technology can transform Future health Care

Our country is facing a health care crisis. States are divided on Obamacare and Medicaid, and new legislation is not making any clear progress in increasing access to affordable health care.

Scripps rolls out Apple ResearchKit app to predict risk of heart disease

The Scripps Research Institute on Wednesday announced a new smartphone app that can calculate a user’s risk of heart disease.

Google powers up AI, machine learning accelerator for healthcare

With the mandate of fostering an ecosystem of applied machine learning startups, Google on Wednesday revealed the first four companies to join its Launchpad Studio and said this initial track is aimed squarely at healthcare and biotech.

Big data and the future of healthcare

“Big Data” has been a big buzzword for the past several years, but organizations weren’t really sure how to tackle it. It’s really been in the past two years that these organizations have been able to use this data to find new insights to improve or make actionable changes.

New electronic display is 10 times thinner than human skin

Japanese researchers have developed a thin-film electronic display that is a magnitude of order thinner than the human epidermis, allowing it to be laminated on to a person’s skin without the wearer knowing it’s there.

Microsoft announces a series of healthcare initiatives

Microsoft this week announced several new healthcare-related initiatives and solutions for industry partners and organizations to apply artificial intelligence in multiple areas of care, along with a new partnership with a major hospital.

How 4D printing is now saving lives

Peterson was born with bronchomalacia, weak cartilage in the walls of the bronchial tubes, and had spent his entire life at the University of Utah Hospital on a high-pressure ventilator to keep him alive.

WWDC: Why you’ll use Apple’s Breathe app

Apple has a message for you: Remember to breathe. Later this year, the Cupertino, Calif. company is adding a new app to its Apple Watch that walks users through short, deep-breathing programs. The app, appropriately, is called “Breathe.”

Innovative Digital Health Tools Offer ‘Seamless’ Patient Experience

The Nemours App for Asthma is the first product from Nemours’s Center for Health Delivery Innovation, released as part of a new digital health strategy that provides all digital assets on a single platform for users.