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.

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.

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.

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.

How digital health care can help prevent chronic diseases like diabetes

Diabetes is one of the most pervasive and expensive chronic diseases: It affects an estimated 30.3 million people in the United States and costs a staggering $245 billion per year to treat. In addition, there are 84.1 million adults in the United States with high blood sugar levels in danger of developing type 2 diabetes.

Apple COO Jeff Williams on tech and health care: ‘we can’t think of anything more significant’

Apple COO Jeff Williams addressed a crowd in Taiwan at partner company TSMC’s 30th-anniversary celebration.

IBM Watson, FDA to explore blockchain for secure patient data exchange

IBM Watson Health is collaborating with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on a research initiative aimed at defining a secure, efficient and scalable exchange of health data using blockchain technology.