Chinese tech giant Tencent has teamed up with a London healthcare firm Medopad to develop artificial intelligence software that can diagnose Parkinson’s Disease in minutes. The new AI system has been trained to spot Parkinson’s by looking at existing video footage of patients. The video analysis was done in collaboration with Kings College Hospital in London. Dr…
Skokie, IL, April 15, 2015 – For the past year, 92-year-old Paul Newman has crawled up the stairs of his split-level Skokie home. Paul has almost no strength in his legs and physically cannot walk up steps. Stairs cause a daily struggle for Paul as his only bathroom is located upstairs and the kitchen downstairs.…
There are many opportunities for people over the age of 50 to learn how to get the most out their technological devices for more meaningful experiences. Technology seems like a young person’s thing: all those “intuitive” buttons that aren’t necessarily intuitive to anyone over the age of 30, much less 50. However, there is so…
Despite advancements in technology, there are still many hurdles when it comes to accessing and viewing your medical images including CT, MRI, X-ray and ultrasound scans. Nephosity is one company attempting to bring these walls down, by providing a mobile and web-based platform for patients and their caregivers to manage their medical images securely and…