ForSight Robotics founders (left to right) Daniel Glozman, Joseph Nathan and Moshe Shoham
ForSight Robotics
Millions of people get cataract surgery every year. What if a robot could do it better than humans?
Cataract surgery is one of the…
Category: 5. Health
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USC’s new AI implant promises drug-free relief for chronic pain
Chronic pain is a debilitating condition that severely impacts quality of life, often leading to reliance on opioid medications with their severe side effects and addiction risks. According to the U.S. Pain Foundation, 51.6 million Americans live…
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Your CT scan could reveal a hidden heart risk—and AI just learned how to find it
Mass General Brigham researchers have developed a new AI tool in collaboration with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to probe through previously collected CT scans and identify individuals with high coronary artery calcium…
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What To Expect As The New Vaccine Advisory Committee Meets This Week
WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 29: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for … More
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Examining The Economic Case For College Mental Health
U.S. Dollar Signs
In 2021, the American Council on Education conducted a survey of college and university presidents, which indicated that student mental health was the top-rated pressing issue. Many presidents are currently tasked with…
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Neuralink Is Working On Vision-Enhancing Implants, Elon Musk Says
Elon Musk’s Neuralink has advanced significantly in recent years.
Elon Musk’s latest venture: Using Neuralink to help people with vision loss see.
Elon Musk engaged in a fireside chat Thursday with famed startup accelerator Y…
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What Is ACIP? Inside the CDC Vaccine Panel in the National Spotlight
How will the newly ACIP operate? We’ll soon find out.
A once-obscure federal committee is now at the center of a political firestorm. This week the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which has helped guide national vaccine policy…
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3 years after abortion rights were overturned, contraception access is at risk
On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization eliminated a nearly 50-year constitutional right to abortion and returned the authority to regulate abortion to the states.
The Dobbs…
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Here are 3 marketing strategies I use to make Philadelphia healthier
In Philadelphia, the leading causes of death are heart disease, cancer and unintentional drug overdose. While some of these deaths are caused by things out of our control – like genetics – many are largely preventable.
Preventable…
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Cancer Patients Are Overmedicated To Enrich Health Systems, Study Says
View of doctor’s office with equipment and iv drip bag on the steel pole.
Are patients being prescribed more medications not for their health, but to generate profit? A new economic study published in The Journal of Health Economics reveals…
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