[ad_1] Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk‘s neurotech startup Neuralink implanted its device in a human for the first time on Sunday, and the patient is “recovering well,” the billionaire said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Monday. The company is developing a brain implant that aims to…
[ad_1] The headquarters of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seen in Washington, D.C., May 12, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters Laura Tyler Perryman, co-founder and former CEO of the medical device startup Stimwave Technologies, was charged with allegedly defrauding investors out of $41 million by making “false and misleading” statements about one…
[ad_1] Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, speaks on artificial intelligence during a Bruegel think tank conference in Brussels, Belgium, on Jan. 20, 2020. Yves Herman | Reuters Google on Wednesday announced MedLM, a suite of new health-care-specific artificial intelligence models designed to help clinicians and researchers carry out complex studies, summarize doctor-patient interactions…
[ad_1] Noor Siddiqui, founder and CEO of Orchid, during the web summit for careers during Day 2 of the 2014 Web Summit in Dublin, Ireland, Nov. 5, 2014. Stephen McCarthy | Getty Images Reproductive technology startup Orchid on Tuesday announced a comprehensive new genetic test that may help many prospective parents across the U.S. breathe…
[ad_1] Tourists visit the bars and country music venues in the Lower Broadway entertainment district in Nashville, Tennessee, Sept. 1, 2019. Robert Alexander | Archive Photos | Getty Images On a flight from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Nashville, Tennessee, earlier this month, 36-year-old Robin Shah settled into his seat and prepared to crank out some…
[ad_1] Andrew Hitz with the Zeus hand. Courtesy of Aether Biomedical In 2011, Jeremy Schroeder was driving a four-wheeler near Sherwood, Ohio, when he crashed into a stop sign he hadn’t seen as the stone path suddenly turned to asphalt. The sign left a deep gash in Schroeder’s arm; he was rapidly losing blood. Shroeder,…
[ad_1] Prenuvo MRI machine Courtesy of Prenuvo While celebrating the July Fourth holiday last year on a boat in Tyler, Texas, Dr. Julianne Santarosa received the results from her full-body MRI scan. What she saw put a damper on the festivities. Radiologists at Prenuvo, which performed the scan, had identified a nodule in her lungs….
[ad_1] Sheryl Sandberg, former COO of Facebook, at Vanity Fair’s 6th Annual New Establishment Summit. Matt Winkelmeyer | Getty Images A new health tech startup called Cercle launched Wednesday and announced major global partners and investors, including Meta‘s former COO Sheryl Sandberg. Cercle uses artificial intelligence to try and advance women’s health, particularly within fertility…
[ad_1] Weight loss has always been big business, but it’s exploded of late due to surging demand for Ozempic, Wegovy and other new diabetes and obesity drugs. In the first half of 2023, sales of Ozempic and Wegovy rose by 58% and 363%, respectively. That’s after quarterly prescriptions for those types of GLP-1 treatments, which mimic…
[ad_1] Amazon announced Friday it will soon begin making drone deliveries in College Station, Texas. Amazon Amazon Pharmacy customers located in College Station, Texas can now have their prescription medications delivered by drone, the company announced in a blog post Wednesday. Eligible customers can access more than 500 medications, including treatments for common conditions like…
