Diagnostics

The FDA has given the OK to digital health startup Nephosity to market its image viewing mobile app for diagnostic purposes. Nephosity said it received 510(k) clearance for use of its app in situations where a clinician doesn’t have access to the traditional means of viewing CT scans, MRIs and X-rays.[read more]

Pedro Arrabal, M.D.

“Fetal echocardiography allows us to diagnose fetal heart defects as early as possible – while a woman is still pregnant – and determine what diagnostic measures can be performed during the pregnancy to further advise the parents,” says Pedro Arrabal, M.D., one of Sinai’s high-risk pregnancy specialists.[read more]

BRCA1: should you be tested?

Upon hearing about Angelina Jolie’s decision to undergo surgery to avoid her genetic predisposition to breast cancer, my wife asked, “Should I be tested? I had a great aunt who had breast cancer.” I suspect many women wonder the same thing. Here's what you need to know.[read more]

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Angelina’s decision to have a double mastectomy shows healthcare marketing’s inner potential. By pairing the sexy science of genomic medicine with the breathtaking boldness of patient empowerment, Angelina has given us a glimpse of its beautiful potential.[read more]

ADHD

What exactly is ADHD? ADHD stands for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. According to recent studies, 1 out of 5 children suffer from some sort of mental disease such as ADHD. To convert this figure in terms of healthcare costs, this equates to almost $250 billion.[read more]

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The questions that came to mind immediately for me when I first heard about the Angelina Jolie story included: Isn't BRCA1 the gene that was patented? Isn't that test incredibly expensive and probably not accessible to most women? How is this story relevant to most women?[read more]

Preventative cancer surgery / People.com

Actress Angelina Jolie is making news because she chose to have both breasts removed, with reconstruction with breast implants following. She made that aggressive cancer prevention choice because she tested positive for the “breast and ovarian cancer genes": BRCA1 and BRACA2.[read more]

Parkinson's Disease

While the progression of Parkinson's disease is different for everyone, five main stages have been identified. The Hoehn and Yahr Scale helps define the various stages of PD. Here's a look at what to expect in each stage.[read more]

Jean-Philippe Masson -- Chairman, Forcomed

Forcomed has retained Carestream’s Vue Cloud solution as the technical architecture for its new digital mammography e-learning programme. Jean-Philippe Masson, Chairman of Forcomed, was happy to answer our questions.[read more]

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Older people with short life expectancies often receive aggressive, expensive treatment for non-threatening skin cancers, receive little benefit from the treatments, and experience inconvenience, side effects and complications. This news is hardly surprising, but it’s disturbing.[read more]

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Meeting with the surgeon, radiation oncologist and medical oncologist together and regularly to receive a single, unified approach is an important and critical element to receiving the best possible outcomes, as is working with a palliative care team beginning shortly after diagnosis.[read more]

new mobile app

You can take your own temperature or someone else’s right from the iPhone using the Kinsa Smart Thermometer. The device simply connects to the iPhone headphone jack. The app will display the patient’s temperature almost immediately on the screen.[read more]