Category: medicine

The best fitness wearables | Engadget

[ad_1] If you’re an endurance athlete You’re serious about fitness, and you go to the gym as many times as your exercise regimen will allow. You’re all about shaving precious seconds from your splits and squeezing out those marginal gains. And it’s likely that you’re always preparing for a race, marathon, Ironman, Tough Mudder, triathlon […]

In-brain electrodes are the latest weapon against opioid addiction

[ad_1] Deep brain stimulation, or DBS, is a form of surgery that places electrodes inside the patient’s brain — in this case, in the self-control and pleasure centers. An external device sends electrical pulses to interrupt the patient’s typical brain behavior, such as an addict’s craving a drug or an obsessive compulsive disorder patient’s feeling […]

The apps and gear you need to get fit without breaking the bank

[ad_1] Or, if you’d prefer to take a break from looking at your phone while you exercise but still want some instruction and guidance, YouTube is chock full of workout routines from some of the biggest names in personal fitness today. Whether you’re blasting through circuits with Joanna Soh, strengthening your core with MadFit, flowing […]

Google wants to give doctors web-like searches for medical records

[ad_1] An insider also claimed that Google is considering a Flights-style dedicated search experience for health. You could research conditions without wading through the regular web to find trustworthy info. It’s not certain how close either idea is to fruition, and CNBC‘s tipster warned that it wasn’t certain the Google search team would sign off […]

China tells online stores to stop selling e-cigarettes

[ad_1] It’s not certain if or when the ban will end. This isn’t the first time Chinese retailers have pulled e-cigs, but it’s considerably broader than before. In September, Juul’s e-cigarettes disappeared from shelves just a week after they became available in China. This will be a serious blow to e-cig makers in China if […]

Microsoft and Ninja Theory are making games to fight mental illness

[ad_1] Fletcher and Taneem Antoniades, co-founder and Creative Director at Ninja Theory, plan to study how game design, technology and neuroscience can come together to benefit those with mental illness. Their work will take place over the course of years. At the moment, the team is testing how you can use biometric data to control […]

Healthcare risk algorithm had ‘significant racial bias’

[ad_1] The differences were sometimes acute. Scientists reckoned that eliminating the algorithmic bias would increase the percentage of black patients receiving extra help from 17.7 percent to 46.5 percent. When millions of customers were processed through the algorithm, this meant that legions of black people weren’t receiving enough support. In this case, the bias appear […]

Google researchers taught an AI to recognize smells

[ad_1] The researchers created a data set of nearly 5,000 molecules identified by perfumers, who labeled the molecules with descriptions ranging from “buttery” to “tropical” and “weedy.” The team used about two-thirds of the data set to train its AI (a graph neural network or GNN) to associate molecules with the descriptors they often receive. […]

Amazon acquires another healthcare start-up for its Amazon Care program

[ad_1] At this stage, however, the service is intended only for Amazon’s own employees, and joins pilot program Amazon Care, which acts as a medical benefit for staff. If employees are unwell they can use the service to access virtual care through a video consultation, or obtain a home visit if necessary. PillPack, which provides […]