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Lenovo partners with Rendever to advance senior care and more AWE2024 announcements
Lenovo is partnering with Boston-based Rendever, a virtual reality company focused on the aging population, to implement VR technology into hospice care provider Carolina Caring’s offerings. Through Rendever’s platform, users can participate in group sessions to share virtual reality immersive experiences aimed at building social connections and decreasing social isolation. Rendever’s immersive offerings will be […]
Mika Health partners with pharma giants for women’s oncology initiative
Oncology-focused digital therapeutics company Mika Health announced a partnership with pharma companies AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo for an initiative dubbed “UNITE” to provide digital therapeutics to women undergoing breast cancer treatments. Mika Health’s app gives cancer patients access to psychological support to reduce disease-related anxiety, depression and stress. Patients can track side effects from medications, […]
Exclusive: Wellth expands AI personalized predictive features for blood pressure
Wellth, a digital health startup that offers small financial rewards for completing health-related tasks, is launching a suite of in-app personalized, predictive health features to help control the leading factors affecting chronic health conditions, such as increased blood pressure. Wellth works with insurers, providers and employers to offer an app that reminds users about daily […]
HealthTap now accepts insurance for virtual primary care services
California-based virtual healthcare provider HealthTap announced it is now an in-network provider with many major insurance plans, traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage. HealthTap provides virtual primary care through the web and health apps, including mental health, urgent care, sexual health and wellness and lifestyle services. Consumers can review a doctor’s bio and credentials, watch video […]
Google creates Tx-LLM for drug discovery and therapeutic development
Google Research and Google DeepMind recently released a paper announcing the creation of a new LLM for drug discovery and therapeutic development dubbed Tx-LLM, fine-tuned from PaLM-2. Tx-LLM utilizes the tech giant’s PaLM-2, its generative AI technology that uses Google’s LLMs to answer medical questions. The drug discovery-focused LLM was trained using 709 datasets to […]
Federal Experts Talk Bird Flu ‘What Ifs’ in WebMD Live Event
May 16, 2024 – Multiple U.S. agencies are working to contain the recent bird flu outbreak among cattle to prevent further spread to humans (beyond one case reported in early April) and use what we learned before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic to keep farm workers and the general public safe. Fingers crossed, the bird […]
Expert Q&A With John Whyte, MD
As WebMD’s chief medical officer, John Whyte, MD, is in a unique position to see both the current state of medical care for America’s older adults and the way things are trending for the future. We asked him to share his insight on a few topics, along with a bit of advice. WebMD: What are […]
Health Care for Older Adults in the COVID-19 Era
COVID-19 has changed the way we do everything — especially when it comes to doctor visits. Older adults have a higher risk of complications from the coronavirus, so it’s best to avoid unnecessary exposure. But sometimes you need to see the doctor in person. And what if you have to go to the hospital? We […]