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Tinder now tells users where the nearest STD testing location is
Health experts have claimed for a while now that Tinder contributes to higher STD rates, and the company has finally addressed that issue in a way that ...
Nanoparticles could be used to kill antibiotic-resistant superbugs
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria, known as superbugs, have become a serious problem in recent years, and many experts believe that the problem will grow to ...
Spermbots could be used to help men struggling with infertility
Most cases of infertility in men are caused by sperm that can't swim fast enough to reach the egg, and while there are some alternative methods of fertilization ...
Babylon Health wants to turn your smartphone into a doctor
Babylon Health, a London-based startup that allows users to set up video consultations with doctors, has raised $25 million in funding, which it claims will be ...
Illumina has raised $100 million to detect cancer before it’s too late
How many cancer-related deaths do you think would've been avoided if doctors had discovered the cancer sooner? Lots of them, I can assure you. But the problem ...
How has big data changed healthcare?
Healthcare institutions have been compiling massive amounts of data for decades, storing it away for future use. The future is now, because all that data is ...
Your fitness tracker data is pretty much useless for doctors
Wearable gadgets are a great way to gather information on your fitness and health habits, but what do you do with that information once you've gathered it? ...
You can use your smartphone to help process cancer research data
How many hours a day do you think your smartphone sits in idle, meaning it's on but not being used at all? We all use our smartphone a lot, but there are plenty ...
Microsoft wants to use its cloud services to revolutionize healthcare
Microsoft's decision to remove OneDrive's unlimited cloud storage option earlier this week made many of us doubt the sincerity of the company's claims that it ...
New breakthrough could turn smartphones into pollution detectors
Smog is a big problem in many of the world's largest cities, especially in the massive urban agglomerations that pepper Asia. That's why a group of researchers ...
Smartphones could be used to diagnose depression
There are different kinds of usefulness. There's the convenient kind that makes life a bit easier but isn't actually that big of a deal, and then there's the ...
Ancestry.com wants to use DNA to estimate people’s risk of disease
Ancestry.com has spent the last two decades reading people DNA in order to help them learn about their family history, but now it wants to find a ...
Speak your symptoms into this app and it’ll diagnose your illness
Having a doctor professional diagnose your illness is ideal, but many people choose to diagnose themselves for a number of reasons, ranging from an inability to ...
IBM spent $1 billion to boost Watson’s medical capabilities
Watson's medical capabilities got a significant boost late last week after IBM dropped $1 billion to acquire medical image company Merge Healthcare and combine ...