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SeeAI is a Leeds-based startup that's on a mission to empower radiologists and help patients to get their medical imaging diagnosis within minutes. Despite it being such an important part of society, our healthcare system has a number of shortages at the moment. There is a need for more radiologists, for example, who are overworked and burnt out, but having people who can look at x-rays and ide...
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Digital health startup Infermedica launches new platform in a bid to further support the entire patient-care journey. Infermedica – a leading digital health company, specializing in AI-powered solutions for symptom analysis and patient triage has just announced the launch of its Medical Guidance Platform, with new modules and features designed to support the entire patient-care journey. ...
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The lowdown on Xtremedy Medical, the Galway-based medtech startup that's on a mission to improve infection treatments and help prevent unnecessary amputations No matter how advanced our healthcare becomes, it can still be in many ways pretty barbaric and severely lacking. We’re certainly a long way from the Star Trek world of pointing a bleeping device at someone and they’re magical...
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  The lowdown on Xploro, the Manchester-based startup that's using AR, gameplay and AI to deliver health information to young patients. When children are hospitalised, they are too frequently left in the dark, unsure what to expect. Hospitals are too short staffed for anyone to spend any real time with them and prepare them for the procedure they are there for, and what printed resources th...
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The lowdown on Luminate Medical, the Galway-based startup that has developed an innovative device to prevent hair loss during chemotherapy Though some of us at Startacus might not know it, for a lot of people their hair is a part of their identity. Hair loss is also one of the most well known and recognised side-effects of chemotherapy, and one which 47% of patients say - according to today&rsq...
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Considering selling your startup's tech innovation to the healthcare industry? These tips from Evelyne Priestman, Health Economist, Health Enterprise East should help... Entrepreneurs in the healthcare industry often have a brilliant innovation idea, which they firmly believe will better support clinicians and help improve patient outcomes. It is this resolute belief that gives them the drive a...
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Joe Fernandes, founder and CEO, BuzzStreets shares his insight on the five technologies that are already shaping our hospitals and will be integral parts of the hospital of the future... I am going to make an assumption that if you are a tech startup founder there is a good chance that you are a fan of Star Trek.  As you’ll know the TV series is full of gadgets.  You may remembe...
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The lowdown on Thymia, the innovative startup that's using video games based on Neuropsychology to help clinicians to make mental health assessments For many, the pandemic has been difficult on their mental health. Disconnected from others, isolated with perhaps only video calling to keep in touch with friends and family - with their support base.  For people with depression, the year or...
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The lowdown on Bionaut Labs, the US startup that's on a mission to revolutionise the medical world with its innovative microscale robots We are, and have been for a while, in a period of time where reality begins to catch up with science fiction; where technology that we accepted as only part of fictional worlds starts to become a reality. One such technology is microrobotics for use in the med...
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The lowdown on GyroGear, the London-based medtech startup that's creating innovative wearable devices to stabilise hand tremors There are a number of different types of hand tremor, and different causes. The most well-known is Parkinson’s disease, but there is a more common Essential Tremor which can be misdiagnosed as Parkinson’s due to its similarity and affects 7 million people ...
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