Can Young Blood Transfusions Cure Age-Related Diseases?
June 14, 2019History is full of little ironies, like the fact that ZZ Top band member Frank Beard was the guy without a hillbilly beard or that… Read More
Life Sciences
iRhythm Stock – A Play on Cardiac Monitoring and AI
June 11, 2019If you took all the blood vessels in an adult human and laid them out in a single line it would stretch to… Read More
6 Substance Abuse Apps Helping Us Battle Addictions
June 3, 2019We talked before about the Johari window which looks at “how you think other people see you” and compares that to “how… Read More
A Bionic Pancreas that Uses Machine Learning for Good
May 22, 2019Former Vice President Al Gore was back in the news this month, raising millions for a new campaign. No, not the one crowded with 22… Read More
Trading The Crackdown on Opioid Companies
May 14, 2019Back in August 2017, we published an article on How to Make Money off America’s Opioid Epidemic which looked at the major… Read More
This Weight Loss App Could Be Worth Billions
May 13, 2019We’re always suspicious of companies that don’t have venture capital (VC) backing. That’s because companies that get funded by VCs have undergone a lengthy vetting process that serves… Read More
Robotic Pills That Replace Biologic Injections
May 7, 2019If you have Internet access that allows you to read this article, then you’ve probably had an injection at some point in your life. Read More
An Artificial Pancreas for Diabetics is Almost Here
April 28, 2019If you’ve ever taken an introductory cultural anthropology class, you might recall reading a paper on “Body Ritual among the Nacirema.”… Read More
Are Dog DNA Tests Worth the Hype?
April 23, 2019It’s a dog-eat-dog world when it comes to DNA testing. We’ve seen it all over the last few years, from serious… Read More
When Will There Ever be a Cure for Epilepsy?
April 19, 2019The three-pound organ that serves as command central for the human organism is certainly a marvel, just by virtue of the fact that the brain… Read More