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Using a Smartphone to Screen for Male Infertility

More than 45 million couples worldwide grapple with infertility, but current standard methods for diagnosing male infertility can be expensive, labor-intensive and require testing in a clinical setting. Cultural and social stigma, and lack of access in resource-limited countries, may prevent men from seeking an evaluation. Investigators at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) set out to develop a home-based diagnostic test that could be used to measure semen quality using a smartphone-based device.

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Virtual Support Groups Help Grieving Spouses with Depression

As the U.S. population ages, it's estimated that half of women older than 65 are widows, while one-sixth of men of the same age have lost their spouses. Support groups have proved to be a helpful resource for those dealing with grief, but for older individuals, obstacles such as geographic location and physical immobility can sometimes make it difficult to attend support groups in person.

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Pryv Joins The Pistoia Alliance to Lower the Barriers of Adopting Innovation in Life Sciences Research and Development

As a new member at Pistoia Alliance, Pryv joins with the mission to address the growing needs for improving the adoption of innovative technologies for patient and real-world data. Positioning itself as the next industry standard for personal and real-world data standard, Pryv is looking forward to participating in the Pistoia Alliance Community to promote collaboration as many organisations would benefit significantly from industry-wide pre-competitive collaboration.

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The Future Has Arrived #CUBETechFair

10 - 12 May 2017, Berlin, Germany.
Startups are setting up, speakers are tweaking their talks, and CUBE Tech Fair is ready for you... The inaugural CUBE Tech Fair kicks off tomorrow, and what a show they have for you. CUBE Tech Fair has brought the Crème de la Crème of the tech world to Berlin.

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Abbott Announces CE Mark and First Use of the World's First Smartphone Compatible Insertable Cardiac Monitor

Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced CE Mark and first use of the new Confirm RxTM Insertable Cardiac Monitor (ICM), the world's first smartphone compatible ICM that will help physicians identify difficult to detect cardiac arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation (AF), to help guide therapy. Since CE Mark approval, adoption of the device has been strong and implants have occurred in 10 countries across Europe.

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Philips Agreement with German Düren Hospital Marks Expansion of its Next Generation EMR Solution into European Market

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, is expanding Tasy, its award-winning next generation EMR solution, into the European market. The introduction is being marked with an agreement signed with KrankenHaus Düren. Together with this German public hospital, Philips will co-design and enterprise wide pilot Tasy.

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Scopis Introduces the First Mixed-Reality Surgical Holographic Navigation Platform Integrating Microsoft HoloLens for Open and Minimally-Invasive Spine Surgery

Scopis, a company specializing in surgical navigation and medical augmented and mixed reality technologies, announced today the launch of its newest development, the Holographic Navigation Platform for use in surgery. Scopis developed this platform to offer greater precision and speed to surgeons, and better outcomes to patients undergoing open and minimally-invasive spinal procedures.

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Devicare Raises 3 Million Euros in its Commitment to 'Remote Patient Monitoring'

Devicare, a company specializing in innovative medical devices for chronic home care patients under Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM), has closed out a seed round of 3 million euros. This funding will be used to consolidate the launch of clinical studies of two of Devicare's main product lines on the Spanish market:

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'Smart Contact Lens Sensor' for Diabetic and Glaucoma Diagnosis

A recent study, affiliated with Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea, has proposed the possibility of in situ human health monitoring simply by wearing a contact lens with built-in wireless smart sensors. This study has been jointly conducted by Professor Jang-Ung Park of Materials Science and Engineering, Professor Chang Young Lee of Life Science, and Professor Franklin Bien of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UNIST in collaboration with

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2017 eHealth Competition Awards SilverCloud, Mediktor and MedicSen as the Best Digital Solutions in Europe

The eHealth Competition is an initiative that rewards the best digital health solutions produced by SMEs across Europe. This edition has been supported by Astrazeneca, Ship2B and Younoodle. This competition has three categories. Two of them depending on the turnover of the companies: Champions (SMEs with turnover more than 0.5 M€) and Promises (with less turnover).

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