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How Philips is using AI to transform healthcare
Philips Innovation Campus is using technologies such as machine and deep learning, artificial intelligence technologies to help in the early detection of diseases.
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He devised a business plan that’s improved livelihoods in his native Senegal
Bagoré Bathily opened Senegal’s only fresh milk production company in 2007, capitalizing on the fact that 30 percent of the population lives off cattle rearing. Hundreds of cowherds have earned more income.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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New Malaria Vaccine 100% Effective, But May Be Difficult to Scale
Today, a human trial for a malaria vaccine reported up to 100% protection for ten weeks following the last dose, a potential breakthrough for a vexing disease.
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How Philips is Using AI to Transform Healthcare
Data scientists have begun betting on the use of machine learning, deep learning, Big Data and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to help in the early detection of diseases and advance healthcare. Leading the way on the road to healthcare analytics are the world’s five largest medical device companies—Johnson & Johnson, GE Healthcare, Siemens, Medtronic and Philips Healthcare.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- South Asia
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New Malaria Vaccine 100% Effective, But May Be Difficult to Scale
Today, a human trial for a malaria vaccine reported up to 100% protection for ten weeks following the last dose, a potential breakthrough for a vexing disease. While this vaccine has been trialed before, it has never been this effective. The key appears to be how the vaccine was delivered—directly into the bloodstream as opposed to into a muscle, as most vaccines are.
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- Health Care
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Are You in the Market for Condoms?
Valentine’s Day is not the only reason to celebrate February 14th this year – it is also International Condom Day! Since its inception in 2009, International Condom Day is celebrated in conjunction with Valentine’s Day as an ideal opportunity to promote healthy relationships and to remind people to protect themselves and their partners.
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Proposed Joint Venture to Produce and Sell Cuban Vaccines to Treat Cancer Seeks Investors
A joint venture between the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York, and the Center for Molecular Immunology in Havana could open its doors to new U.S. investors as early as April.
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- Latin America
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The Little Yellow Box That’s Made Thousands of Operations Safer
Gundegmaa Tumurbaatar glimpsed her son only for an instant as he was carried into the ageing Soviet-built hospital where she works. It was one of the first fine days after the gruelling Mongolian winter, and she had left Gunbileg, aged three, and his older brother playing outside, telling them to be careful. Now, he was moaning in pain and covered from head to toe in filth and blood. A passer-by had brought Gunbileg to the hospital after seeing the two boys trying to jump over an open manhole above a sewer – watching in horror as the younger boy had fallen into the jagged pit on his abdomen. By the time Gundegmaa saw him, he was in shock, his belly frighteningly distended, an internal haemorrhage putting him at imminent risk of cardiac arrest.
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- Health Care
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- Europe & Eurasia
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