You’re surrounded by chemicals you’ve never heard of — and some of the most harmful ones are completely invisible. Medium-chain chlorinated paraffins, or MCCPs, are one of them. These compounds are used in industrial products like lubricants, sealants, and flame retardants, but they don’t stay put. They escape into the environment and hang in the…
Retinal scans are already being used to screen for diabetic retinopathy, however, new research suggests they offer so much more potential in terms of disease detection. In fact, these diagnostic tools help detect the earliest vascular changes linked to prediabetes and full-blown metabolic dysfunction — long before typical symptoms appear. But this screening tool is…
Salcit Technologies, an India-based respiratory healthcare company, has joined forces with the Google Research team to explore how Google’s Health Acoustic Representations (HeAR), can help expand the capabilities of Salcit’s bioacoustic AI technology Swaasa. Swaasa uses HeAR to help research and enhance early detection of tuberculosis based on cough sounds. “Every missed case of tuberculosis…
