Digital Health Dr. David Samadi explores the latest technology and innovative products, apps, computers, health systems and more affecting hospitals, healthcare and the doctor-patient relationship. Learn the best health apps, fitness tech tools and nutrition help through technology.
Based on statistics from the American Diabetes Association, there are approximately 30 million children and adults who are suffering from diabetes in the U.S. alone and over 1.5 million Americans diagnosed each year.
Read MoreThe life sciences team at Google will be joining forces with DexCom, a company specializing in glucose monitoring devices, to develop a new low-cost bandage-sized sensor for people with diabetes. In addition to being small and low-cost, the new wearable sensor will be disposable and usable by people with all types of diabetes. The device will be connected to The Cloud and provide real-time information. DexCom state that the aim of the partnership is to develop next-generation continuous glucose monitoring products that will be "substantially smaller and much less expensive than existing technologies."
Read MoreGoogle has teamed up with Johnson & Johnson to create the next robotic-assisted surgery system. Currently the gold standard in robotic surgery is the da Vinci Surgical System. Will this new platform live up? We explore.
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