Healthcare

Healthcare can be difficult to access for rural residents in the developing world. Medic Mobile provides cell phones to health workers loaded with special SIM card-based software to connect them...

March 14, 2012 9:31am

During a breakout session on the future of healthcare at the Dreamforce conference in San Francisco, UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann discusses how the medical research organization is...

September 2, 2011 1:39pm

Healthcare can be difficult to access for rural residents in the developing world. Medic Mobile provides cell phones to health workers loaded with special SIM card-based software to connect them...

March 14, 2012 9:31am

At a Churchill Club event held at the Computer History Museum in Menlo Park, Calif., the United States’ CTO, Aneesh Chopra, describes his plan to invest in security infrastructure upgrades to help...

2 | August 6, 2009 1:20pm

At a talk in front of students at UC Berkeley, Microsoft Chairman and philanthropist Bill Gates discusses the world issues he plans to work on during the next 20 years. He says his priorities are...

5 | April 19, 2010 4:34pm

Companies show-off the latest in mobile health tech for consumers at the Health 2.0 conference Monday in San Francisco. SmartPlanet blogger Boonsri Dickinson shows you three apps that caught her eye.

September 27, 2011 1:11pm

"The Eatery" a new app from start-up Massive Health lets users snap a picture of their food and then starts analyzing eating habits over time. SmartPlanet correspondent Sumi Das talks with...

November 1, 2011 8:00am

One out of every 15 kids has a speech impediment. When a toddler says "wabbit" instead of "rabbit," it may be cute, but as the child grows older, it can be the source of cruel taunts and teasing....

November 28, 2011 8:32am

Health tech start-up ZocDoc is trying to make booking an appointment with the doctor a pain free process. SmartPlanet correspondent Sumi Das takes a look at the service with ZocDoc CEO Cyrus Massoumi.

1 | February 7, 2012 8:18am

UCSF Medical Center patients now receive medication from the hospital's automated pharmacy. By using robots instead of people, the hospital hopes to reduce errors and free pharmacists and nurses...

4 | March 30, 2011 4:31pm

Bruce German, a professor at UC Davis is researching the properties of milk and how it functions when ingested by growing infants. In his lab, scientists disassemble milk from mothers around the...

4 | August 26, 2010 11:46am

After witnessing women in desperate conditions delivering babies in African hospitals, Dr. Laura Stachel knew she needed to help. She and Hal Aronson have designed a solar kit that is portable and...

4 | July 5, 2012 12:03pm

James Gosling, creator of Java, and Christopher Boone, CEO of Visuvi, demonstrate new image search software powered by Java that analyzes information based on content of the image. The software is...

June 5, 2009 1:44pm

Super Better Labs creative director Jane McGonigal is making a new online social game called Super Better available to the public today. The goal is to help people fight health ailments, such as...

32 | March 9, 2012 9:00am

Cisco Systems is bringing its popular TelePresence technology to the health care industry. Through high-definition video conferencing and the aid of an on-site nurse, patients go through a consult...

15 | August 1, 2011 7:32am

Engineers are in high-demand in Silicon Valley, but their skills are also needed in the developing world. Engineers without Borders is a nonprofit working on projects big and small all over the...

4 | March 5, 2012 8:36am

Former Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz has created a subscription-based health care site to help people to keep track of medical records for their loved ones, such as medications, doctor visits, and...

March 20, 2012 9:45am