Trendwatch Health & Wellness: May 11, 2020

May 11th, 2020

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MobiHealthNews: Withings Carries Out Survey Into Its Users’ Health Behaviour Under Lockdown 

The French company analysed aggregated data from its scales, smartwatches and sleep monitoring devices.


Fast Company: How Open-source Medicine Could Prepare Us for the Next Pandemic

The old drug discovery system was built to benefit shareholders, not patients. But a new, Linux-like platform could transform the way medicine is developed—and energize the race against COVID-19.


New York Times: How A.I. Steered Doctors Toward a Possible Coronavirus Treatment 

Specialists at the London start-up BenevolentAI helped identify the arthritis drug baricitinib, which is now part of a clinical trial.    


Medgadget: Smart Contact Lenses Measure Glucose, Deliver Drugs

The contact lens contains a glucose sensor, a drug-delivery reservoir, a wireless power receiver coil, an integrated circuit chip, and a radio-frequency communication system.


Warable: Motiv Smart Ring Gets Bought – and Will Stop Selling to Consumers

Motiv moves to enterprise - says goodbye to fitness tracking    

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