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BioWorld MedTech

May 10, 2018

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MIT's Turkle says technology is having dehumanizing impact on medical practice

BOSTON – Digital health is all the rage in this second decade of a still-young century, but Sherry Turkle, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), advised attendees at the 2018 Heart Rhythm Society annual meeting that technology "is tutoring us to turn away from each other," and that the consequent dehumanization of the medical interaction might suggest that in the process, "we actually lose the ability to cure." Read More

Murj scores $8.5M in series B as it looks to advance cardiac device management platform

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Nexstim beginning rollout of targeted TMS in treatment of major depressive disorder

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Memo from self: Swiss startup raises $5M for antibody library technology

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Spineguard deploys its real-time guiding technology in back surgery in China

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Vagus nerve tells all: From synapses to signaling, immunity shapes brain

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