Topic
Health care
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Pioneering digital collaborations
MIT hosts a summit on transformative artificial intelligence technologies in biomedical sciences and health care.
April 10, 2018 -
A low-tech solution for high-impact health care
An interdisciplinary team of MIT students develops a solution to improve medical care for refugees as part of the Vatican’s first-ever hackathon.
March 22, 2018 -
How often do medical problems lead to bankruptcy?
Poor health is a less common cause of bankruptcy than commonly thought, but it brings other economic woes, study finds.
March 21, 2018 -
Contact lenses that deliver drugs directly to the eye win health care prize
Eight teams pitched novel inventions at MIT Sloan Healthcare Innovations Prize competition.
March 9, 2018 -
Ouch: Study reveals financial pain after hospitalization
Serious medical problems reduce earnings, hurt employment, and increase debt.
February 20, 2018 -
Giving everyone a window into the human body
Startup’s low-cost, portable scanner generates clinical-quality ultrasounds on a smartphone.
February 6, 2018 -
Just what the doctor ordered
Class brings together MIT students and clinicians from local hospitals to design medical devices that address real-world health needs.
February 5, 2018 -
Understanding and treating disease
Mechanical engineering researchers are developing new and innovative ways to improve health care.
February 2, 2018 -
Fine-tuning cancer medicine
New cancer research initiative eyes individualized treatment for patients.
February 1, 2018 -
Reading and writing DNA
Department of Biology kicks off IAP seminar series with a lecture by synthetic-biology visionary George Church.
January 31, 2018 -
Making preventive medicine more accessible
MIT senior Anjali Misra is drawn to health care problems that don’t have easy answers.
January 17, 2018 -
How to turn clinicians into makers
Providing training and resources, MakerHealth helps nurses and doctors hack medical equipment to improve patient care.
December 19, 2017 -
Pioneering a health care innovation ecosystem to better serve patients
NEWDIGS Initiative at MIT leads multi-stakeholder collaboration to design and pilot a sustainable, patient-centered innovation ecosystem for a target disease.
December 15, 2017 -
How privacy policies affect genetic testing
Study: State-level disclosure laws affect patients’ eagerness to have their DNA tested.
December 12, 2017 -
MIT Lincoln Laboratory earns six R&D 100 Awards for 2017
Technologies named among the year's most significant innovations address health care, radar performance, aircraft collision avoidance, and 24-hour wide-area surveillance.
December 8, 2017 -
Startup’s needle-free drug injector gets commercialization deal
Collaboration with pharmaceutical giant will bring smart jet-injection device to market.
December 7, 2017 -
J-PAL North America calls for proposals from governments and health care organizations
MIT research center aims to support state and local governments and health care organizations in testing innovative approaches to address pressing policy challenges.
December 6, 2017 -
Mary Clare Beytagh: Finding poetry in medicine
MIT senior and aspiring physician aims to tell stories that humanize the patients behind medical statistics.
November 12, 2017 -
MIT NEWDIGS Design Lab advances work on medical treatment financing strategies
Industry leaders, patient advocates, and policymakers collaborate to make groundbreaking new therapies economically sustainable.
November 9, 2017 -
Using artificial intelligence to improve early breast cancer detection
Model developed at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory could reduce false positives and unnecessary surgeries.
October 16, 2017