18 Healthcare Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Companies to Watch
Defining Augmented Reality
Augmented
reality is a technology that blends real-world elements with virtual ones. For
example, a person might visit a trade show and aim their smartphone at a
display to activate an AR experience that allows them to see a
computer-generated version of a product.
This
approach is particularly useful for getting people excited about prototypes or
helping them understand the potential of any item not yet finalized.
AR vs. VR: What’s The Difference?
Virtual reality is another buzz-worthy technology that continues to capture attention and fascinate people in the medical sector and outside of it. Although VR and AR have some similarities, they’re not the same.
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Novo Nordisk estimates that only 10% of 650 million people with obesity currently seek medical treatment, leaving the market wide open for its drug semaglutide. (Creative Commons CC0)
Novo Nordisk has taken one step forward in its ambition to move its Type 2 diabetes drug semaglutide into the giant and largely untapped obesity market. And despite the failure of past obesity drugs not to mention lackluster sales of Novo’s own weight loss product Saxenda the company’s executives now have even more reason to be optimistic.
Data from a phase 3 trial released Wednesday night showed that one-third of patients taking semaglutide, a GLP-1 agonist, lost more than 20% of their body weight during the 68-week trial. The average participant lost more than 33 pounds, and many saw improvements in risk factors for diabetes and heart disease, according to University College London, one of the principle trial sites. The study was published in the New England Journal of Medi
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GARDEN CITY, N.Y., Feb. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Mark R. Fleckner, MD, is being recognized by Continental Who s Who as a Top Ophthalmologist for his remarkable contributions in the field of Medicine and acknowledgment for his devotion to patient-centered care with his Private Practice.
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Offering the highest standard of eye care at 520 Franklin Ave., Suite 123, Garden City, NY and 61-34 188th Street, Suite 206, Fresh Meadows, NY, the office of Dr. Fleckner is home to Dr. Fleckner and Dr. Zilkha; two highly trained ophthalmologists. The practice focuses on treating a wide range of eye diseases including diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, retinal tears and detachment, macular holes, posterior vitreous detachment (PVO), cystoids macular edema (CME), epiretinal membrane, branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO), central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO), and central serous retinopathy (CSR). Both doctors h
Despite COVID-19, some say it s time to go back to school. Others respond not so fast.
“It’s 100% the right time to go back in the classroom,” she said.
Infection numbers are low for school-aged children, Bello said. Plus, remote learning is “taking a toll on kids.”
Bello’s mother, Nicole Lombardi, said that is the case for her daughter.
“It’s scary,” Lombardi said of emotional impacts on students from remote learning, especially for students who don’t have proper support at home.
Since last June, state education leaders have pushed school districts to safely get as many students back into classrooms as possible. Many districts have turned to hybrid learning, which puts half of a school s total number of students inside the building at a time, while the other half learns remotely. The two groups switch places weekly.
But the largely first-come first-serve system, which heavily relies on someone’s ability to sign up for the vaccine by navigating a complicated website or driving to where doses are available, is reinforcing many of the country’s inequities. In many cities, individuals from wealthier, largely white neighborhoods, are taking up more than their representative share of the limited supply of the vaccine.
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“Chasing the vaccine has been almost a full-time job,” said Dr. Katelin Haley, a family medicine doctor in Lewes, Del.Credit.Mark Makela for The New York Times
“Primary care doctors have been a loud and frequent voice in the conversation we have had on a path to equity,” said Dr. Cameron Webb, an internist who is now a senior policy adviser for Covid equity to the White House. He pointed to the administration’s recent efforts to supply vaccines to federally qualified health centers, which serve individuals who are likely to be at the highest risk from the virus an