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New research led by MIT Sloan School of Management’s Dimitris Bertsimas shows how a novel, data-driven algorithm can improve the prognosis for type 2 diabetes

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The algorithm is applicable to other diseases, including cancer and Alzheimer's disease

Dec 5, 2016
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MIT Sloan to host health innovation conference

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MIT Sloan's Initiative for Health Systems Innovation (HSI) is holding a Health Systems Innovation Conference on Oct. 21, 2016 to advance health management and delivery.

Oct 17, 2016
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Ideas Made to Matter Health Care

Financing around a health care bottleneck

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A new MIT Sloan course will apply alternative funding techniques to new drug development.

Oct 13, 2016
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Ideas Made to Matter Data

Bringing big data to drug discovery

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twoXAR, co-founded by MIT Sloan alumnus, uses machine learning to identify drug candidates in minutes, not years.

Sep 28, 2016
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Ideas Made to Matter Health Care

The last mile: startup gets medical equipment up and running in Africa

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Founded at MIT Sloan, Medical Devices as a Service provides defibrillators, ultrasound machines, and other equipment to Nigerian hospitals.

Aug 8, 2016
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Ideas Made to Matter Health Care

Student team tackles diabetes prevention in India

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India Lab’s project may improve screening.

Jun 17, 2016
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Ideas Made to Matter Health Care

Lung cancer screening from Astraeus Technologies wins MIT $100K

Early detection breath test could be first on new platform to quickly and cheaply diagnose deadly diseases.

May 12, 2016
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Simple, noninvasive lung cancer screening test wins MIT $100K

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World’s first automated restaurant, shipping route optimization among finalists’ offerings

May 12, 2016
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Ideas Made to Matter Behavioral Science

How behavioral science could boost development in the Caribbean

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For Cuba and Trinidad and Tobago, nine proposals to reduce waste, improve public health, and spur entrepreneurship.

Apr 5, 2016
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Ideas Made to Matter Data

Patients key to making sense of medical data

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As big data unfolds, health care analytics world remains fractured, siloed

Mar 1, 2016
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