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Retina Scan for Diabetes Could Also Reduce Deaths During Pregnancy in Developing Countries - Slashdot
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Retina Scan for Diabetes Could Also Reduce Deaths During Pregnancy in Developing Countries - Slashdot

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This week Bill Gates wrote a blog post about a special camera from medtech startup Remidio , which delivers high-resolution images of a patient's retina in seconds. The camera plugs into a phone running an AI system that watches for early signs of diabetes — all without needing a blood draw, eye dilation, or a dibetes specialist. It's already been used in 40 countries for more than 15 million patients. But that same hardware, with different software, can also flag the conditions that drive so many dangerous pregnancies. Gestational diabetes sharply increases the risk of pre-eclampsia [a spike in blood pressure during pregnancy responsible for half a million fetal deaths every year and 70,000 maternal deaths]... In most of rural sub-Saharan Africa or South Asia, it usually isn't screened for at all, because the standard test requires a lab. A retinal scan offers a different way in. Remidio's device is currently being used in India to screen pregnant women for conditions that drive stillbirth.…

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