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Edward’s family knew in their gut that there was something off. After months of chemotherapy and the fight against his stage 3 throat cancer, the doctors had suggested he try a new biologic. This had shown some success but lately he had become very weak. He had come down with stomach troubles for weeks that were not getting better. Despite many phone calls to the primary care doctor, no one seemed to have any good answers.
“Innovation in health and AI enhancement, have the potential to make this a reality. One such company with a vision of better and quicker diagnosis through connection and AI is BandHealth. Taking a page from online dating apps, this company matches patients on similar characteristics such as age, gender, geography, symptoms and diagnosis to create community sharing of information. Zach Gotlib and Jared Firestone, co-founders, created this vision from their own experiences.
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