brandonb

Mon Jan 17, 2011 7:51am PST

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Data for good.

Co-Founder at Empirical Health (https://empirical.health). Don't die of a heart attack.

Before: Co-Founder @ Cardiogram (ML for heart health)

  CTO at Sift Science (YC S11, machine learning to fight fraud)

  Data Science @ UCSF Cardiology

  HealthCare.gov rescue team

  Google (Android speech recognition, search ads ML)

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Inflammation predicts 25% higher mortality

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Fri Aug 22, 2025 2:58pm PST

34% of ancient mummies showed atherosclerosis in a CT scan

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Thurs Aug 21, 2025 2:39pm PST

Beyond sensor data: Foundation models of behavioral data from wearables

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At-home ECGs will detect early heart issues and save thousands, say doctors

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Wed Aug 20, 2025 2:44pm PST

Study: Lp(a) testing would save both lives and dollars

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Tues Aug 19, 2025 12:49pm PST

Large neck size predicts the most common abnormal heart rhythm

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Tues Aug 19, 2025 12:41pm PST

Adaptive deep SVM for detecting early heart disease among cardiac patients

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Tues Aug 19, 2025 12:39pm PST

Even mild Covid may leave blood vessels five years older

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Mon Aug 18, 2025 3:44pm PST

Simple blood cholesterol test may better predict coronary artery disease risk

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Mon Aug 18, 2025 3:28pm PST

UnitedHealthcare rolling out new benefit aimed at early cancer detection

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Sat Aug 16, 2025 8:25pm PST

Deep learning outperforms cardiologists in identifying structural heart disease

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Fri Aug 15, 2025 11:16pm PST

OpenEvidence Scores 100 on US Medical Licensing Exam

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Fri Aug 15, 2025 7:38pm PST

A personal health large language model for sleep and fitness coaching

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Fri Aug 15, 2025 6:41pm PST

DeepHeart: Semi-Supervised Sequence Learning for Cardiovascular Risk Prediction [pdf]

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Fri Aug 15, 2025 5:35pm PST

Whoop pushes back on FDA over blood pressure feature

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Fri Aug 15, 2025 3:22am PST

Distillation Scaling Laws

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Thurs Aug 14, 2025 10:02pm PST

How Should We Evaluate Healthcare AI?

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Thurs Aug 14, 2025 10:00pm PST

New blood pressure guidelines recommend earlier treatment and skipping alcohol

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Thurs Aug 14, 2025 1:14pm PST

Apple returns blood oxygen monitoring to the latest Apple Watches

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Tues Aug 12, 2025 2:44pm PST

Smartwatches aren't confused about stress–but headlines and studies are

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Mon Aug 11, 2025 11:49pm PST

Samsung's 'Preventative Care' on the Galaxy Watch 8

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Mon Aug 11, 2025 1:32am PST

Am I Healthy? How to design a comprehensive health score

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Mon Aug 11, 2025 1:17am PST

Study Finds Smartwatches Aren't That Good at Measuring Stress

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Sun Aug 10, 2025 10:00pm PST

Consequences and dangers of miscategorizing aging as a disease

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Sun Aug 10, 2025 8:57pm PST

New blood tests offer earlier and more accurate heart disease detection

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Tues Aug 5, 2025 5:52pm PST

When does the body start aging? The answer may surprise you

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Tues Aug 5, 2025 4:15pm PST

Poor sleep linked to 172 diseases, including dementia, Parkinson's, diabetes

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Mon Aug 4, 2025 3:03pm PST

Lp(a) is another risk to your heart that's getting new attention

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Sun Aug 3, 2025 9:05pm PST

Interview with ChatGPT Agent Creators

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Sun Aug 3, 2025 1:31pm PST

Most Americans' hearts are older than their chronological age, new tool says

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Sat Aug 2, 2025 8:43pm PST

Deep Dive into Yann LeCun's JEPA

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Sat Aug 2, 2025 8:41pm PST

Scientists created a new calculator for heart age

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Fri Aug 1, 2025 3:00pm PST

A Crisis Moment for Seed VC

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Fri Aug 1, 2025 2:43pm PST

Why VC-backed longevity startups are dying

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Sat Jul 26, 2025 9:45pm PST

Coronary artery calcium testing can reveal plaque in arteries, but is underused

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Aging well according to a longevity researcher

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Tues Jul 22, 2025 9:32pm PST

The average Apple Watch user gets 49 minutes of deep sleep per night

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Mon Jul 21, 2025 1:46am PST

The Epic Battle for AI Talent–With Exploding Offers, Secret Deals and Tears

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Fri Jul 18, 2025 1:56pm PST

What’s on offer at a luxury Bay Area longevity clinic

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Wed Jul 16, 2025 6:09pm PST

Why Whoop Stands Behind Blood Pressure Insights after FDA Warning

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Mon Jul 14, 2025 6:37pm PST

Don't Die of Heart Disease

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Fri Jul 11, 2025 9:46pm PST

Apple Watch Ultra rumored to get high blood pressure detection

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Thurs Jul 3, 2025 5:34pm PST

How Health Care Remade the U.S. Economy

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Mon Jun 30, 2025 5:58pm PST

Operation Gold Rush, largest health care fraud bust in U.S. history

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Mon Jun 30, 2025 2:30pm PST

The Path to Medical Superintelligence

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Mon Jun 30, 2025 1:03pm PST

Scientists discover off switch enzyme that could stop heart disease and diabetes

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Sun Jun 29, 2025 1:40pm PST

The better cholesterol test you didn't know you needed

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Sun Jun 29, 2025 3:26am PST

Systemic Misalignment: Key Failures of AI Alignment Methods

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Sat Jun 28, 2025 11:05pm PST

Accuracy of Apple Watch calorie counts

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Sat Jun 28, 2025 9:36pm PST

Removing race as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease

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Sat Jun 28, 2025 9:33pm PST

Coronary atherosclerosis is a silent killer, but we have tools to stop it

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Fri Jun 27, 2025 1:03pm PST

The Effect of Noise on Sleep

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