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user: brandonb
created: 2011-01-17
karma: 8941

Data for good.

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

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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submissions:

Digital health companies seek lasting edge amid GLP-1 gold rush
2 points | 0 comments
Trouble Ahead for GLP-1 Drugs as Health Plans Stop Paying
3 points | 1 comments
WWDC 2026: Apple is Folding
260 points | 268 comments
AI Model Predicts 10-Year Stroke Risk Based on Routine Cardiology Test
2 points | 0 comments
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The effects of foods on LDL cholesterol levels
4 points | 0 comments
Transformers are inherently succinct
148 points | 40 comments
What to Expect from Apple's AI, Siri and iOS 27 Launch at WWDC
4 points | 1 comments
Google Is in Damage Control over Its New Health App
2 points | 0 comments
Passive heart-rate monitoring during smartphone use in everyday life
6 points | 0 comments
Why Local Minima Are Rare in High-Dimensional Landscapes
6 points | 0 comments
Patient-reported treatment outcomes in ME/CFS and long Covid
4 points | 0 comments
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Eggs are now officially healthy
8 points | 1 comments
Pig liver and kidneys transplanted into a person, could ease organ shortages
4 points | 0 comments
In Pursuit of Understanding the Crash in Me/CFS
2 points | 0 comments
Development and validation of a digital biomarker for peripheral artery disease
2 points | 0 comments
Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Explained for Regular People
3 points | 0 comments
Preservatives linked to high blood pressure and heart disease in new study
14 points | 9 comments
Vitamin D acts more like a hormone than a vitamin
18 points | 7 comments
New Oura Ring 5 has smaller design and hypertension detection
3 points | 0 comments
Citing 'severe' math deficits, UC faculty demand a return to SAT tests for STEM
654 points | 868 comments
The Long, Bitter Fight at the Park Slope Food Co-Op
2 points | 0 comments
Blood pressure tech floods the market after FDA relaxes wearables oversight
3 points | 1 comments
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Objective metrics that change the most as we age
18 points | 16 comments
Blood test added to colorectal cancer screening options by cancer group
6 points | 0 comments
Scientists are raising new questions about vitamin B12 and cancer
4 points | 0 comments
The effect of sleep on blood biomarkers
6 points | 0 comments