Almedalen Week is an annual event in the medieval city of Visby on the Swedish island Gotland, which is 40 minutes by plane or a 4 hour ferry ride from Stockholm. Sweden’s political parties gather to present and listen to speeches, seminars, and participate in a...
First Derm spotted cancer around the world last weekend during our # SpotCancer campaign. It was a success, detecting 2 probable melanomas in under 48 hours.
Even though the iDoc24 team is now headquartered in San Francisco (we are creators of the First Derm- dermatology app), we are excited to lead the digital health revolution in other parts on the world. iDoc24/First Derm’s founder and CEO, Dr. Alexander Börve has...
Written by: Alexander Börve, MD & CEO of First Derm @DrBorve It has been a whirlwind of a week for me in Washington DC and my First Derm team back in SF. I just got back from DC where I was invited by Mobile Future for getting second place in the Mobiley Awards....
Around the world there is a sliding scale of beauty, from lighter skin to darker. The growing culture of indoor tanning and skin-whitening cosmetics have resulted in multi-billion dollar industries exploiting the definition of beauty. In the US, nearly 30 million...
First Derm’s founder, Dr. Alexander Börve, authored a teledermatology study that should change the way skin cancer patients are triaged worldwide. With 1,562 participants, this is the largest study of its kind to date. In the study, participants were seen in...
Doctors ask a lot of questions. They want to get to the heart of the issue. They want to improve people’s lives. They want to teach and educate – and the good ones are constantly seeking new, innovative approaches to the practice of medicine. Entrepreneurs have fire...
Time. Every mom wishes she had more of it. Surveys show that 40% of working moms say they “always feel rushed.” It’s not just working moms who struggle to keep up. Parents go out of their way to spend time with their kids, to take them for bike rides, to kiss their...
