Scanning for Life Readings: A Real Tricorder
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The tricorder, that marvel of medical sensor technology, has just found its prototype in UCSD's “chem-phys patch.”
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DIGITAL HEALTH
New Technology Speeds Diagnoses for First Responders
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Oftentimes, medicine's ability to deliver an accurate diagnosis quickly can mean the difference between life and death.
Read MoreNow Your Smartphone Can Remind You to Take Your Pills
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Boston and Haifa, Israel-based company Medisafe has just announced a new “smart pill management” system.
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New Smartphone App For Doctor's Stethoscope
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A team of researchers and engineers have developed a new application for smartphones that could allow doctors using their mobiles to monitor patients' hearts. The i-Stethoscope uses sensors built-in the phone to check a person's heart. Data can be collected and shared with ease. But according to doctors, there are still some things the app cannot do, since it cannot substitute for the doctor-patient relationship. Eko Devices, the Berkeley, California-based company that developed the smartphone app, has received FDA 510(k) clearance for the companion smartphone app and for its smartphone-enabled stethoscope, called Eko Core.
Read MoreDigital Health Innovation: Handheld Device for Rapid Assessment of Vital Signs
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A small trial of a portable device that can rapidly read a patient's vital signs shows it performs well compared with standard hospital monitors. The hand-held, battery-powered device - called MouthLab - is the invention of biomedical engineers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD. The device, which picks up vital signs from the patient's lips and fingertips, could replace the cumbersome and restrictive equipment currently used in hospitals.
Read MoreMUSIC 'REDUCES PAIN AND ANXIETY' FOR SURGERY PATIENTS
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New study says listening to music before, during and after an operation can help reduce pain. Researchers at Queen Mary University of London said the patients who had listened to music had been less anxious after their surgery and had needed less pain relief. They said music had been effective even while patients had been under general anaesthetic. The Department of Health said doctors should consider the findings. The scientists want hospitals to suggest in NHS information leaflets that patients bring music devices and playlists into hospital with them.
Read MoreNew FDA-Approved 3D Printed Drug: Personalized Medicine Has Arrived
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Much excitement along with skepticism arose this week as the FDA approved the first 3D printed prescription drug to treat epilepsy. Produced by the drug maker, Aprecia Pharmaceuticals, the FDA has approved the drug named Spritam for both adults and children suffering from certain types of seizures caused by epilepsy. 3D printing is disrupting many production methods that date all the way back to the Industrial Revolution, from fashion and retail to computer science and healthcare. We’ve seen this concept of bio printing quickly come to life where instead of traditional “ink” the printers spray human cells.
Read MoreHealing Injuries Could Be Better Thanks to This 3-D Printed Cast
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Fiberglass casts may soon be of the past. A company called 3D Systems, a major player in the 3D printing game in collaboration with Bespoke, a company that developed prosthetics and braces developed a new cast using the technology or 3D printing. 3D printing is exploding in all directions such as dentistry, fashion and throughout the healthcare field including surgery and rehabilitation. Many believe 3D printing is the secret to sustaining a competitive advantage for the future.
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Vaccines Not Helping for Pneumonia Cases
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Vaccines have been an important part of modern medicine, used as a preventive tool to protect us from disease like polio, tetanus, or small pox. These vaccines work by challenging one’s immune system with an inactive agent similar to the real pathogen. Thus, when faced with the real disease agent our body is able to effectively and efficiently mount an offensive to prevent illness. However a new study is showing that despite vaccines, pneumonia hospital visits still remain quite common. Here's why.
Read MoreFitBit may help boost activity in older women
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New study suggests the devices can help people become more active. In the study, women who wore a Fitbit saw a boost in their physical activity over a four-month period. study involved about 50 women in their 50s and 60s who were overweight and generally not very active. About half of these women were given a Fitbit One, a fitness tracker that clips to a person's waistband and tracks a number of metrics: how many steps they take, the total distance they move, the number of floors they climb, the calories they burn, and the total number of minutes during the day that they are active.
Read MoreVirtual Pillbox: Manage your pills with Medisafe
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About half of all Americans are prescribed medication they take regularly. And what's more, half of those don't even take it properly, whether it's forgetting, missing or taking too much of said medication. One study even estimated that mistakes with blood pressure medication alone are responsible for 89,000 premature deaths each year. This puts medication noncompliance up there in the top five causes of death.
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Diagnosing STDs, through an app?
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Planned Parenthood is launching an app that helps patients diagnose STD’s without actually having to go in to see the doctor face-to-face. This will save people the awkward sex and STD conversation with their doctor, and maybe even make them more willing to get checked for potential infections. Havin
Read MoreNewly Developed Artificial Limb Lets Amputees “Feel”
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Researchers have developed a “feeling” prosthetic leg which simulates some of the sensations that would normally be felt by a foot. It also works to help alleviate the phantom pain. Artificial limb created by Austrian scientist.
Read MoreGoogle Arm: Future of Telemedicine
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The development of robotics and integration into healthcare has enhanced life-saving processes. Robotics is integrated into surgical devices, radio imaging and other treatment methods. Enter Google Arm.
Read More10 Health Apps Recommended by Physicians
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Here are the top 10 health mobile apps doctors recommend most to their patients.
Read MoreMRI-Powered Millirobots: the future of minimally invasive surgery?
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Researchers at Harvard Medical School and University of Houston unveiled new technology that potentially uses magnetic energy. Generated by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner that would navigates milli-sized robots throughout the body.
Read MoreBionic lenses could give superhuman vision
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Bionic lenses could give superhuman vision. This field has had many advances in technology. We explore.
Read MoreNew technology identifies brain tumor types
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cientists at Cedars-Sinai have developed a new nanotechnology that can identify brain tumor types using MRI virtual biopsy. The new technology is a drug-delivery system that can identify different types of brain tumor cells using virtual biopsies which attack the molecular structure of the cancer. It has only been tested in animal studies so far.
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