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Pervasive ECG: Integrating Body Sensors Into Everyday Things (Interview)
Wearable devices with body sensors have been seen by many as a way to get the general public to be better aware of their overall health. It's a nice idea, but it still requires people to remember to wear their devices, to check up on the...
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Vagus Nerve Stimulation to Reduce Post Surgical Brain Inflammation
Following a difficult surgery, some patients end up experiencing cognitive decline and delirium, which seems to arise from inflammatory changes in the brain, that are still poorly understood. This inflammation is difficult to control in a...
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Drug Releasing Contact Lens Changes Color to Show When Its Working
Drugs designed to treat eye conditions are often delivered via eye drops. Almost all of the actual drug ends up dripping off the eye and not being properly absorbed. Drug releasing contact lenses are the next big thing to treat conditions such...
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Virginia Tech's Medical School Uses Ultrasound to Learn Anatomy, Pathology
At the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, there's a great deal of emphasis placed on starting students to learn ultrasound techniques early on in their studies. This is important, as it helps students relate directly to real anatomy that...
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FDA Clears First App-Only Product for Detecting Atrial Fibrillation
FibriCheck, a Belgian firm, won FDA clearance for its smartphone application that is capable of spotting signs of atrial fibrillation, simply by using the phone's camera. The user places a finger over the camera lens on the back of the phone and...
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MIT's Non-Invasive Glucometer as Accurate as Finger Pricks In Early Clinical Study
Non-invasive blood glucose measurement remains one of the most intriguing challenges for medical technology. While we've been promised prick-free glucometry by various companies and institutions, researchers at MIT are getting close to the...
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MedAware Uses AI to Detect Potential Medication Errors: Interview with Dr. Gidi Stein, CEO
Medical errors are the third-leading cause of death in the US and they are probably the most common and preventable. MedAware, an Israeli company, is using the power of artificial intelligence to detect potential errors before they happen. The...
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MAGNETOM Sola MRI from Siemens with BioMatrix Technology Cleared by FDA
The FDA has cleared the MAGNETOM Sola 1.5 Tesla MRI machine from Siemens Healthineers, a device that features the company's BioMatrix patient-centric technology, previously only available on 3 Tesla scanners. BioMatrix accounts for...
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Body Vision Releases LungVision for Early-Stage Lung Cancer Diagnostics
Body Vision Medical out of Ramat Ha Sharon, Israel is releasing its LungVision platform for planning, navigating to, and targeting small pulmonary nodules within the peripheral regions of the lungs. The product integrates into bronchoscopy...
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