by Alfred Poor | November 4, 2015 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health, Medical
Teeth are intended to last a lifetime, but injury and disease can often lead to the need for a replacement. From George Washington’s (apocryphal) wooden teeth, people have used a variety of metals, ivory, ceramics, and plastic resins to create false teeth....
by Alfred Poor | November 3, 2015 | General News, Health, Medical
The Genesis Touch from Honeywell makes it possible for healthcare workers to monitor and interact with patients in their own homes. As we reported earlier this year, the device is built on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 platform, customized for telehealth uses. It can...
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by Alfred Poor | November 2, 2015 | Enabling Tech, General News
Researchers at Cornell University have a new polymer foam with characteristics that can be useful when making prosthetic devices or replacement organs such as a functioning heart. One feature is that the material can be poured into molds to create items of a...
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by Alfred Poor | October 30, 2015 | General News, Medical
More than 1.5 million people in the U.S. have lost a limb. Amazing progress has been made in both passive and powered prosthetic devices, but they still are not the equivalent of the original body part. Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have...
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by Alfred Poor | October 29, 2015 | General News, Medical
According to the Glaucoma Research Foundation, glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness, and even 10% of patients who receive treatment still suffer some loss of vision. More than 3 million people in the U.S. have this condition, but only about half know that...
