by Bruce Brown | September 10, 2019 | Medical
The latest CDC diabetes report found nearly 10% of the U.S. population — more than 30 million people — have diabetes and another 84 million have prediabetes. From 10% to 15% of the people who have diabetes will have a foot ulcer during their lives....
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by Bruce Brown | September 9, 2019 | Enabling Tech
In 2017, we wrote about researchers at Harvard University’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering who focus on wearable robotics to assist human walking. The earlier post reported the team’s...
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by Bruce Brown | September 6, 2019 | Enabling Tech
Researchers and engineers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) developed an artificial nervous system, building on their earlier work with smart skin. The Asynchronous Coded Electronic Skin (ACES) has an exceptional sense of touch and can detect contact more...
by Bruce Brown | September 5, 2019 | Medical
Statistics on the prevalence of chronic low back pain vary by age, gender, and work status, but the incidence exceeds 20% for all U.S. adults in CDC studies. According to a 2018 commentary published in the Journal of the American Medical Association by faculty from...
by Bruce Brown | September 4, 2019 | Medical
A new study published in BMJ Open by medical schools and hospitals in Sweden and Boston explored the real-world value of new medical technologies. Return on healthcare spending suffers when patients do not live to benefit from the procedures. The study’s...
