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by William McCleary | June 8, 2022 | Health, Medical
Can you use virtual reality (VR) to manage chronic pain? A study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research says that it works. The study, which was sponsored by the Los Angeles-based startup AppliedVR, set out to determine the effectiveness of...
by William McCleary | June 6, 2022 | Medical
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) recently granted Breakthrough Device Designation to an AI algorithm designed to aid in the early detection of pulmonary hypertension (PH). This type of high blood pressure often goes undetected until it has reached an...
by William McCleary | June 3, 2022 | Health, Medical
The thought of getting jabbed with a needle raises anxiety in many people, and even fear. It’s a fear — both great and small — that came into sharp relief when tens of millions of people got coronavirus shots. The Journal of Primary Care and Community Health...
by William McCleary | June 1, 2022 | Enabling Tech
If our body’s cells are powered by the glucose that we get from the food that we eay, why not sugar-powered fuel cells for medical implants and wearables? That’s the question that’s been asked and mostly answered by researchers at MIT and the...
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by William McCleary | May 30, 2022 | Health, Medical
Apple has given Made for iPad certification to Hiru, an eye-tracking device that launched in 2020 with compatibility only with Windows platforms. Now the interactive device from the Spanish startup Irisbond also works with the iPad operating systems iPadOS 15 and...
