Microneedle Patch for Painless Vaccinations [video]

by Alfred Poor | June 28, 2017 | General News, Medical

Everyone who loves getting injections, please raise your arm. For many of us, getting a flu shot or other vaccination is a necessary but potentially painful task. As a result, many people balk at getting the shots that they need. The fact that they must be...

Squeezable Game Controller Helps Upper Limb Therapy

by Bruce Brown | June 27, 2017 | General News, Health

Upper limb functional difficulties involving just the hand, portions of the arm, or the whole arm can arise from a variety of conditions. Paralysis following a stroke is a common cause of upper limb difficulty but you can also lose strength, flexibility, and movement...

Portable Scanner Identifies Brain Bleeding

by Alfred Poor | June 27, 2017 | General News, Medical

One of the insidious aspects of traumatic brain injury (TBI) is that in most cases, the damage is not visible. The gold standard for diagnosis is a CT scan, but this is not possible on the battlefield or football field. Medical personnel are generally limited to...

Telemedicine as Effective for Headaches as Office Consultations

by Bruce Brown | June 26, 2017 | General News, Medical

Migraine headaches are common but most are classified as “nonacute,” meaning they are not a symptom of a more severe underlying neurological or other problem such as a brain tumor, aneurysm, or stroke, according to the American Medical Association. The AMA...

Implanted Magnets Treat Eyesight Disorder

by Alfred Poor | June 26, 2017 | General News, Medical

You may never have heard of “dancing eyes;” the condition affects about one in 400 people, and causes the eyes to go through a rhythmic oscillation in a flickering motion. It has the formal name of nystagmus, and can arise from a variety of causes. It...

Using AI to Predict Longevity from CT Scans

by Bruce Brown | June 23, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical

Longevity tables are interesting but have little relevance to individuals except as they are members of a group. It’s interesting to view longevity data from various countries and then make an effort to understand why one country varies from another. In...