by Bruce Brown | January 2, 2019 | Medical
Most implanted cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators now use two-way wireless technology for routine monitoring and device adjustments. The implants also can send alerts if something goes wrong with the person’s heart or the device itself. We’ve written...
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by Bruce Brown | December 26, 2018 | Medical
3D printing technologies already deliver key benefits to medicine across diverse applications. We’ve written about 3D printed cartilage implants, sensors and electronics that are 3D-printed directly on the skin, and 3D printed hemispherical bionic eyes. Various...
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by Alfred Poor | December 26, 2018 | Medical
And now we present you with YANIGM: Yet Another Non-Invasive Glucose Monitor. While diabetes patients continue to prick their fingers multiple times a day, the idea of a reliable non-invasive glucose monitor system remains a Holy Grail of sorts for the wearable health...
by Bruce Brown | December 24, 2018 | Medical
The hospital “emergency room” may no longer exist, ceding its place in modern medical care to emergency departments (ED) that handle an increasing volume of visitors. In 2015 there were 136.9 million emergency department visits, 9% of which, or 12.3...
by Bruce Brown | December 20, 2018 | Medical
Telemedicine may be still in its formative, pioneer stage, but new applications for the resource-efficient medical and healthcare alternative continue to spring up. We’ve written about telemedicine’s rapid growth fields as diverse as addiction recovery...
by Bruce Brown | December 19, 2018 | Medical
Heart disease and stroke rank among the top five causes of death in the United States, according to the latest figures from the CDC. Heart disease is in the unenviable first position on the list and stroke is number five. We have written about a variety of wearable...
