Glowing Tumors Light the Way for Ovarian Cancer Treatment

by Bruce Brown | May 20, 2016 | General News, Medical

  A new method of finding and removing ovarian tumors is in the development and testing stage by researchers from MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory and Massachusetts General Hospital. The problem is that by the time ovarian cancer is diagnosed, it’s often at a...

Home urine test scanner [video]

by Bruce Brown | May 18, 2016 | General News, Medical

Urine tests with dip strips — or dipsticks as they’re more commonly called — are an excellent example of what appears on the surface to be very simple technology. You just pee in a cup (or a tube if you have particularly good aim) and dip in a small...

Big Data Shows Mobile Therapy Helps Stroke Patients [video]

by Alfred Poor | May 17, 2016 | General News, Medical

The road to recovery for stroke victims or patients who have suffered some other sort of brain injury can be long and arduous. Therapy requires repetition and practice to help patients learn again how to speak or perform other cognitive functions. And it would seem...

Origami Robot Unfolds to Perform Procedure [video]

by Alfred Poor | May 16, 2016 | General News, Medical

We all know what robots look like. They are mechanical humanoids with legs and arms and a torso, and they walk stiffly so that we know they aren’t people. But some robots have unusual forms, such as an origami robot that has been created by scientists from...

A Personalized Virtual Heart Predicts Arrhythmia

by Bruce Brown | May 13, 2016 | General News, Medical

Not everyone who has an irregular heartbeat is at risk for sudden cardiac death. And not everyone who has a heart attack is likely to develop arrhythmia. Acting on the side of caution however, cardiologists often implant small defibrillators in heart attack patients...

Anti-viral Soap Designed to Stop Viruses

by Bruce Brown | May 12, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News, Medical

  We’ve had antibacterial soaps since 1984, according to VisionLaunch, and since then their use has been so common that some experts warn against its overuse. It could lead to new strains of bacteria that are resistant to the soaps. As with antibiotics, too...