by Bruce Brown | March 18, 2021 | Enabling Tech, Medical
Progressive ocular diseases such as glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are sneaky. The diseases often start with minimal effect and advance unnoticed until causing significant and irreparable damage. Early treatment is highly desirable with ocular...
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by Bruce Brown | March 15, 2021 | Medical
Retinal implants hold great promise for people with severe vision impairment including blindness. We’ve covered several retinal implant technology developments. For example, Oxford University’s Department of Chemistry created biological synthetic soft...
by Amantha May | March 15, 2021 | Medical
Who’s a good boy? A medical detection dog with a nose that can identify the presence of disease much earlier than a doctor or laboratory. Medical detection dogs can identify several types of cancer and other diseases with up to 99% accuracy. Some dogs can now...
by Amantha May | March 12, 2021 | Medical
A new survey of large healthcare facilities demonstrates how much the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the value of remote patient monitoring (RPM). Conducted by VivaLNK, a global supplier of wearable sensors and connected data services, the survey shows that hospitals...
by Bruce Brown | March 11, 2021 | Medical
Approximately 60% of babies have jaundice, according to the CDC. Jaundice occurs when a newborn’s liver is not sufficiently developed to take over the chore of removing bilirubin from the baby’s blood, which was done by the mother’s liver prior to...
by Bruce Brown | March 10, 2021 | Medical
if you are among the 8% of males or 0.5% of females with color vision deficiency (CVD), take heart. An economical wearable may be on the way. A team of researchers from Khalifa University (KU) and Imperial College London are collaborating on development of reusable...
