FDA Clears 10-Year Spinal Stim Implant

by Bruce Brown | October 10, 2019 | Medical

The FDA has cleared Abbott’s Proclaim XR neurostimulation system; this allows the company to market its long-term chronic pain relief implant as an alternative to pharmaceutical options. Neurostimulation relieves pain by interrupting pain signals on their way...

Alexa Helps Patients Manage Personal Health

by Bruce Brown | October 9, 2019 | Health

Medical and health care instructions aren’t for sissies. Pre- and post-surgery instructions, physical therapy rehab exercise guidelines, and medication side effects and interaction warnings can be confusing. People with multiple chronic conditions, such as...

Amazon Launches Telemedicine Service

by Alfred Poor | October 9, 2019 | Medical

We cover a lot of telehealth stories here because they typically involve connected wearable and mobile devices. Such services are popular with patients as they make it easier to access a healthcare professional without having to travel to a doctor’s office or...

Bathroom Scale Monitors Heart Failure

by Bruce Brown | October 8, 2019 | Health

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology recently published a report in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering that demonstrated proof-of-concept of an early-stage home heart health monitoring technology embodied in a bathroom scale. The Georgia Tech...

Soft Robot Follows Light [video]

by Bruce Brown | October 7, 2019 | Enabling Tech

What do jellyfish and moths have in common? They both move toward light. Phototaxis, a natural phenomenon by which organisms move toward or away from light, explains why the two quite different animals are attracted to light. Scientists at the UCLA Samueli School of...

Portable Stroke Device Wins $350K [video]

by Bruce Brown | October 4, 2019 | Medical

Speedy treatment following a stroke gives a patient the best chance of making a full recovery. Diagnosing a stroke in the field to determine the proper treatment is the catch, however. The correct treatment can save the patient’s life and minimize complications,...