Smartphone App Outperforms Standard Clinical Test

by Bruce Brown | April 5, 2018 | General News, Medical

While we routinely write about health-related smartphone apps, we seldom find them in clinical or surgical settings. Johnson & Johnson’s Health Partner platform helps patients prepare and recovery from surgery. Insight Product Development‘s PhysIQ app...

Injectable Bandages Halt Hemorrhaging and Speed Healing [video]

by Bruce Brown | April 4, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News

Hemorrhaging remains the greatest cause of death in otherwise survivable battlefield injuries. In a 2011 study of deaths after casualties reached a medical treatment facility from October 2001 to June 2009, the United States Army Institute of Surgical Research found...

Atom-thin Drumheads Have Cat-Like Hearing

by Bruce Brown | April 3, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News

Humans hear sound in relatively narrow dynamic (loudness) and frequency ranges, especially compared to other species. Cats and beluga whales hear sounds with wider loudness ranges and at much higher frequencies than humans. We’ve written about digital hearing...

Sleep Program Studies Wearable Tracking Impact

by Bruce Brown | April 2, 2018 | General News, Health

Are you reading this article in the middle of the night because you can’t sleep? If that’s the case, you are not alone. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one-third of American adults report they don’t get enough...

Stored Brain Waves Can Reconstruct Images [video]

by Bruce Brown | March 30, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News

  How long does it take to make a good impression? According to new research from the University of Toronto at Scarborough, the correct answer is about 170 milliseconds or 0.17 seconds. Neuroscientists in Assistant Professor Adrian Nestor’s laboratory at...

Selfie App Screens for Pancreatic Cancer [video]

by Bruce Brown | March 29, 2018 | General News, Health

The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network reported good news last year: the 5-year survival rate for patients diagnosed with the disease increased from 6% to 9%. Because pancreatic cancer is asymptomatic in early stages, most cases metastasize before diagnosis. In the same...