Concussion Check on the Field with Eye-Sync [video]

by Bruce Brown | September 14, 2016 | General News, Health

From the battlefield to the playing field, head impact injuries can be difficult to assess quickly. Headed by neurosurgeon and director of the Stanford Medical Concussion and Brain Health Center, Dr. Jamshid Ghajar, MD, PhD, SyncThink has developed a mobile assessment...

Paralyzed and Pregnant, Woman Completes Half-Marathon

by Alfred Poor | September 14, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health

[Credit: BBC] Sometimes, finishing last is still a victory. Take the case of Claire Lomas who completed a half-marathon last weekend in England. She was 16-weeks pregnant at the time, but that’s not the newsworthy detail. She is also paralyzed below her chest,...

Google’s Verily and Sanofi Form Company to Beat Diabetes

by Bruce Brown | September 13, 2016 | General News, Health

Two companies, giants in their own fields, have joined forces to spin off a new venture to help diabetics manage their disease and enjoy improved quality of life. French pharmaceutical company Sanofi and Verily Life Sciences, the health services division of Alphabet...

New Wheelchair Hub Eases the Bumps

by Alfred Poor | September 13, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News

Don’t you love it when a new approach to a familiar solution challenges all your assumptions? That’s the case with a new design for wheels that gives wheelchair users a smoother and safer ride. The SoftWheel is an in-wheel suspension system. Most...

Stand-up Wheelchair Gives Users a Lift [video]

by Bruce Brown | September 12, 2016 | General News, Health

We’ve previously written about the ReWalk exoskeleton. The same group has a new company, UpnRide Robotics. The new firm’s single product is a self-stabilizing wheelchair called the UpnRide that shifts from sitting to upright position and can travel over...

Tiny Sandal Saves Infant Lives [video]

by Alfred Poor | September 12, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical

Apnea is a condition in which the subject stops breathing. Most people are familiar with it in adults, especially as associated with snoring during sleep. However, most babies born at less that 35 weeks have periods where they stop breathing, which can result in a...