Wearable Kidney Passes Clinical Trial [video]

by Alfred Poor | November 16, 2015 | General News, Medical

  Patients who have lost kidney function to injury or disease must rely on dialysis machines to cleanse their blood of excess fluid, salts, and toxins. This typically requires that they sit, hooked up to a machine in a clinical setting, for 12 to 15 hours every...

Scientists Enlist Algae in War on Cancer

by Alfred Poor | November 13, 2015 | General News, Medical

When I hear “nanotechnology,” I tend to think of microscopic components that have been designed and fabricated by people for some purpose or another. Scientists at the University of South Australia have taken a different approach to engineering their...

SoaPen Wins Wearables for Good Challenge [video]

by riddhi | November 12, 2015 | General News, Health

UNICEF’s Wearables for Good challenge — hosted by UNICEF, Arm Holdings, and Frog — found its two winners among 2,000 registrants and 250 design submissions. The key goal of the challenge was to identify the best products that can help fight infant...

Smart Scale Wins CES 2016 Award

by Alfred Poor | November 12, 2015 | Fitness, General News, Health

Everything is getting smart these days, even the traditional bathroom scale. New models measure more than just weight, and instead of a spinning dial of digits, the results are wirelessly beamed to your smartphone or tablet. One of these space age scales, the...

Re-Step Helps with Walking Disabilities [video]

by riddhi | November 11, 2015 | General News, Health, Medical

Elderly patients suffer from walking disabilities after a stroke, brain trauma, or celebral palsy. Re-Step Rehabilitation System from Step of Mind is a non-invasive, portable system that is easy to use by patients either in rehab or at home under supervision. The...

Light Detects Arthritis Early

by Alfred Poor | November 11, 2015 | General News, Medical

Arthritis is a broad category of joint diseases that tend to be painful and progressive, leading to disability. One variety, osteoarthritis, is a degenerative joint disease that affects older people, especially in fingers, knees, hips, and other joints that have been...