by Alfred Poor | August 21, 2019 | Medical
The Veterans Administration (VA) has taken its lumps in recent years for shortcomings in delivering health services to veterans. The agency is charged with charged with providing services for more than 9 million patients across the country. About one third live in...
by Bruce Brown | August 20, 2019 | Enabling Tech
Electronic skin has many uses beyond healthcare, including consumer electronics, automotive, telecommunication, retail, aerospace, defense, and others. The key feature of all e-skin applications is the capability for remote monitoring. Future Market Insights (FMI)...
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by Alfred Poor | August 20, 2019 | General News, Health
We’ve written about sweat sensors many times in the past. Researchers have good reasons to search for biometric data from sweat; the material is readily available and does not require invasive procedures to acquire. In addition to the familiar salts, sweat...
by Bruce Brown | August 19, 2019 | Medical
Neurostimulation treatment for migraines scored another win in a new study published in The Journal of Headache and Pain. Theranica Bio-Electronics’ Nerivio compared favorably with usual care and medication for acute migraines. We wrote about Theranica’s...
by Bruce Brown | August 16, 2019 | Medical
Machine learning and neural networks continue to prove effective tools to improve healthcare. In 2017 we wrote about a Stanford University study in which a deep convolutional neural network performed comparably to 21 board-certified dermatologists. A large group of...
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by Alfred Poor | August 16, 2019 | General News
We have covered a lot of pain management programs that seek alternatives to pharmaceuticals. There is a lot of interest in such solutions these days, especially in light of the opioid abuse epidemic. A study by researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center examined the...
