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by Bruce Brown | August 30, 2017 | General News, Health
Phoenix-based RESA Wearables, Inc. and China’s Shenzhen eSun Industrial Co., Ltd. plan to disrupt the foot care and custom footwear industries. Through a joint venture called Shenzhen Resun Healthcare Technology Co., Ltd., the partners are introducing retail...
by Bruce Brown | July 13, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Prosthetics are usually used to help when someone loses a full or partial limb due to an accident or amputation. Artificial limbs are also prescribed for some people who cannot use an existing body part, which can occur following stroke or spinal injury....
by Bruce Brown | April 27, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
3D printing promises biomedical possibilities as researchers discover new applications with various source materials. We’ve written about “printing” 3D body parts with stem cells at St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne. Researchers in South Korea have...
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by Bruce Brown | April 19, 2017 | General News, Medical
Military veterans and civilian amputees may soon benefit from a new type of prosthetic that helps them swim. According to the Congressional Research Service A Guide to U.S. Military Casualty Statistics, as of June 2015, there were 1,645 veterans with major limb...
by Alfred Poor | December 29, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News, Health, Medical, Uncategorized
Another year, another 400 to 500 new posts here on Health Tech Insider. In this first of two parts looking back on 2016, I want to highlight some of the stories that you, the readers, found to be most interesting. To come up with these, I used a very simple —...
