by Bruce Brown | November 20, 2018 | General News, Medical
Nearly three million Americans have glaucoma, according to the CDC. The disease is one of the most common causes of blindness. When glaucoma is detected, the disease progression can be slowed so that the patient won’t lose any more vision. There are no early...
by Bruce Brown | April 13, 2018 | General News, Medical
As we’ve written several times earlier, diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a significant concern for the estimated 30 million Americans who live with diabetes. A recent CDC study indicated that nearly one-third of all Americans with diabetics aged over 40 suffer to...
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by Alfred Poor | May 11, 2017 | General News, Medical
One of the many complications of diabetes is diabetic retinopathy (DR). This condition results in damage to the retina that can eventually lead to the loss of sight. And the longer a patient has diabetes, the more likely they are to develop DR. It is the leading cause...
by Bruce Brown | May 5, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
Work in biologic implants proceeds at a fast pace on many fronts. We’ve covered 3D printed cartilage implants to repair knees at Duke University, research in South Korea to create implants to deliver drugs, and work at the Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical...
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by Bruce Brown | January 23, 2017 | General News, Medical
As wearable, carryable, and implantable Health Tech devices develop individually and in the aggregate, many observers look beyond U.S. and European early-adopter tech-savvy markets to areas in the world with low resources. These remote locations have few connections...
