High Tech Comb Kills Head Lice

High Tech Comb Kills Head Lice

Between 6 and 12 million children suffer from head lice infestations every year in the U.S. alone. They spread through direct contact (lice and their eggs die within a day or two if they fall on the ground), so it’s common for them to affect children in...
3D Printing Helps Regrow Nerves [video]

3D Printing Helps Regrow Nerves [video]

Nerve injuries are incredibly difficult to repair. Regrowth of nerve tissue is complex, and getting the right connections made makes recovery from injury or disease very rare. Researchers may have come up with an approach to solve this problem. Scientists used a...
Wearables Are Useful, But Are They Safe?

Wearables Are Useful, But Are They Safe?

Many of us are anxious to reap the full benefits offered by wearable Health Tech devices, but in the rush to take advantage of this new technology, we need to pause to ask the question, “Is it safe?” Already, there have been reports of irritation caused by...
What Possibly Could Go Wrong?

What Possibly Could Go Wrong?

The Law of Unintended Consequences lurks behind any new technology, sometimes revealing unforeseen benefits but more often resulting in some negative outcome. Wearable Health Tech devices are not immune to this effect, and given the nature of their missions, the...