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by Alfred Poor | February 16, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News, Medical
One of the most tragic injuries is damage to the spinal cord; the result can be paralysis that leaves the victim trapped forever in a body that will not respond to commands to make it move. When the connection between the brain and body is broken, it is nearly...
by Alfred Poor | November 24, 2015 | General News, Medical
The IDTechEx conference was held in Santa Clara, CA November 18 and 19, 2015, covering a wide range of topics including wearable devices and related technology such as sensors, printed electronics, and energy harvesting. This is one of the many items of interest from...
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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...
by Alfred Poor | October 14, 2015 | General News, Medical
Overactive bladder (OAB) syndrome affects more than 37 million people in the U.S. to some degree. Some estimate the cost to the country’s healthcare system in the range of $60 billion every year. StimGuard is a company that has developed a novel treatment for...
by Alfred Poor | July 23, 2015 | Medical
Almost a year ago, we described the SmartDose system from West Pharmaceutical Services. This is a battery-powered system that patients can adhere to their skin, and the device will automatically administered predetermined doses of medication. This increases patient...
