by Alfred Poor | February 19, 2015 | Medical
Have you ever heard of a “cluster headache”? I hadn’t. It turns out this condition — sometimes known as “suicide headache” — has been characterized as “one of the most severe pains known to humans.” More than 1 in...
by Alfred Poor | February 4, 2015 | Enabling Tech, Medical
Sensors and other devices such as pacemakers are designed to be implanted into the human body. These items need a power source, and one of the most common approaches is to include a lithium ion battery. This is well-proven technology, and can have a useful life of up...
by Alfred Poor | February 2, 2015 | Enabling Tech, Health, Medical
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have created a temporary tattoo that measures glucose levels. This noninvasive sticker presents an attractive alternative to the customary process that require finger pricks to extract a tiny drop of blood. The...
by Alfred Poor | January 5, 2015 | Health
For the record, superlatives in marketing materials instantly trigger my Skept-o-Meter. It’s rare that a company can truly lay claim to being “first” or “best” or “only.” So I almost stopped reading the press release about the...
by Alfred Poor | December 2, 2014 | Medical
For patients living with chronic pain, spinal chord stimulatiom (SCS) can provide relief by providing small electrical currents to the spine. Traditionally, these devices have been connected by wires to batteries, often requiring lengthy surgical procedures. Stimwave...
