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Nerve mapping technology helps measure performance of nerves during surgery

Nerve mapping technology allows surgeons to determine whether surgery has been effective for relieving pressure from compressed nerves, which often function poorly and cause sciatica or pain and weakness in muscles supplied by the nerve.

25 Mar 2013

Study: Experts question cost benefits of 'telehealth'

Monitoring patients at home using modern technology, so-called 'telehealth', is tipped as the next big thing in healthcare, but a new study by British researchers suggests it may not be worth the extra expense.

25 Mar 2013

FDA proposes tighter regulations to improve AEDs

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued a proposed order aimed at helping manufacturers improve the quality and reliability of automated external defibrillators.

25 Mar 2013

Johnson Electric introduces miniature medication dosing system technology

Johnson Electric today announced a miniature medication dosing system technology under the Johnson Medtech brand. The subsystem platform provides a high precision dosing accuracy over device operational life.

24 Mar 2013

Study of genetically modified immune cells could help improve promising treatment for melanoma

A new study of genetically modified immune cells by scientists from UCLA and the California Institute of Technology could help improve a promising treatment for melanoma, an often fatal form of skin cancer.

24 Mar 2013

New testing technologies can help fight TB, but new treatments needed

"[F]or many low-income populations, [tuberculosis (TB)] is nothing less than a modern-day public health emergency," and "[t]o make things worse, many of these patients [a]re living with HIV," U.N. Under-Secretary General and UNITAID Chair Philippe Douste-Blazy writes in a Huffington Post "Impact" blog opinion piece.

22 Mar 2013

mHealth 'not yet living up to its potential' to transform health care systems

"mHealth can be defined as medical and public health practices supported by mobile technologies, such as mobile phones, patient monitoring devices, tablets, personal digital assistants, and other wireless devices," Patricia Mechael, executive director of the mHealth Alliance, and Sarah Struble, a program associate at the mHealth Alliance, write in an Al Jazeera opinion piece.

22 Mar 2013

ACMG issues recommendations on handling of incidental findings in clinical genome, exome sequencing

In a highly anticipated report, landmark recommendations on the handling of incidental findings in clinical genome and exome sequencing are being issued from the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics.

22 Mar 2013

Fralin Life Science Institute researchers use TALENS to alter mosquito genome

Virginia Tech researchers successfully used a gene disruption technique to change the eye color of a mosquito - a critical step toward new genetic strategies aimed at disrupting the transmission of diseases such as dengue fever.

22 Mar 2013

Weekend reading: Spiritual bedside manner; Cancer and the environment; Doctors' fears about bringing up hospice

Every week reporter Ankita Rao selects interesting reading from around the Web.

22 Mar 2013

New hope for treating, preventing malaria

Scientists at Oregon Health & Science University and the Portland VA Medical Center have developed a drug that may represent one of the world's best hopes for treating and preventing malaria - a disease that kills more than one million people each year.

22 Mar 2013

By charting differing fates of individual T cells, researchers show unpredictable aspects of immune response

By charting the differing fates of individual T cells, researchers have shown that previously unpredictable aspects of the adaptive immune response can be effectively modeled.

21 Mar 2013

Common test may overestimate exposure to mercury vapor from dental amalgams

A common test used to determine mercury exposure from dental amalgam fillings may significantly overestimate the amount of the toxic metal released from fillings, according to University of Michigan researchers.

21 Mar 2013

Adult stem cells improve cartilage repair

Using adult stem cells is a good way of culturing better-quality cartilage to repair worn hips and knees. New cartilage that has good properties can be grown in particular by cultivating adult stem cells in combination with a small quantity of cells from the patient's own cartilage.

21 Mar 2013

WUSTL's Wang receives NSF grant to study oxygen consumption rates of individual cells

When scientists study cells, they need to know how much oxygen each cell consumes to determine its metabolism. However, existing technology limits this study to groups of cells, not individual cells. Lihong Wang, PhD, plans to change that.

21 Mar 2013

UC San Francisco team develops online cardiovascular study to improve heart health

A UC San Francisco team has developed an ambitious online cardiovascular study using mobile smartphones, with the goal of enrolling one million people from all over the world to improve heart health.

21 Mar 2013

Satellite navigation technology introduced to track mental health patients in UK

Satellite navigation technology is being used to track patients on leave from secure mental health units for the first time in the UK.

21 Mar 2013

CPF and PFF to partner with ATS to fund pulmonary fibrosis research

The Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis, the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation, and the American Thoracic Society-the world's leading professional organization for pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine-today announced that the CPF and the PFF will again partner with the ATS to fund pulmonary fibrosis research.

21 Mar 2013

New research provides better understanding of preserving brain's functions while killing cancer

New research from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is giving radiation oncologists who treat brain tumors a better understanding of how to preserve the brain's functions while still killing cancer.

21 Mar 2013

New apps, social networks shaping doctor delivery of care

Adoption of health information technology is examined as new computer application development and adoption change how doctors deliver care.

21 Mar 2013

Technology News and Research

Nerve mapping technology helps measure performance of nerves during surgery

Study: Experts question cost benefits of 'telehealth'

FDA proposes tighter regulations to improve AEDs

Johnson Electric introduces miniature medication dosing system technology

Study of genetically modified immune cells could help improve promising treatment for melanoma

New testing technologies can help fight TB, but new treatments needed

mHealth 'not yet living up to its potential' to transform health care systems

ACMG issues recommendations on handling of incidental findings in clinical genome, exome sequencing

Fralin Life Science Institute researchers use TALENS to alter mosquito genome

Weekend reading: Spiritual bedside manner; Cancer and the environment; Doctors' fears about bringing up hospice

New hope for treating, preventing malaria

By charting differing fates of individual T cells, researchers show unpredictable aspects of immune response

Common test may overestimate exposure to mercury vapor from dental amalgams

Adult stem cells improve cartilage repair

WUSTL's Wang receives NSF grant to study oxygen consumption rates of individual cells

UC San Francisco team develops online cardiovascular study to improve heart health

Satellite navigation technology introduced to track mental health patients in UK

CPF and PFF to partner with ATS to fund pulmonary fibrosis research

New research provides better understanding of preserving brain's functions while killing cancer

New apps, social networks shaping doctor delivery of care

The Critical Role of Sample Storage in Drug Discovery and Development

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

The impact of vibration on microscopy

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