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The app that warns you about snacks you can’t add to your shopping cart

Researchers have developed an app that scans the barcodes of food items in the supermarket and warns you if it is not suitable for your body, based on your DNA.

12 Mar 2019

OnMed launches first interactive telemedicine station

OnMed, an innovative health technology company whose OnMed Station allows patients a virtual life-sized consultation with a physician and automated pharmaceutical services, is today announcing the official launch of the station after six years of development.

12 Mar 2019

Imaging technique reveals differences between radiation-sensitive and treatment-resistant tumors

Researchers have started pilot clinical studies in head and neck cancer patients to determine if Raman spectroscopy, a noninvasive imaging technique, can effectively spare some patients of the toxic side effects of ineffective radiation therapy.

12 Mar 2019

Tufts engineers develop new tool to identify metabolic signatures linked to disease

Metabolic changes in cells can occur at the earliest stages of disease. In most cases, knowledge of those signals is limited, since we usually detect disease only after it has done significant damage.

12 Mar 2019

Researchers develop new magnetic field sensors for many practical applications

Physicists at Saarland University have developed magnetic field sensors that are breaking sensitivity records and opening up a whole range of potential new applications, from non-contact measurements of the electrical activity in the human heart or brain to detecting ore deposits or archaeological remains deep underground.

12 Mar 2019

Common tool to assess potential adoptive parents lags behind societal changes

A UBC researcher says a tool to assess potential adoptive parents does not meet the needs of lesbian, gay or gender minority adults.

12 Mar 2019

New non-invasive imaging device can quickly detect signs of Alzheimer's disease

Researchers from the Duke Eye Center have shown that a new, non-invasive imaging device can see signs of Alzheimer's disease in a matter of seconds.

11 Mar 2019

Bedfont receives manufacturing accolade in GHP Biotechnology Awards

Bedfont have been named Best Breath & Gas Monitoring Instruments Manufacturer 2019 in the Global Health & Pharma Biotechnology Awards.

From Bedfont® Scientific Ltd 11 Mar 2019

Image Navigation announces world’s most advanced image-guided implant dentistry system

Image Navigation is announcing, at the 2019 IDS in Cologne, the world’s most advanced image-guided implant dentistry system.

11 Mar 2019

Machine-learning based imaging and sorting solution aims to reduce Africa's tsetse population

The tsetse fly has wreaked devastation across large swaths of sub-Saharan Africa. About the size of a housefly, the insect transmits a parasite that can be lethal to both humans (sleeping sickness) and animals (nagana) - especially cattle.

11 Mar 2019

Tiny implantable 'tea bag' senses glucose levels and automatically releases insulin

Children with Type 1 diabetes have only one option to control their blood sugar: insulin treatment. Ravaged by an autoimmune disease that attacks their own pancreas and islets -- microscopic clusters of cells that sense blood sugar and produce insulin -- patients are forced to rely on insulin from an external source.

11 Mar 2019

FDA takes action to help reduce risks linked with use of surgical staplers and staples

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a Letter to Health Care Providers to alert them that the agency is aware of an increasing number of medical device reports associated with the use of surgical staplers for internal use and implantable surgical staples - common devices used in many surgeries - and to provide updated recommendations to help reduce risks associated with their use.

11 Mar 2019

Northwestern Medicine and Eko join hands to improve heart disease screening with AI technology

Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute is pioneering the use of artificial intelligence for cardiac screening in a new study of Eko's cardiac monitoring platform.

8 Mar 2019

New machine learning-based approach to predict recovery time of sports-related concussions

The prevalence of concussions in sports is well known. So, too, is the challenge clinicians and others face when they have to decide when an athlete can return to the game after a head injury.

8 Mar 2019

New imaging technology could help find tiny tumors

Many types of cancer could be more easily treated if they were detected at an earlier stage. MIT researchers have now developed an imaging system, named "DOLPHIN," which could enable them to find tiny tumors, as small as a couple of hundred cells, deep within the body.

7 Mar 2019

Researchers develop new method to boost efficiency of CRISPR gene editing in DMD

Scientists have developed a method to boost the efficiency of CRISPR gene editing in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), according to a study that could have implications for optimizing gene therapies for other diseases.

7 Mar 2019

Researchers develop 'snap freezing' apparatus to cool biopsy even faster

For rapid freezing of a biopsy taken from a patient, for cancer research for example, the standard procedure is using liquid nitrogen.

7 Mar 2019

Smartphone app for remote blood pressure monitoring shows promise

People with both diabetes and uncontrolled high blood pressure who used a smartphone app to monitor their blood pressure remotely, get tips on healthful living and connect with a health coach saw significant declines in their blood pressure within six weeks, according to research being presented at the American College of Cardiology's 68th Annual Scientific Session.

7 Mar 2019

CT scans used in cancer diagnostics can provide valuable clues to preventing heart problems

An imaging procedure commonly performed before starting cancer treatment can provide valuable clues about a patient's risk for heart problems in the months and years after treatment.

7 Mar 2019

Patients question how FDA approves medical devices

There’s no doubt that surgically implanted medical devices can improve lives. Hip and knee replacements can help people regain their mobility. Drug pumps can deliver doses of pain-relieving medicine on demand. And metal rods can stabilize spines and broken bones.

6 Mar 2019

Device / Technology News

The app that warns you about snacks you can’t add to your shopping cart

OnMed launches first interactive telemedicine station

Imaging technique reveals differences between radiation-sensitive and treatment-resistant tumors

Tufts engineers develop new tool to identify metabolic signatures linked to disease

Researchers develop new magnetic field sensors for many practical applications

Common tool to assess potential adoptive parents lags behind societal changes

New non-invasive imaging device can quickly detect signs of Alzheimer's disease

Bedfont receives manufacturing accolade in GHP Biotechnology Awards

Image Navigation announces world’s most advanced image-guided implant dentistry system

Machine-learning based imaging and sorting solution aims to reduce Africa's tsetse population

Tiny implantable 'tea bag' senses glucose levels and automatically releases insulin

FDA takes action to help reduce risks linked with use of surgical staplers and staples

Northwestern Medicine and Eko join hands to improve heart disease screening with AI technology

New machine learning-based approach to predict recovery time of sports-related concussions

New imaging technology could help find tiny tumors

Researchers develop new method to boost efficiency of CRISPR gene editing in DMD

Researchers develop 'snap freezing' apparatus to cool biopsy even faster

Smartphone app for remote blood pressure monitoring shows promise

CT scans used in cancer diagnostics can provide valuable clues to preventing heart problems

Patients question how FDA approves medical devices

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AI in Healthcare: How generative tools are transforming clinical practice

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