All the stories tagged with medical-tag
Schizophrenia simulated on a computer
05/09/2011, There are many theories that surround the cause of schizophrenia, and one of them points to the excessive release of dopamine, as the brain remembers too many irrelevant stuff. Sounds like going to school? Actually no, as schizophrenics will be [...]
DermaFuse glass nanofiber material makes healing a cinch
05/04/2011, Ask anyone and they will tell you that they won’t mind having Wolverine’s highly accelerated healing factor as part of their genetic make up – after all, it also saves one hundreds or perhaps thousands each year when it comes [...]
Stroke rehabilitation glove fits into affordable bracket
04/28/2011, Anyone who has suffered from a stroke or deal with stroke patients know that time is of the essence when the stroke occurs – the earlier medical help is rendered, the faster and higher the chances of recovery. For those [...]
Radar detects concussions in athletes and soldiers
04/26/2011, Now here is new technology that might just make it easier for medical personnel to detect concussions in both athletes and soldiers, thanks to the use of a simple radar system which is capable of quickly screen individuals who may [...]
NeatClose automated port closure device makes laparoscopic entry wounds easier to heal
04/11/2011, NeatStitch of Israel has come up with an automated port closure device known as NeatClose, where it also picked up both FDA and European approvals in the process. Just what is the NeatClose exactly? Well, it is marketed to be [...]
Ornim CerOx 3210F monitors your blood flow without any needles
04/08/2011, Nobody likes having needles in them if they can avoid it from happening, and we’ve seen medical technology slowly heading towards that direction and now there’s one more device to add to the list: the Ornim CerOx 3210F. The CerOx [...]
Brain used to control computer
04/07/2011, US researchers over at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have laid claim that patients who had a temporary surgical implant, are able to make use of regions in the brain which control speech to “talk” to [...]
Undergraduates design a cheaper and safer brain-controlled prosthetic arm
04/06/2011, Two undergrads from the Ryerson University in Toronto have recently come up with a new type of prosthetic arm that could impact the robotic arm industry. While it’s not the world’s first or most advanced prosthetic arm available on the [...]
Health status bar to appear in meat and fish?
04/06/2011, For those of you who have had plenty of experience with video games, do remember those side scrolling beat ‘em ups that have a health status bar on top of your enemies – the reason we ask you to do [...]
Stery-Hand verifies whether your hands are properly washed or not
04/04/2011, Students from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics did come up with a new system which is capable of offering automated verification of proper hand washing, which would come in handy for surgeons before they head off to the [...]
Stery-Hand makes sure you wash your hands properly
04/04/2011, When you wash your hands, how do you know if your hands are clean enough? Most of the time you don’t really know. A test would be to eat food using your bare hands and see if you get sick [...]
Large multi-touch display used as a giant microscope
04/01/2011, If you had a large touchscreen at your disposal, the first thing you would probably think of doing is play Angry Birds on it. Well, believe it or not, touchscreen displays can be used for productive purposes as well. Researchers [...]
Bored surgeon makes paper plane the size of a penny
04/01/2011, When you’re a surgeon working in a hospital, and there’s a downtime where you have no patients to operate on, what do you do? You hone your surgery skills by practicing with surgical robotic hands of course. And that’s just [...]
