All the stories tagged with medical-tag
Turn thoughts to music via a new computer system
03/30/2011, Boffins over at the UK intends to give folks who cannot speak a voice – a musical one, to boot, thanks to a new computer system which is capable of transforming thoughts to music This system has been slapped with [...]
iPhone helps doctors to save lives
03/30/2011, According to a recent experiment conducted in the UK, it has been proven that the iPhone helps to save lives. At the Royal United Hospital in Bath, 31 doctors with similar experience were split into two groups – those without [...]
SimQuest to release open-incision surgical simulator
03/29/2011, While they say practice makes perfect but in the realm of surgery, you don’t really have a lot to practice with. What surgeons in training have to practice on right now are live patients or animals, and usually living things [...]
Carbon nanotube device can rapidly diagnose cancer
03/28/2011, In the world of cancer detection, technology is rapidly evolving, and researchers are constantly developing newer and better ways to scope out those deadly cells. Well some researchers from MIT and Harvard have developed a new design for their carbon [...]
Skin cancer-detecting laser tool now available
03/27/2011, The word cancer often evokes a sense of dread in us, simply because it is one of those diseases that can be pretty hard to manage if it has developed into an advanced stage. Well, when it comes to skin [...]
Researchers develop a way to detect epileptic seizures automatically
03/24/2011, Epileptic seizures, caused by disruptions in the normal electrical activity of the brain can cause victims to suffer convulsions and unconsciousness. At the moment, there is no way to predict when such seizures would happen besides manually checking records of [...]
Emergency Transporter Unit helps move severed limbs safe and sound
03/14/2011, Ever wondered how one transported a severed or missing limb? Those are normally carried around in a picnic cooler of sorts with plenty of ice inside before making its way to the emergency room. Well, the Emergency Transporter Unit (ETU) [...]
$200 Gizmo Accurately Diagnoses Cancer, in Hours
02/24/2011, Still at the research stage, an electronic device built by U.S researchers from Harvard and MIT can diagnose malignant tumors on the spot (<1hr) instead of “days”. And it does it with a 96% accuracy, which is much higher than [...]
A computer in my eye: the millimeter scale computer is here
02/22/2011, The University of Michigan has announced that it has built a computer so small that it can be implanted in (or around?) the eye of Glaucoma patients to monitor eye pressure. If you’re not familiar with Glaucoma, it’s a disease [...]
High-tech scanner tells you how healthy you are
02/16/2011, Some folks over at the Charité-University Medicine in Berlin have developed a high-tech scanner that can tell how healthy a person is. All you have to do is point it at your skin, wait three minutes and the device will [...]
miraDry system: technology to help treat excessive underarm sweat
02/10/2011, The FDA has recently approved the miraDry system, a device created to help deal with patients that sweat excessively from their underarms. The system makes use of microwave energy to shutdown sweat glands in a targeted area, preventing those areas [...]
Electronic cigarettes work better than nicotine patches or gum
02/09/2011, After some new studies published by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, it looks like New York might reconsider its ban on electronic cigarettes. According to the results of the research done, electronic cigarettes had a higher chance of helping [...]
Med-Jet needle-free injection system approved in China
02/04/2011, What do kids fear most at the clinic? Needles, of course! In fact kids aren’t the only ones who are afraid of the dangerous looking tool, adults can get scared too. Part of growing up involves discovering what hurts and [...]
