Neuroscientists take baby steps towards better prosthetics
Advanced neuroprosthetics, with the potential to restore touch, movement, and sight, are not going to happen this year – or five years from now – but they are coming.
Diagnostic Photonics brings in $3M for imaging technology
Diagnostic Photonics has raised new funding for its imaging technology that is designed to allow clinicians to have a better understanding of where dead tissue exists when performing surgical operations.
Balancing the Role of Physicians and AI [Video]
At the ViVE conference in LA, Smarter Technologies Chief Medical Officer Ruben Amarasingham MD talked with Katie Adams about the company's larger goals for AI: to improve the accuracy of data and make healthcare less burdensome for physicians and clinicians.
Can we really blame pizza for unhealthy American children?
Making healthy food and other habits the norm for kids is important (yes, sometimes challenging), but it seems a little silly when big claims are made that pizza is the reason the youth of today might have health issues. How about we feed them less pizza? A new study out of the University of Illinois […]
Smartphone as epidemiologist: App + cradle can detect food toxins and tainted water
A new smartphone biosensor may provide particularly helpful point-of-care possibilities for medicine in remote locations and developing nations. Researchers at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign are developing a smartphone app plus cradle device that can take food samples and determine whether they have toxins or allergens. It can also detect bacteria and contaminated water, according to […]