Medical News
Researchers Create Samβa, A New Molecule To Treat Heart Failure
Medical Design Technology - 13 Mar 2019 22:41
News A group of researchers based in Brazil and the United States have developed a molecule that halts the progression of heart failure and improves the heart's capacity to pump blood... Contributed Author: FUNDAÇÃO DE...
Live From AAOS 2019
Medical Design Technology - 13 Mar 2019 23:47
Blog As AAOS exhibits hundreds of new technologies, procedures, and devices, it's clear we are surely in store for a medical era filled with innovative technologies... Staff Author: Tierney King Topics: Orthopedics
Top Scientists Call for Moratorium Blocking Gene-Edited Babies; Critics Want Action
Discover - 13 Mar 2019 23:00
More than a dozen top scientists from seven countries are calling for world governments to adopt a moratorium on what scientists call heritable genome editing. They're on a mission to make sure the world doesn't see any ...
Verizon Announces Pricing, April Launch Date for Mobile 5G Service
Medical Design Technology - 13 Mar 2019 21:32
News Verizon announced it will start offering mobile 5G service in select parts of Chicago and Minneapolis on April 11, before expanding to more than 30 cities later this year. Staff Author: Bevin Fletcher Topics: Carrie...
Vaccine Market Projected to Implement New Technologies 2018 to 2028, Says Report
Medical Design Technology - 13 Mar 2019 18:00
Industry Brief The Global Vaccine Market report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets. According to the report, the global vaccine market will reach nearly $103.57 billion by 2028, which is a CAGR of 11 percent in the for...
New Method Opens the Way for Cutting Tools with Longer Lifetime
Medical Design Technology - 13 Mar 2019 18:00
News Researchers at Linköping University have developed a theoretical model that enables simulations for showing what happens in hard cutting materials as they degrade. The model will enable manufacturing industry to sa...
Thailand Looks to Bolster Leadership Position in Medical Tourism with Focus on Medical Robotics
Medical Design Technology - 13 Mar 2019 18:00
News With a medical foundation that includes various internationally accredited medical facilities, healthcare specialists and ]medical services along with a focus on medical robotics, Thailand is well-positioned to be t...
A Fix for Back Pain? Scientists Test Biosynthetic Discs
Medical Design Technology - 13 Mar 2019 18:00
News Of all the parts of the human body, the stubby little discs between the bones in the spine represent one of the more remarkable feats of nature's design. Consisting of tough, rubbery rings of collagen with jellylike...
Robotic Leg, Born Without Prior Knowledge, Learns to Walk
Medical Design Technology - 13 Mar 2019 18:00
News A team of researchers believe they have become the first to create an AI-controlled robotic limb driven by animal-like tendons that can even be tripped up and then recover within the time of the next footfall... Con...
Technology Enables Compliance with Upcoming EU Medical Device Regulation
Medical Design Technology - 13 Mar 2019 18:00
News Soom, a pioneer in utilizing barcode technology to bridge information gaps between data sources and physical products, announced a solution that enables compliance with the electronic instructions for use requiremen...
iovera Therapy Might be Effective Alternative to Opioids for Pain Relief Following Knee Replacement Surgery
Medical Design Technology - 13 Mar 2019 18:00
News Myoscience, Inc., a company dedicated to relieving pain through targeted therapies, announced clinical trial results demonstrating that iovera° therapy significantly reduced the use of opioids following total knee ...
Modeling Benefits Design of Lithium-Ion Batteries
Medical Design Technology - 13 Mar 2019 17:27
Article Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries have become the most common rechargeable batteries for consumer electronics and automotive applications due to their high-energy densities, decent power density, relatively... Contr...
Hypersonic Rocket Passes Critical Design Review, Flies Eight Times the Sound of Speed
Medical Design Technology - 13 Mar 2019 17:27
News The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has given the go ahead on a new hypersonic rocket that can fly eight times the sound of speed... Staff Author: Tierney King Topics: Product Design and Development
A Wearable Nanogenerator Inspired by Self-Repairing Movie-Starring Robots
Medical Design Technology - 13 Mar 2019 17:15
Videos Watching a movie isn't just a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon, it can also spur new discoveries. A Purdue University team, led by the Ravi and Eleanor Talwar Rising Star Assistant Professor of Industrial.....
SniffPhone Detects Cancer from Breath
Medical Design Technology - 13 Mar 2019 17:00
News SniffPhone, currently in its prototype phase, enables early diagnosis of gastric cancer from a person's exhaled breath. The new method may revolutionise cancer screening all over the world... Contributed Author: VTT...
Tele-rehabilitation Leads to Patient Satisfaction for Knee and Hip Replacement
Medical Design Technology - 13 Mar 2019 17:00
News The use of tele-rehabilitation following total hip and knee arthroplasty was found to lower costs, increase patient compliance and led to high patient satisfaction, according to a study presented at the 2019 AAOS......
AI Tool Revolutionizes Process for Matching Cancer Patients with Clinical Trials
Medical Design Technology - 13 Mar 2019 17:00
News A team of researchers from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory Health Data Sciences Institute has harnessed the power of artificial intelligence to better match cancer patients with clinical tri...
How to Train Your Robot to Feed You Dinner
Medical Design Technology - 13 Mar 2019 17:00
News Researchers are working on a robotic system that can help make it easier. After identifying different foods on a plate, the robot can strategize how to use a fork to pick up and deliver the desired bite to a person'...
Mechanized Cane Measures Patients' Rehabilitation Process Without Noticing
Medical Design Technology - 13 Mar 2019 17:00
News Robot-aided rehabilitation represents a step forward for patients with walking difficulties. However, its high price, together with some adaptation and transfer problems, keep limiting its use at present... Contribu...
The Web Turns 30, and Its Inventor Strives to Protect Your Personal Data
Medical Design Technology - 13 Mar 2019 16:58
News Tim Berners-Lee is credited with creating the World Wide Web March 12, 1989, which means this week it hits its 30th birthday. Monday, the eve of the anniversary, Berners-Lee spoke to a group of reporters... Staff Au...
Snapshot: S&T Testing Smart Sensor to Enhance Emergency Communications
Medical Design Technology - 13 Mar 2019 16:56
News First responders run toward danger; their jobs require it. From rushing into burning buildings to descending far underground, first responders selflessly put themselves at risk to save those in need. Often, their......
First Flight Success for Drone-Sized Electric Aircraft
Medical Design Technology - 13 Mar 2019 16:54
News If fully electric regional passenger jets someday fly from Cleveland to Atlanta, aviation historians will likely point out that the first successful in-air test of the battery technology making it possible happened ...