CAMBRIDGE, MA — MIT researchers have developed a way to incorporate electronic sensors into stretchy fabrics, allowing them to create shirts or other garments that could be used to monitor vital signs such as temperature, respiration, and heart rate. The sensor-embedded garments, which are machine washable, can be customized to fit close to the body...
To combat the problem of increasing death rate in the United States due to opioid overdose, the FDA has approved a generic variant of naloxone. Naloxone is a drug used to rapidly reverse the effects of an opioid overdose and prevent death. The medication will come in the form of a nasal spray and it will be easily administered by anyone to help a patient who...
(Reuters) – An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday voted in favor of Johnson & Johnson’s experimental nasal spray, which has a compound similar to often-abused ketamine, bringing the drug closer to approval. FILE PHOTO: A Johnson & Johnson building is shown in Irvine, California, U.S., January 24, 2017. REUTERS/Mike...
From infections to blockages, doctors spend a lot of time tending to ear issues It’s estimated nearly half of children’s visits to GP are for ear-related problems In recent years there’s been a boom in over-the-counter treatments from plugs that suck out water to gadgets that ‘pop’ blocked ears. But are they any good? Adam...
