by Adam Zewe, Massachusetts Institute of Technology The sensor operates like a low-power radar, where it captures radio waves to assess patients’ walking patterns, their disease progression, and the effects of medications. Credit: Liu et al., Sci. Transl. Med. 14, eadc9669 (2022) Parkinson’s disease is the fastest-growing neurodegenerative disease, now affecting more than 10 million people...
by Rachel Rose, Texas A&M University The small device is designed to enable more individualized application of light dosing and photodynamic therapy. Credit: Justin Baetge/Texas A&M Engineering For those diagnosed with colorectal cancer, surgery has been the only option that offers a solution. Unfortunately, surgery is frequently complicated by disease recurrence at the site of...
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY IMAGE: DR. SUNG II PARK’S PADDLE-SHAPED DEVICE CONSISTS OF A HARVESTOR THAT CONTAINS MICROCHIPS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION. THE HARVESTOR ALSO PRODUCES CURRENTS TO POWER LEDS INSERTED NEAR THE END OF THE SHAFT CREDIT: TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Gastric bypass surgery is sometimes the last resort for those who struggle with...
JULY 20TH, 2020 MEDGADGET EDITORSCARDIOLOGY, CRITICAL CARE, EMERGENCY MEDICINE, GERIATRICS, INFORMATICS, MEDICINE, PEDIATRICS, PUBLIC HEALTH, SURGERY, TELEMEDICINE Vitls Inc., a company out of Houston, Texas, won FDA clearance for its Vitls Platform, a combination of a vitals monitoring patch, cloud storage, and an app that lets clinicians monitor multiple patients wearing such a patch at...
The new device attaches to organs using proteins found in the feet of mussels Patients take a drug that leaves their tumors vulnerable to the effects of light The device, created by Japanese experts, then emits light to tackle the cancer Early trials on mice proved the form of photodynamic therapy to be effective A...
