05 Jul
Researchers say they’ve developed a new technology that may lead to healthier aging and early detection of chronic diseases.
Don't let your surgeon toss your old heart pacemaker out with the trash.
Used pacemakers can be refurbished, researchers report, providing the potential for more pe...
A painless nerve-zapping device called Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) has long been used to ease arthritis, back pain and other ailment...
A wearable patch the size of a postage stamp that can monitor blood pressure continuously could soon help people manage their hypertension.
Researchers at the ...
Recurring angina chest pain in people with a certain type of heart disease can be tough to treat, but a new hourglass-shaped stent could be a real advance, researchers report.
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Artificial intelligence might be able to help doctors detect the prostate cancers most likely to be life-threatening to men, a new study suggests.
An AI program ...
Artificial intelligence can accurately detect heart murmurs in dogs, a new study finds.
The AI program detects heart murmurs in canines with 90% accuracy, similar to the accuracy of expert cardiologists, researchers report.
And in more than half the cases tested, t...
An experimental electric bandage might help doctors stop bacterial infections without using any drugs, a new study suggests.
Imperceptible low-level electric current applied through a skin patch caused a nearly 10 times reduction in amounts of Staphylococcus epidermi...
Naloxone can save a person’s life by reversing a potentially fatal opioid overdose, and is now available as an over-the-counter medication.
Unfortunately,...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it has appointed Dr. Michelle Tarver to head its division that oversees medical devices.
The appointment of a new director for the <...
A handheld pinprick blood test could someday deliver results in as little as an hour, a new study shows.
The portable device, which fits in the palm of a hand, uses sound waves to separate a tiny whole blood sample down into microscopic biomarkers, researchers reported O...
Microscopic magnetic nanodiscs could provide a much less invasive means of providing deep brain stimulation, a new study says.
The tiny discs – about 250 nanometers across, or 1/500 the width of a human hair – would be injected directly into specific regions ...
A newly developed soft robotic finger with a sophisticated sense of touch could one day help your doctor perform routine office examinations, a new study suggests.
The finger can take a person’s pulse and detect abnormal lumps, researchers reported Oct. 10 in the j...
AI isn’t ready to run a hospital’s emergency room just yet, a new study concludes.
ChatGPT likely would ask for unnecessary x-rays and antibiot...
Patients who lose the use of their hands and arms after a stroke or traumatic brain injury could regain some function through deep brain stimulation (DBS), new research demonstrates.
DBS involves surgical placement of electrodes to deliver electrical impulses to areas of...
A slow-release form of semaglutide could allow people who use Wegovy or Ozempic to get shots once a month, instead of the weekly injections they now take, a new study demonstrates.
...People are encouraged to monitor their blood pressure at home, but many folks will find that household blood-pressure cuffs are liter...
An AI-enhanced digital stethoscope can help doctors detect a potentially deadly form of heart failure that can occur late in pregnancy, a new clinical trial reports.
The AI-driven stethoscope was 12 times more likely than traditional methods to spot heart pump weakness t...
A wearable heart monitor raises the detection rate of the dangerous irregular heartbeat known as atrial fibrillation (A-fib) by more than 50%, a new study finds.
Unfortunately, there was no increase observed in the number of strokes prevented after folks got the devices,...
A sweat-powered finger wrap could make monitoring a person’s health as easy as wearing a Band-Aid, researchers report.
The electronic wrap measures blood levels of sugar, vitamins, drugs and other substances by analyzing the sweat from a person’s fingertip, r...
An experimental “smart mask” can check a person’s breath to check their health, researchers report.
Fitted with biosensors, the simple paper mask could be used to track respiratory ailments, kidney disease and a number of other health problems, accordin...
An improved test for Lyme disease could provide accurate results within 20 minutes, researchers report.
The test -- which resembles an AI-guided form of the at-home COVID-19 test -- would be a vast improvement over the current two-part lab test that takes up to two weeks...
Most Americans believe artificial intelligence should be used to improve health care, a new national survey reports.
However, many are still a little queasy over some of th...
Casey Harrell was losing his ability to speak due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
“Not being able to communicate is so frustrating and demoralizing. It is like you are trapped,†said Harrell, 45.
But a ...
A wearable brain scanner could improve research into Parkinson’s disease, dementia and other debilitating disorders, new research shows.
The brain scanner -- called t...
Newly developed battery-powered electric bandages could help wounds heal more quickly, a new study reports.
In animal testing, wounds treated with electric bandages healed 30% faster than wounds treated with conventional bandages, researchers reported Aug. 7 in the jour...
Abbott has warned diabetes patients that some of its continuous blood sugar monitoring systems may need to be replaced because of inaccurate readings.
"Abbott has recently identified a small number of FreeStyle Libre 3 sensors that may provide incorrect high glucose read...
"Smart"prosthetic legs can help amputees achieve a natural walking gait, but it's done through robotic sensors and algorithms that drive the limb forward at predetermined rates.
A better way would be to give people full control over the limb through their nervous system ...
Scientists have developed microscopic robots capable of swimming through the lungs to deliver chemotherapy directly to lung cancer cells.
In early testing, these microbots  ...
California skateboarder Jared Hager has become the first person to receive a transparent skull replacement, which allows doctors to better view the function of his brain.
The window has allowed doctors to both monitor his progress and test new and better scanning methods...
A "Third Thumb"-- a robotic, prosthetic extra thumb -- is easy to use and can help folks grab and tote more objects, a new study says.
Hundreds of diverse test subjects at a science exhibition were able to figure out the extra thumb quickly and use it to pick up things l...
If you use a medical device such as a blood glucose monitor or insulin pump, keeping it charged is a must.
But devices that rely on a USB charger can overheat, which may cause minor injuries, serious burns or fires. That's why it's important to read, understand and...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a Class 1 recall -- its most urgent kind -- for an IOS app linked to a specific kind of insulin pump used by people with diabetes.
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An artificial intelligence (AI) program trained to analyze cardiac ultrasounds can detect abnormal heart rhythms that a doctor is apt to overlook, a new study reports.
"Atrial fibrillation can come and go, ...
A small, implantable heart pump could help children await heart transplants at home rather than languishing in a hospital, according to a new study.
The pump is surgically attached to augment the heart's blood-pumping action, giving more time to find a donor heart, resea...
Artificial intelligence might be able to identify patients who have rare diseases years earlier than they would typically be diagnosed, a new study says.
A newly developed AI program was able to successfully identify people at risk of developing a rare immune disorder, r...
Artificial intelligence might be able to help doctors by filling out rote paperwork, but it's not going to be useful in the ER anytime soon, a new study shows.
OpenAI's ChatGPT program provided inconsistent conclusions when presented with simulated cases of patients with...
Laboratory tests used by millions of Americans are soon to be classified as medical devices, and as such be regulated by U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the agency announced Monday.
The new rule does not apply to tests and kits made by big medical device manufacturers...
AI could help doctors cut back on the bewildering variety of medications that seniors frequently are prescribed, a new study suggests.
More than 40% of seniors are prescribed five or more meds, and this increases a person's risk of adverse
Artificial intelligence can serve as a helpful backup editor to radiologists, making sure their reports are accurate and reliable, a new study says.
The OpenAI program GPT-4 performed about as well as a group of radiologists in detecting errors that had been placed into ...
Tapping the power of the small brain region called the cerebellum could improve patients' ability to move cutting-edge robotic limbs, a new study suggests.
The cerebellum is an ancient structure located under the brain, just above where the spinal cord connects to the br...
America is making headway against heart disease, with heart-related deaths declining over the past three decades.
But it appears that only...
A new warning is being issued over a heart pump whose use could perforate the heart.
The device has already been linked to over 100 injuries and 49 deaths.
These left-sided Impella heart pumps are made by Abiomed, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson MedTech. Abi...
It's hard for some folks who suffer illness-related urinary incontinence to judge whether they'll be able to hold it until they get home, or if they should rush to a bathroom now.
<...Artificial intelligence tools don't always help radiologists better review a patient's X-rays or CT scans, a new study claims.
AI has been touted as a potential means of im...
There may be an unexpected fix for ongoing shortages of insulin: A brown bovine in Brazil recently made history as the first transgenic cow able to produce human insulin in her milk.
"Mother Nature designed the mammary gland as a factory to make protein really, really ef...
A new robotic hip exoskeleton could help stroke patients improve their walking stride, a new study shows.
More than 80% of stroke survivors develop problems walking, often because their step is shorter on one side than the other, researchers explained in background notes...
A new smartphone app can help doctors more accurately diagnose ear infections in babies and small children, potentially reducing unnecessary antibiotic use in kids, researchers report.
Ear infections -- known by doctors as acute otitis media (AOM) -- can be difficult to ...
A new pair of earrings have joined the plethora of wearable technology that can help track wellness, researchers report.
The Thermal Earring continuously monitors a user's earlobe temperature, according to the University of Washington (UW) researchers who developed it.
A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Friday addressed a continuing issue with pulse oximeters -- that they give less accurate readings for folks with darker skin.
The devices are designed to measure oxygen levels in the blood, so correct readings are cri...
Americans are cautiously optimistic that AI will be able to improve the health care they receive, a new Cleveland Clinic survey finds.
About three out of five Americans believe that AI will lead to better heart care, and 65% say they would be comfortable receiving h...