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New Apple Watch may crash overloaded medical services
Two innovations to the Apple Watch – automatically calling emergency services after a fall and an alert if its electrocardiogram detects heart rhythm changes...
Study shows new technology can predict fatal heart attacks
Heart attacks are usually caused by inflamed plaques in the coronary artery causing an abrupt blockage of blood getting to the heart. The challenge...
Nigerian teens win major US tech innovation award
Five Nigerian teenagers have won a major tech innovation award in California for their app that spots fake drugs, reports the Mail & Guardian. Promise...
EU approval for beat-by-beat continuous BP monitor
Caretaker Medical has won approval to introduce its Caretaker 4 wireless continuous non-invasive blood pressure (CNIBP) and vital signs monitoring system in the EU.
Medgadget reports...
Peek app uses teachers as opticians in Kenya
A smartphone app called Peek, which uses non-specialists in areas where eye specialists are scarce, is being rolled out across schools in Kenya. The government...
Accurate and inexpensive diagnosis of hepatitis B patients
A simple $20 blood test could help diagnose thousands of patients with hepatitis B in need of treatment in some of Africa’s poorest regions....
App improves HIV care management and virus suppression
A health app designed at the University of Virginia for recently-diagnosed HIV patients not only has improved care management and co-ordination but helped them...
Regenerative bandage for diabetic ulcers
A Northwestern University team has developed a regenerative bandage, that heals diabetic ulcers without using drugs, 33% faster than one of the most popular...
NHI demands data sharing between insurers and doctors
Healthcare looks to data to help solve primary challenges in the access, quality and affordability of care in the wake of realising universal health...
Ugandan breakthrough in malaria diagnosis
Researchers from at Makerere University in Uganda have invented a device that promises to revolutionise how malaria is diagnosed, which has just been awarded the prestigious...
Plaster for the treatment of painful recurring mouth ulcers
A plaster which sticks to the inside of your mouth is revolutionising the treatment of painful recurring ulcers. Scientists from the University of Sheffield's...
Therepi device developed to restore cardiac function
Researchers are hoping to halt the progression from heart attack to heart failure with a small device called Therepi, which contains a reservoir that...
Next generation cardiac pump improves outcomes, cuts costs
In a presentation at the annual meeting of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology, investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital...
First 3D printing of human corneas
The first human corneas have been 3D printed by scientists at Newcastle University. It means the technique could be used in the future to...
Quick test developed to detect liver damage
Researchers have developed a 'quick and robust' blood test that can detect liver damage before symptoms appear, offering what they hope is a significant...
New software detects on a CT one of the commonest causes of stroke
Machine learning has detected one of the commonest causes of dementia and stroke, in the most widely used form of brain scan (CT), more...
Machine learning makes observable previously invisible Long QT Syndrome
AliveCor, the leader in artificial intelligence and the company that essentially introduced mobile electrocardiography (ECG) to the mass market, has announced an important milestone...
First-in-world robot-assisted spinal surgery
Noah Pernikoff is back to his life in New York City after becoming the first patient in the world to undergo successfully a complex...
Chip-based blood test for multiple myeloma may relegate bone biopsy
The diagnosis and treatment of multiple myeloma, a cancer affecting plasma cells, traditionally forces patients to suffer through a painful bone biopsy. During that...
Artificial mole as an early warning of cancer
Swiss researchers have developed and tested in mice a synthetic gene network that is implanted and serves as an early warning system against the...
Micro-chip implant to monitor alcohol intake
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a miniature, ultra-low power injectable biosensor that could be used for continuous, long-term alcohol...
Smartphone app effectively assesses blood flow in wrist artery
A smartphone application using the phone's camera function performed better than traditional physical examination to assess blood flow in a wrist artery for patients...
Novel way to treat 'freezing of gait' in Parkinson's patients
A small Tel Aviv University study suggests a novel way of treating the affected areas of the brain that apparently cause freezing of gait,using...
Rwanda's life-saving drones expand into Tanzania to serve 12m people
The world’s first national drone delivery network, started in Rwanda by the Silicon Valley company Zipline, is now opening in Tanzania, serving 1,000 clinics...
Recyclable, self-healing malleable 'electronic skin'
Researchers have developed a new malleable, self-healing 'electronic skin' with sensors that measure pressure, temperature, humidity and air flow, which has applications ranging from...
Improving flu forecasting with 'smart thermometer' data
A new approach tested by researchers at the University of Iowa shows that de-identified data from a "smart thermometer" connected to a mobile phone...
FDA approves epileptic seizure monitoring watch
The Embrace seizure monitoring watch from Empatica, a company with offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Milan, Italy, has won clearance from the US Food...
Stethee, the Aussie AI-enabled electronic stethoscope
M3DICINE, a Australian firm, just launched an “AI enabled” electronic stethoscope called Stethee. Medgadget reports that the device, originally profiled a few years ago...
Computer analysis of speech to predict psychosis risk in youths
Computer-based analyses of speech transcripts obtained from interviews with at-risk youths were able to predict which youths would later develop psychosis within two years,...
New device selects the faster and healthier sperm cells
A new device developed by a team of researchers from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Stanford University uses an 'obstacle course' to sort and select...
Laser shoes 'significantly' help those with Parkinson's to walk
Freezing of gait, an absence of forward progression of the feet despite the intention to walk, is a debilitating symptom of Parkinson's disease. Laser...
Sugar and hydrogel dressing to speed wound healing
A new way of stimulating blood vessel formation, using a combination of simple and inexpensive sugar added to a hydrogel bandage, has been developed...
Low-cost, rapid test for iron and vitamin A deficiencies
Cornell University engineers and nutritionists have created a swift solution for a challenging global health problem: a low-cost, rapid test to detect iron and...
Engaged people and empowered doctors: the real wonder drug
With lifestyle diseases draining more than 55% of healthcare spend in South Africa as a result of chronic conditions, technology should be leveraged to help people...
Using artificial intelligence to identify colorectal adenomas
A new computer-aided endoscopic diagnosis system has been shown to automatically identify colorectal adenomas during colonoscopy, in one of the first prospective trials of...
Easy-to-produce prostate cancer tracer developed
An easy-to-produce, low-cost, prostate cancer tracer has been developed by King’s College London PhD student Jennifer Young. Known as 68Ga-THP-PSMA, the new tracer, which...
30-minute Caltech test identifies antibiotic resistant bacteria
A new test developed at the California Institute of Technology identifies antibiotic-resistant bacteria in as little as 30 minutes, allowing medical professionals to better...
Successfully using surgical screws from donated human bone
Biomechanics from TU Graz, are developing surgical screws from donated human bone material for foot and jaw surgery together with surgebright, a start-up from...
Wits engineering students lend a hand with cheaper prosthetics
Prosthetic hands that use brain signals to control movement sell for up to R150,000 but a team of engineering students from the University of...
New tool rapidly identifies cancerous tissue
A team of scientists and engineers at The University of Texas at Austin has invented a powerful tool that rapidly and accurately identifies cancerous...