For some time now, scientists have known that electrical currents can help heal chronic wounds. And while there are electrotherapy units that are in use, they can be quite bulky and complex. That’s why researchers have created an “electric bandage” that’s powered by the motion of the body. Developed by a team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the bandage is […]

We’ve already heard about “microneedle” patches that near-painlessly deliver medication through the skin. Well, scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore have now taken the same approach to treating eye diseases. They’ve developed a tiny patch laden with even tinier needles, which get poked into the eyeball. While eye drops are the most frequently-used means of delivering medication to the eye, […]

With holiday festivities around the corner, ’tis the season to ensure you and your loved ones get enough zzz’s. Innovative Swannies blue light blocking glasses are not only stylish, but also help improve the quality and duration of sleep by providing an all-natural solution to filtering out blue light before bedtime. This includes blue light emitted by electronic devices – […]

After over a decade of development, the world’s first full-body medical scanner has produced its first images. The groundbreaking imaging device is almost 40 times faster than current PET scans and can capture a 3D picture of the entire human body in one instant scan. Called EXPLORER, the full-body scanner combines positron emission tomography (PET) and X-ray computed tomography (CT). […]

Currently, if you want to measure someone’s blood oxygen levels, you have to use one of those oximeters that clips onto their finger. An experimental new system, however, is able to check those levels anywhere on the body – and that could mean big things for the field of medicine. Traditional oximeters use LEDs to shine red and near-infrared light […]

If you need to close up an injury or incision in human body tissue, you use sutures, staples or perhaps a surgical adhesive … right? Well, if technology that’s currently being developed at Arizona State University gets commercialized, liquid silk combined with gold nanoparticles may eventually be a better way to go. Although sutures and staples are both tried and […]

It’s no secret that jobs which involve a lot of bending, twisting or reaching can cause debilitating injuries. Sometimes, though, it’s hard to remember to do those things the right way. The wearable Kinetic Reflex is designed to help workers in that regard, by alerting them to unsafe postures. Equipped with an inertial measurement unit (an accelerometer/gyroscope combo), the Reflex […]

The World Heath Organization classifies smoking as a global epidemic and the single most preventable cause of death in the world, accounting for around five to six million deaths every year. Many researchers are hunting for new ways to help people shake this damaging addiction, from a vaccine that prevents the pleasurable effects of nicotine to magnetic pulses delivered to […]

At the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) researchers are working on integrating therapeutic drugs into textiles that can release them into the skin as needed. The researchers envision pain medication to be administered as soon as the body severely during a sports injury, or an antibiotic can be released as soon as a wound forms on the […]

AI-driven diagnostic tools are undeniably on the precipice of revolutionizing how doctors treat and manage patients. The ability for machine-learning algorithms to crunch immense volumes of patient data and find patterns not visible to the eyes of human clinicians is revealing new ways to predict everything from breast cancer risk to a person’s chances of developing Alzheimer’s disease. Now, a […]