Computerized rehab aids those suffering from brain injuries
For the first time, researchers have shown that computerized cognitive rehabilitation (a program to help brain-injured or otherwise cognitively impaired individuals to restore normal functioning)...
View ArticleAn engineer's Valentine to children
Professor Flamini's computer models predict right-size heart valves.What better way to celebrate Valentine's Day than help save a child's heart?
View ArticleElectronic healthcare records data reveal factors linked to emergency...
A new study has identified distinctions in patient diagnoses and different patterns of Emergency Department usage between individuals who are more or less likely to return to the ED for care within...
View ArticleComputer-assisted stethoscope may help docs better understand what they hear...
An observation piece published in Annals of Internal Medicine describes a new technology designed to help health care professionals better understand what they hear during chest auscultation.
View ArticleCybathlon -- A global Olympic-style competition to advance assistive &...
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), around 15% of the world's population is physically impaired to some degree.
View ArticleThe 6th Global mHealth App Developer Economics Study Has Been Launched
From today, we're inviting industry stakeholders to share their experiences and insights regarding the current and future state of mHealth in the world's largest annual study.
View ArticleSmart skin made of recyclable materials may transform medicine and robotics
Smart skin that can respond to external stimuli could have important applications in medicine and robotics.
View ArticleUT researchers develop way to better predict disease-causing mutations in...
Two researchers at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, have developed a method that could help clinicians and scientists better predict which mutations in people's genes could cause a disease...
View ArticleDartmouth researchers invent 'magic wand' to improve healthcare, cybersecurity
Dartmouth College researchers have developed a digital "magic wand" to improve home healthcare and to prevent hackers from stealing your personal data.
View ArticleTechnology set to personalize tendon and tissue injury rehab
A revolution in the treatment and rehabilitation of muscle/tendon injuries is on its way with the development of a ground-breaking new intelligent technology developed at Griffith University and...
View ArticleAccelerating genome analysis
An international team of scientists, led by researchers from A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and the Bioinformatics Institute (BII), have developed SIFT 4G (SIFT for Genomes) - a...
View ArticleComputers can tell if you're bored, shows new study
Technology could lead to 'empathetic' robots and reactive on-line learning programmes.
View ArticleHow tablets and YouTube can empower people with intellectual disabilities
A Concordia researcher underlines the lasting value of first-person storytelling.About two per cent of Canadians have an intellectual disability (ID).
View ArticleCan virtual reality help fight obesity?
Virtual reality offers promising new approaches to assessing and treating people with weight-related disorders, and early applications are revealing valuable information about body image.
View ArticleThe key to mass-producing nanomaterials
Researchers create a system that can scale-up production of the smallest -- but among the most useful -- materials of this century.
View ArticleCardiologists use 3-D printing to personalize treatment for heart disease
University of Melbourne doctors and engineers are using supercomputers to create 3D models from patients with heart disease, with photos from a camera thinner than a human hair.
View ArticlePenn study: Machine learning at arraignments can cut repeat domestic violence
In one large metropolitan area, arraignment decisions made with the assistance of machine learning cut new domestic violence incidents by half, leading to more than 1,000 fewer such...
View ArticleHow brain oscillations respond to teleportation
Technology may not have caught up to the teleportation devices of science fiction, but now we have some idea of how the brain handles "beaming up" from one location to another, thanks to research...
View ArticleNew online tool launched to help people struggling with bipolar disorder make...
The International Bipolar Foundation (IBPF) has announced the launch of its free, online Behavioral Health Quality of Life Tool (BHQL) to empower people struggling with bipolar disorder to assess...
View Article3-D analysis and CAD/CAM techniques lead to new advances in Plastic and...
While used mainly in craniofacial reconstruction so far, 3D planning and CAD/CAM techniques have the potential for advances in practically every area of plastic and reconstructive surgery...
View ArticleExtracting value from chaos: The promise of health information technology
Expectations for health information technology abound. A paper from the Regenstrief Institute takes a sweeping look at a variety of categories of health IT including electronic medical records...
View ArticleShaving time to test antidotes for nerve agents
Imagine you wanted to know how much energy it took to bike up a mountain, but couldn't finish the ride to the peak yourself.
View ArticleStudy shows high patient satisfaction with telemedicine-based care of sleep...
A new study suggests that telemedicine-based management for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is as effective and may be comparable to in-person care.
View ArticleUsing streaming online media such as YouTube to learn new surgical techniques
A small survey American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS) members found that most of them had used online streaming media (i.e.
View ArticleHow effective is Twitter to share cancer clinical trial information and recruit
Could Twitter be a way to communicate with the public about cancer clinical trials and increase awareness and patient recruitment?
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