In the absence of food, neurons that normally control appetite initiate complex, repetitive behaviors seen in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and anorexia nervosa, according to a new study by Yale School of Medicine researchers. The findings are published in the March 5 online issue of the journal Cell. Neural circuits are responsible for flexible goal-oriented behaviors. […]
Cochlear implants are expensive, invasive and are occasionally unsuitable for elderly patients – so scientists are working on a device which sends small electric shocks to the wearer’s tongue and allows them to ‘hear’ sounds. Cochlear implants have had great success in restoring hearing to deaf patients, but the surgery is invasive, expensive and not […]
“A team of European researchers have been developing robotic gloves aimed at helping stroke victims to receive advanced therapy at home. The SCRIPT project (Supervised Care and Rehabilitation Involving Personal Tele-robotics) has led to two prototypes that help develop hand and wrist movement while recording monitoring and recording the patient’s ability to perform a variety […]
More bionics? You betchaNow we’re looking at the first bionic hand that can feel. The research is headed by Silvestro Micera, of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland. He recently presented his work at the 2013 Annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Boston. The device […]
Signostics , a company out of Clovelly Park, Australia, won FDA clearance to introduceits SignosRT Bladder Scanner to the American market. The device is nearly automatic, measuring the bladder size usingultrasound in a matter of seconds. Thedevice has already been available down under and is being used in by midwives, urologists, and in nursing homes […]
NeuroVigil, the company that has developed high resolution and high throughput software algorithms to seek out changes in neurobiological activity from a single sensor, its proprietary iBrain portable neural monitor, has partnered with the American Senior Housing Association (ASHA) to gather tremendous quantities of new and highly useful data. The plan is to have thousands […]
blind man is now able to see objects and people again, including his wife and family, for the first time in a decade. How? With the help of a bionic eye implant. Affected by a degenerative condition known as retinitis pigmentosa, Allen Zderad was effectively blind, unable to see anything but a bright light. As […]
A pillar of health reform is improving access to the best health care for more people. Technology is a cost-effective and increasingly potent means to connect clinics in the vast and medically undeserved rural regions of the United States with big city medical centers and their specialists. Tele medicine is well established as a […]
“At the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences researchers have developed a new highly effective antibacterial coating that should work well on medical devices. The material is initially a liquid combination of a boron compound blended with colloids of gold. When a substance is introduced to polymerize the material, any solid […]
