Johnson & Johnson is teaming up with the Texas Medical Center to accelerate the development of medical devices drawing from Houston’s deep engineering reserve and its large and diverse patient base. That announcement was made at the annual conference of … Read More »
Head injuries and concussion are common among young athletes in the United States. From 2002-2012, there was a 200 percent increase in both the number of emergency room visits for concussion among 8- to 13-year-olds and the number of reported … Read More »
Point-of-care diagnostics is a growing field due to the increasing need for real-time analysis of patient samples in remote locations. These diagnostic tools need to be reliable, efficient and cheap (especially in developing countries). Routine tests to measure biomarkers involve a … Read More »
With little over 3 weeks until the presidential election, the candidates are busy campaigning in a final attempt to win our vote. But according to new research, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump should perhaps focus less on their policies and … Read More »
On Jan. 20, 2015, about 30 minutes into his State of the Union Address, President Barack Obama said the words that would set in motion a health research initiative that could exceed the scope of any that has come before it. … Read More »
Since many patients coming in for a colonoscopy fail to properly cleanse their bowels, seeing polyps under a layer of fecal matter becomes a challenge. A newly FDA-cleared system from MOTUS GI, an Israeli firm, now offers the ability to wash … Read More »
The two biggest soda companies in the United States – Coca-Cola and PepsiCo – sponsored a minimum of 96 national health organizations between 2011-2015, a new study reveals. At least 96 national health organizations received funding from PepsiCo and Coca-Cola … Read More »
Jet lag can be problematic for jet-setters and long-haul cabin crew alike, who cross several time zones to reach their destination. While sleep strategies can alleviate jet lag, they are unable to reset body clocks. Researchers from the University of … Read More »
Fast failure is a term rooted in the startup world. On the contrary, the terms “medical research” and “scientific inquiry” conjure up images of slow, deliberate, painstaking clinical validation. If the American Heart Association, Verily (formerly Google Life Sciences) and … Read More »
A collaboration between IMEC of Belgium and Holst Centre in The Netherlands, two research institutions with focus on nanoelectronics and related fields, unveiled a new integrated system-on-a-chip that can accept and process data coming from a variety of body monitoring devices. … Read More »