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An image that always tugs at the heart strings is that of a tiny infant in an incubator, hooked up to multiple devices that, while necessary to monitor the baby’s health, make it difficult for parents and caregivers to give newborns the…

Hexoskin, a Canadian start-up, has developed a smart shirt that measures lung function by sensing movements in the chest and abdomen. It has proved to be accurate as well as a lot less bulky when compared to traditional testing equipment,…

A whole-body exoskeleton, operated by recording and decoding brain signals, has helped a tetraplegic patient to move all four of his paralyzed limbs. The study successfully trialed a four-limb robotic system, and the authors say that,…

The pace at which healthcare data breaches occur is accelerating rapidly. In 2018, 15 million patient records were accessed in 503 breaches. By the halfway point of 2019, more than 25 million patient records had been breached. When…

A new platform using genome editing and magnetic cell sorting, discovered by researchers at the University of Toronto, could help reveal new drug targets for cancer and regenerative medicine. Shana Kelley, a University Professor in the…

As the market for wearable fitness and wellness trackers grows, consumers, healthcare professionals and manufacturers, alike, are seeking even more accurate devices. Today’s non-flexible wearables are limited in their capabilities and their…

Temporary and permanent medical implants for diagnostic, monitoring or therapeutic purposes now include cardiovascular, ophthalmic, surgical, dental, orthopedic,  respiratory, gastrointestinal, urogenital, and drug delivery devices, as well…

Urethral strictures prevent urine from passing out of the body and instead collects in the bladder where it can reach life-threatening levels. And it’s not as rare as you may think. One in every thousand children across the world develops…

Controlling the brain with a click of a smartphone seems like the stuff of science fiction, but scientists from Korea and the United States have made it happen. Their new device can control neural circuits using a tiny brain implant…

Early detection of all forms of cancer provides the best hope for successful treatment—if not eradication, then at least increased survival rates. But despite widespread education and the development of screening guidelines, many of the…