medical

Why is it that a hefty blow to the chest can have entirely opposite outcomes. For example, some baseball players have died after being hit in the chest by a baseball, while patients undergoing fatal cardiac tachyarrhythmias have been saved…

Millions of people rely on pacemakers, defibrillators and other life-saving implantable devices powered by batteries that need to be replaced every five to 10 years. Those replacements require surgery which can be costly and create the…

For the first time in science, Columbia neuroengineers have created a system that translates thought into intelligible, recognizable speech. By monitoring someone's brain activity, the technology can reconstruct the words a person hears…

Overactive bladder, pain, burning and a frequent need to urinate are common and distressing problems. Over the past 30 years, people who suffer from severe bladder problems have been treated with stimulators that send an electric current to…