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Medical Devices: vary in both their intended use and indications for use. Examples range from simple, low-risk devices such as tongue depressors, medical thermometers, disposable gloves, and bedpans to complex, high-risk devices that are implanted and sustain life.
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MAR 25, 2016Videos
Undergoing cancer treatment is difficult enough without the stress of hair loss as well. While newer chemotherapy drugs ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 18, 2016Microbiology
University of Houston researchers developed a new, photothermal technique to kill bacteria. The technique uses gold disk ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAR 15, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Wearable technologies are getting smarter everyday, incorporating biometrics about our bodies in new and unexpected ways ...MAR 09, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In the world of medical surgeries, smaller incisions could often mean less infection risk and faster recovery time. To h ...MAR 03, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
When one of the country’s top groups representing the interests of women’s health care physicians puts out a ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 03, 2016Neuroscience
As a result of the war in the Middle East, there are 1,558 American soldiers who have suffered the loss of a limb. Add t ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 02, 2016Health & Medicine
Cochlear implants are small electronic devices that allow people who are deaf or severely hard of hearing to hear. These ...Written By: Cassidy ReichFEB 20, 2016Videos
Virtual reality is not just for gamers - in the medical world, virtual and 3-D technologies are transforming how doctors ...FEB 19, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Tissue bioengineering is rapidly expanding as the demand for lab-grown tissues grows steadily due to shortages in donate ...FEB 15, 2016Neuroscience
Normally when there is talk of a small piece of metal that can be implanted in the brain to take over the control of som ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 15, 2016Technology
Scientists have designed a new wearable monitor that keeps track of your health by measuring chemicals in your sweat. Wh ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 09, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Despite numerous medical advancements in the past few decades, nothing has come close to replacing a doctor’s touc ...JAN 19, 2016Cancer
A thin, stretchable film that coils light waves like a Slinky could one day lead to more precise, less expensive monitor ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)DEC 26, 2015Videos
From Saint Mary's Hospital in Waterbury, Connecticut, Chief of Cardiology Dr. Paul Kelly briefly discusses how the newes ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 26, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Bacterial biofilms are among the biggest scourges in hospitals, causing infections that are difficult to treat because m ...DEC 21, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
A portable, wearable heart defibrillator was recently approved for use in children at risk for sudden cardiac arrest. &n ...DEC 20, 2015Videos
A visit to the doctor's office these days involves more gadgets than ever before, among these which are portable electro ...DEC 17, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
The year 2015 has been a big year for transplants surgery and it will end with an even bigger splash. Doctors at the Joh ...DEC 17, 2015Neuroscience
Glioblastomas or GBMs are the most devastating kind of cancer tumor found in the central nervous system in adults. Tumor ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 12, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
For the first time in the US, there will be an alternative to hair loss for patients undergoing chemotherapy. The Food a ...DEC 05, 2015Health & Medicine
Scientists have invented microscopic swimming devices that work on the scientists' behalf without bei ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetDEC 04, 2015Cardiology
For patients with weak hearts that need help pumping blood, an alternative to a heart transplant is an implant of a mech ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 24, 2015Cardiology
The next generation of surgery technology has arrived: virtual reality in the operating room! A report recently publishe ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 09, 2015Health & Medicine
Imagine this: Your child is at football practice afterschool when he collides head-on with another teammate. He is stunn ...
MAR 25, 2016
Videos
Undergoing cancer treatment is difficult enough without the stress of hair loss as well. While newer chemotherapy drugs
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 18, 2016
Microbiology
University of Houston researchers developed a new, photothermal technique to kill bacteria. The technique uses gold disk
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAR 15, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Wearable technologies are getting smarter everyday, incorporating biometrics about our bodies in new and unexpected ways
...
MAR 09, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In the world of medical surgeries, smaller incisions could often mean less infection risk and faster recovery time. To h
...
MAR 03, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
When one of the country’s top groups representing the interests of women’s health care physicians puts out a
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 03, 2016
Neuroscience
As a result of the war in the Middle East, there are 1,558 American soldiers who have suffered the loss of a limb. Add t
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 02, 2016
Health & Medicine
Cochlear implants are small electronic devices that allow people who are deaf or severely hard of hearing to hear. These
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
FEB 20, 2016
Videos
Virtual reality is not just for gamers - in the medical world, virtual and 3-D technologies are transforming how doctors
...
FEB 19, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Tissue bioengineering is rapidly expanding as the demand for lab-grown tissues grows steadily due to shortages in donate
...
FEB 15, 2016
Neuroscience
Normally when there is talk of a small piece of metal that can be implanted in the brain to take over the control of som
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 15, 2016
Technology
Scientists have designed a new wearable monitor that keeps track of your health by measuring chemicals in your sweat. Wh
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 09, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Despite numerous medical advancements in the past few decades, nothing has come close to replacing a doctor’s touc
...
JAN 19, 2016
Cancer
A thin, stretchable film that coils light waves like a Slinky could one day lead to more precise, less expensive monitor
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
DEC 26, 2015
Videos
From Saint Mary's Hospital in Waterbury, Connecticut, Chief of Cardiology Dr. Paul Kelly briefly discusses how the newes
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 26, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Bacterial biofilms are among the biggest scourges in hospitals, causing infections that are difficult to treat because m
...
DEC 21, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
A portable, wearable heart defibrillator was recently approved for use in children at risk for sudden cardiac arrest. &n
...
DEC 20, 2015
Videos
A visit to the doctor's office these days involves more gadgets than ever before, among these which are portable electro
...
DEC 17, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
The year 2015 has been a big year for transplants surgery and it will end with an even bigger splash. Doctors at the Joh
...
DEC 17, 2015
Neuroscience
Glioblastomas or GBMs are the most devastating kind of cancer tumor found in the central nervous system in adults. Tumor
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 12, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
For the first time in the US, there will be an alternative to hair loss for patients undergoing chemotherapy. The Food a
...
DEC 05, 2015
Health & Medicine
Scientists have invented microscopic swimming devices that work on the scientists' behalf without bei
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
DEC 04, 2015
Cardiology
For patients with weak hearts that need help pumping blood, an alternative to a heart transplant is an implant of a mech
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 24, 2015
Cardiology
The next generation of surgery technology has arrived: virtual reality in the operating room! A report recently publishe
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 09, 2015
Health & Medicine
Imagine this: Your child is at football practice afterschool when he collides head-on with another teammate. He is stunn
...