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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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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 ...NOV 05, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
With an estimated value at $9 billion, Theranos is, by all rights, not an average multi-billion dollar biotech startup. ...OCT 30, 2015Microbiology
Staphylococcus aureus is notorious for forming biofilms on indwelling medical devices (things like urinary and vascular ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 19, 2015Neuroscience
While doctors, scientists and medical researchers have good imaging tools to see blood, bones and muscle, seeing what ha ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 10, 2015Videos
Over just the last few decades, technology has come a long way. Whether you're talking about consumer electronics, helpi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 14, 2015Videos
Our society is becoming more and more mobile every year. With more demand for wireless internet access, increased amount ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 13, 2015Videos
Imagine being able to scan your plate of food at a restaurant with your smart phone and know instantly what exactly was ...Written By: Sarah HertrichSEP 12, 2015Technology
With the 3D printing industry becoming so advanced, the world is finding multiple uses to put the technology to work. On ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 13, 2015Neuroscience
A group of scientists from various organizations has come together to help people to communicate, bringing together neur ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 06, 2015Neuroscience
Americans love football, but recent stories about the intense and cumulative effect of trauma on the brain has caused re ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 06, 2015Plants & Animals
A sticky little sucker fish in Puget Sound may be the answer to better designs in surgical instruments, biomedical devic ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 27, 2015Cancer
More than 100 drugs have been approved to treat cancer, but predicting which ones will help a particular patient is an i ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 20, 2015Neuroscience
Researchers from biotech firm Biogen and online medical information forum PatientsLikeMe conducted a study that suggests ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 16, 2015Chemistry & Physics
A potentially game-changing breakthrough in artificial photosynthesis has been achieved with the development of a system ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 13, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
A new device developed by UCLA engineers and doctors may eventually help scientists study the development of disease, en ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 08, 2015Neuroscience
Researchers continue to uncover positive and possibly life-changing effects from mind-body interventions such as yoga an ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 03, 2015Neuroscience
The war on PTSD, Gulf War Illness, and other illnesses suffered by veterans just got a boost from an unexpected source-l ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 03, 2015Neuroscience
Each year, more than 60 million Americans fail to get enough sleep at night due to a chronic sleep disorder. Yet few of ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 02, 2015Health & Medicine
The 14th annual IATI-Biomed 2015, the premier international biomed conference in Israel, will take place between May 12 ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 20, 2015Neuroscience
Doctor-writer Oliver Sacks' essay collections, like Musicophilia, introduced stories to the public that expl ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 19, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Kalorama information suggests that the FDA approval of a rare gene test from Mountain View, Calif.-based personal geneti ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
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
...
NOV 05, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
With an estimated value at $9 billion, Theranos is, by all rights, not an average multi-billion dollar biotech startup.
...
OCT 30, 2015
Microbiology
Staphylococcus aureus is notorious for forming biofilms on indwelling medical devices (things like urinary and vascular
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 19, 2015
Neuroscience
While doctors, scientists and medical researchers have good imaging tools to see blood, bones and muscle, seeing what ha
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 10, 2015
Videos
Over just the last few decades, technology has come a long way. Whether you're talking about consumer electronics, helpi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 14, 2015
Videos
Our society is becoming more and more mobile every year. With more demand for wireless internet access, increased amount
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 13, 2015
Videos
Imagine being able to scan your plate of food at a restaurant with your smart phone and know instantly what exactly was
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
SEP 12, 2015
Technology
With the 3D printing industry becoming so advanced, the world is finding multiple uses to put the technology to work. On
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 13, 2015
Neuroscience
A group of scientists from various organizations has come together to help people to communicate, bringing together neur
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 06, 2015
Neuroscience
Americans love football, but recent stories about the intense and cumulative effect of trauma on the brain has caused re
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 06, 2015
Plants & Animals
A sticky little sucker fish in Puget Sound may be the answer to better designs in surgical instruments, biomedical devic
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 27, 2015
Cancer
More than 100 drugs have been approved to treat cancer, but predicting which ones will help a particular patient is an i
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 20, 2015
Neuroscience
Researchers from biotech firm Biogen and online medical information forum PatientsLikeMe conducted a study that suggests
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 16, 2015
Chemistry & Physics
A potentially game-changing breakthrough in artificial photosynthesis has been achieved with the development of a system
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 13, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
A new device developed by UCLA engineers and doctors may eventually help scientists study the development of disease, en
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 08, 2015
Neuroscience
Researchers continue to uncover positive and possibly life-changing effects from mind-body interventions such as yoga an
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 03, 2015
Neuroscience
The war on PTSD, Gulf War Illness, and other illnesses suffered by veterans just got a boost from an unexpected source-l
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 03, 2015
Neuroscience
Each year, more than 60 million Americans fail to get enough sleep at night due to a chronic sleep disorder. Yet few of
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 02, 2015
Health & Medicine
The 14th annual IATI-Biomed 2015, the premier international biomed conference in Israel, will take place between May 12
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 20, 2015
Neuroscience
Doctor-writer Oliver Sacks' essay collections, like Musicophilia, introduced stories to the public that expl ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 19, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Kalorama information suggests that the FDA approval of a rare gene test from Mountain View, Calif.-based personal geneti
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider