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Researchers from Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have designed a protype system-on-chip (SoC) that could make possible a fully implanted cochlear implant. A cochlear implant is a device that electronically stimulates the auditory nerve to restore hearing in people with profound hearing loss. Conventional cochlear implants are […]
Conventional digital mammography is the most widely-used screening modality for breast cancer, but may yield suspicious findings that turn out not to be cancer, known as false-positives. Such findings are associated with a higher recall rate, or the rate at which women are called back for additional imaging or biopsy that may be deemed unnecessary. […]
Pancreatic cancer is a particularly devastating disease. At least 94 percent of patients will die within five years, and in 2013 it was ranked as one of the top 10 deadliest cancers.This prototype of a microfluidic device has both curved and straight channels for transporting tissue biopsies. The silicon material is lightweight, flexible and transparent.Routine […]
The mental health conditions of most people who commit suicide remain undiagnosed, even though many visit a primary care provider or medical specialist in the year before they die, according to a national study led by Henry Ford Health System with the Mental Health Research Network. Among those in the study, 83 percent received health […]
When acupuncture first became popular in the Western Hemisphere it had its doubters. It still does. But over time, through detailed observation, scientists have produced real evidence that ancient Chinese practitioners of the medical arts were onto something. Now new research documents a direct connection between the use of acupuncture and physical processes that could […]
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) have created a synthetic form of low-molecular-weight heparin that can be reversed in cases of overdose and would be safer for patients with poor kidney function. ‘We took this drug and not only made it cost effectively, but we
Christopher Longhurst was part of a team that found a way to pull information from hospital patients’ electronic medical records to reduce the rate of one type of infection. A computerised safety checklist that automatically pulls information from patients’ electronic medical records was associated with a threefold drop in rates of one serious type of […]
A new feasibility study shows that equipping head and neck cancer patients with home-based sensors to identify potential risks of dehydration during radiation treatment is attainable and acceptable to patients as well as their physicians.
Defective blood coagulation is one of the leading causes of preventable death in patients who have suffered trauma or undergone surgery. The body
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