A smaller version of a proton radiation machine for cancer treatments that has become a symbol of the excessive costs of health care arrived last week at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. The S250 Proton Therapy System from the Massachusetts company Mevion is the first of its kind to be installed in the country. The system is about [...]
Trevor Prideaux was born without his left forearm. He used to have to balance his smartphone on his prosthetic arm or lay it on a flat surface to text or dial. So with some help form the Exeter Mobility Center in Devon, UK, the 50-year-old Prideaux has become the first person to have a smartphone [...]
As technology evolves towards a singularity point of God-Like status, will the human mind interface with this artificial intelligence or will there be a separation of the biological condition against the science to combine with the exponential zenith of knowledge. When machines become self-aware and the resistance to combine into an outer construct; will there [...]
In the past, a surgeon had to read lots of books that were not necessarily explicit and convincing to choose this profession. Over time they developed a series of video games that stimulated children to become surgeons. It’s the same phenomenon that happens when children go into a hospital and see a lot of doctors [...]
A new study conducted in an eye clinic in India found that correction of amblyopia, also called “lazy eye,” can be achieved in many older children, if they stick to a regimen that includes playing video games along with standard amblyopia treatment. Today at the 115th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Dr. [...]
Reproductive Medicine Associates of New Jersey (RMANJ) just released the results of their groundbreaking research study entitled Cleavage Stage Embryo Biopsy Significantly Impairs Embryonic Reproductive Potential While Blastocyst Biopsy Does Not: A Novel Paired Analysis of Cotransferred Biopsied and Non-Biopsied Sibling Embryos. The study aimed to compare the safety and efficacy of biopsies performed for [...]
Surgeon and engineer Todd Kuiken is building a prosthetic arm that connects with the human nervous system, improving motion, control and even feeling. Todd Kuiken and patient Amanda Kitts demonstrates this next-gen robotic arm in the following video: Scientists are trying to make a prosthesis that can execute moves using the nervous system. Currently [...]
Charis Lea, 37, took a biomarker test, The Oncotype DX, after being diagnosed with breast cancer in December and having a mastectomy the following month. The test she took is available only privately but the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Nice). After the test showed she had a low chance of getting the cancer again, she [...]
Helmet imbued with sensors have been used for years to determine the consequences of head injuries in contact sports. At Stanford University researchers believe that mouth guards filled with sensors can gather head injury data on a much larger scale. Sensor helmets are used to record impact forces and whether a hit is dangerous or [...]
Ultrasound is a sound in a frequency of a range that humans cannot hear. The sound waves are produced by a machine, and applied through a probe to the skin surface. Ultrasound is used for many medical applications including imaging (often used to image pregnancies), therapeutic (deep tissue heating), and treatment (as is the case [...]
New York Stem Cell Foundation Laboratory researchers have reprogrammed an adulthuman egg to an embryonic state and used it to create a self-reproducing embryonic stem cell line. The cell line they created doesn’t produce true clones containing perfect copies of the donor’s DNA, but the development does represent a step forward and answers some important questions about stem [...]
Researchers developed prosthetics that respond to stimulus from the brain and function just as the original appendage it is replacing. But ideally the prosthetic wouldn’t just respond to stimulus from the brain. It would also provide sensory stimulus to the brain. It would have a sense of touch. Duke University Medical Center runs a program where trained [...]