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Multifunctional Nano-Sensor Could Detect Iron Disorders

Chronic iron imbalances - having either too little or too much iron in the blood - can result in medical conditions ranging from anemia and hemochromatosis through to more severe diseases, such as cancer, Parkinson's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease.

30 Apr 2020

Wireless-Powered 'Smart Contact Lens' can Detect and Treat Diabetes

Diabetes is called an incurable disease because once it develops, it does not disappear regardless of treatment in modern medicine.

29 Apr 2020

Electric Stockings to Help COVID-19 Patients at Intensive Care Units

Doctors and engineers have together developed an electric stocking to prevent loss of muscle mass in bed-ridden patients. During the coming months, the stocking will be tested on Danish COVID-19 patients at intensive care units in Denmark.

29 Apr 2020

Santa Barbara Infrared (SBIR) Introduces Blackbody System Developed for COVID-19 Body Temperature Detection

Santa Barbara Infrared, Inc., a leading manufacturer of advanced infrared and electro-optical test hardware for medical, aerospace, and defense applications, introduces the Nightingale Body Temperature Reference Blackbody System for human body temperature detection.

From Santa Barbara Infrared, Inc. 28 Apr 2020

Wearable Smart Patch to Help People Personalize Diets and Reduce Diabetes Risk

A wearable smart patch will deliver precision data to help people personalise their diets and reduce their risk of developing lifestyle-related chronic diseases like Type 2 diabetes.

27 Apr 2020

Using Contactless Sensing to Detect Vital Healthcare Signs

The focus of the Wireless Medical Communications research team (WiMeC) from 6G Flagship is on achieving a vision of next-generation healthcare services, facilitates by the use of advanced wireless technology.

24 Apr 2020

Sensor-Embedded Garments can Monitor Breathing and Heart Rate

Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have come up with a new technique to integrate electronic sensors into stretchable fabrics, enabling them to design shirts or other kinds of garments that can potentially be used for tracking many vital signs like heart rate, respiration, and temperature.

24 Apr 2020

Novel Sensor Distinguishes Between Demyelinating and Neurodegenerative Disorders

A new method has been developed by researchers to diagnose early-stage multiple sclerosis, a medical disorder of the central nervous system, and differentiate it from neuromyelitis optica—a rare but severe autoimmune inflammatory process—that also affects the central nervous system.

24 Apr 2020

New e-Skin Embedded with Sensors can Monitor Health

At the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Wei Gao, an assistant professor in the Andrew and Peggy Cherng Department of Medical Engineering, intends to study much more about humans from their skin. For this purpose, he has designed an electronic skin, or e-skin, that can be directly applied to the real skin of humans.

23 Apr 2020

New Optical Biosensor for Detecting Coronavirus

A group of scientists from Empa, Zurich University Hospital, and ETH Zurich has successfully created a new sensor for identifying the novel coronavirus.

22 Apr 2020