April 22, 2022 People can wear a prosthetic eye for various reasons. For instance, someone may wear it if their eye did not develop normally or if they had an accident or had to have it removed because of cancer. A prosthetic eye is actually quite a common treatment for patients who have lost an … Read more
April 19, 2022 Dive Brief: Toby Lowe, Associate Director for Regulatory Programs in the FDA’s Office of In Vitro Diagnostics and Radiological Health, told a virtual town hall meeting on in mid-April that the Agency is not planning “to take any actions that would leave the American public without the tests that they need.” Lowe … Read more
April 14, 2022 Notre Dame Sheehan Family Collegiate Professor of Engineering Dr. Pinar Zorlutuna says the standard troponin test used today is “a really delayed diagnosis.” Troponin is the functional protein in heart muscle cells that makes them beat. After a heart attack, the cells start dying, causing troponin to spill out into the blood. … Read more
April 13, 2022 However, University of Washington researchers are hopeful that a wearable device could be a big help. They have developed a wearable injector that’s worn on the stomach like an insulin pump. Using algorithms, it senses when the wearer stops breathing and automatically injects a medicine that rapidly reverses an opioid overdose called, … Read more
April 07, 2022 “Physicians have measured [pupillary light reflex (PLR)] since the earliest time of recorded history,” lead study author Frederick Robert Carrick, DC, PhD, MS-HPEd, Professor of Neurology at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine, said in a press release. “It is only recently that advances in technology have allowed us to … Read more
April 05, 2022 The fabric contains a network of silver flakes and gold nanoparticles that provide conductivity and allow electrical signals to be measured in high fidelity using a portable electromyography (EMG) device. Physical rehabilitation is a cornerstone of recovery from a variety of illnesses and injuries, but obtaining hard EMG data on muscle activity … Read more
March 31, 2022 Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), the Broad Institute of MIT, and Harvard researchers created an artificial intelligence-based approach to identifying patients at risk of developing atrial fibrillation, promoting prevention care. Atrial fibrillation is a common condition that can cause clots in the heart that can then travel to the brain and lead to … Read more
March 29, 2022 The Singaporean music professor, 61, was diagnosed with glaucoma in 2016 and had to live with the inconvenience of using medicated eye drops several times a day to reduce the pressure in his eyes. In 2018, his eye doctor, Prof Paul Chew, a Senior Consultant at the National University Hospital’s (NUH) Department … Read more
March 25, 2022 If passed by Congress and signed into law, it would be the fifth version of the Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act of 2002. AdvaMed lauded the framework earlier in March 2022 after regulators and industry representatives negotiated updates to the program, which collects fees from applicants to fund FDA review. … Read more
March 22, 2022 The test works by detecting virulence factors released by the bacteria, which prompt a simple color change in a solution. The test could help clinicians to determine whether to prescribe antibiotics, and may help to avoid unnecessary prescribing. As the test can be administered at the point of care, and does not … Read more