June 24, 2021 A bipartisan group of U.S. Representatives has reintroduced a bill aimed at expanding access to telehealth beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. The Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 telehealth Act of 2021 legislation was introduced in late January by Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., cosponsored by Reps. Peter Welch, D-Vt., Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, David Schweikert, R-Ariz., … Read more
June 22, 2021 It took Variable six (6) months to develop the electronics and packaging for the smartphone-based device as well as Bluetooth functionality and a paired mobile app that processes, displays and transmits sensor data. The company drew on its experience in developing the sensor technologies for devices that detect temperatures and complex gases … Read more
June 15, 2021 Standard MRI beats out most other modalities at detecting breast cancer, yet its nearly one-hour imaging time can make exams difficult for many patients, experts wrote in the March/April issue of the Journal of Breast Imaging. Such scans also produce thousands of images that need to be read. Comparing both protocol types … Read more
June 11, 2021 The implant, called BioEnthesis, is a small sponge-like scaffold made of human tissue, according to a March 31 news release. It has a soft tissue layer to merge with the shoulder tendon and a hard tissue layer to allow stem cells to regrow the bone. Eric Nauman, PhD, and Darryl Dickerson, PhD, … Read more
June 08, 2021 According to a report released today in Molecular Psychiatry, scientists at Indiana University School of Medicine have created a blood test that can measure whether a person is at higher risk for developing severe depression or bipolar disorder — a.k.a. manic-depression. The research took place over the course of four (4) years … Read more
June 04, 2021 A closed-loop control (CLC) insulin delivery system could be safe and effective for use in adolescents and young adults with type 1 diabetes, according to the results of the International Diabetes Closed-Loop (iDCL) Trial. Results of the study indicated use of a CLC for six (6) months resulted in improved time in … Read more
June 02, 2021 High school student Dasia Taylor used the juice from nearly three dozen beets to figure out whether surgical wounds are infected or not. The bright-eyed senior, who submitted her research to national science fairs, figured out that if she used the vegetable’s juice to dye the fabric of suture thread, which is … Read more
May 27, 2021 The Rural Health Behavioral Access Act, sponsored by US Reps. Dan Kildee (D-MI) and Brad Wenstrup (R-OH), was unveiled at the end of March during a press conference that emphasized the level of support behind the bill, an important factor given the number of telehealth bills now on Capitol Hill. Among those … Read more
May 25, 2021 The portable gamma ray camera is the handiwork of researchers at Loughborough University, who have been working on the problem for a number of years. The idea is to leverage the technology in large, complex gamma ray imaging systems that can take up entire rooms. These involve injecting a patient with low … Read more
May 20, 2021 In a March 29 letter to top Biden trade and commerce officials, the trade associations encouraged the administration to continue to oppose a proposal before the World Trade Organization (WTO) to waive global intellectual property (IP) protection for COVID-19 products. “This waiver is as vague as it is broad, removing patent, industrial … Read more