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05 Jul

Doctors Could Soon Use Your Facial Temperature to Diagnose Diabetes and High Blood Pressure

Researchers say they’ve developed a new technology that may lead to healthier aging and early detection of chronic diseases.

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29 Oct
How AI Might Help Men Fighting Prostate Cancer

How AI Might Help Men Fighting Prostate Cancer

Artificial intelligence might be able to help doctors detect the prostate cancers most likely to be life-threatening to men, a new study suggests.

An AI program ...

29 Oct
AI Might Help Pick Up Heart Trouble in Dogs

AI Might Help Pick Up Heart Trouble in Dogs

Artificial intelligence can accurately detect heart murmurs in dogs, a new study finds.

The AI program detects heart murmurs in canines with 90% accuracy, similar to the accuracy of expert cardiologists, researchers report.

And in more than half the cases tested, t...

28 Oct
Skin Patch Uses 'Imperceptible' Electric Zaps to Heal Wounds Without Drugs

Skin Patch Uses 'Imperceptible' Electric Zaps to Heal Wounds Without Drugs

An experimental electric bandage might help doctors stop bacterial infections without using any drugs, a new study suggests.

Imperceptible low-level electric current applied through a skin patch caused a nearly 10 times reduction in amounts of Staphylococcus epidermi...

24 Oct
Implant Might Prevent Opioid Overdose

Implant Might Prevent Opioid Overdose

Naloxone can save a person’s life by reversing a potentially fatal opioid overdose, and is now available as an over-the-counter medication.

Unfortunately,...

23 Oct
FDA Appoints New Head of Medical Devices

FDA Appoints New Head of Medical Devices

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it has appointed Dr. Michelle Tarver to head its division that oversees medical devices.

The appointment of a new director for the <...

21 Oct
Someday, Bedside Blood Test May Deliver Results in 1 Hour

Someday, Bedside Blood Test May Deliver Results in 1 Hour

A handheld pinprick blood test could someday deliver results in as little as an hour, a new study shows.

The portable device, which fits in the palm of a hand, uses sound waves to separate a tiny whole blood sample down into microscopic biomarkers, researchers reported O...

11 Oct
Injected 'Nanodiscs' Could Bring Brain Stimulation Therapy Without Implants

Injected 'Nanodiscs' Could Bring Brain Stimulation Therapy Without Implants

Microscopic magnetic nanodiscs could provide a much less invasive means of providing deep brain stimulation, a new study says.

The tiny discs – about 250 nanometers across, or 1/500 the width of a human hair – would be injected directly into specific regions ...

10 Oct
A Robot Finger Might Someday Take Your Pulse, Check for Tumors

A Robot Finger Might Someday Take Your Pulse, Check for Tumors

A newly developed soft robotic finger with a sophisticated sense of touch could one day help your doctor perform routine office examinations, a new study suggests.

The finger can take a person’s pulse and detect abnormal lumps, researchers reported Oct. 10 in the j...

08 Oct
AI May Not Be Ready to Run Emergency Rooms

AI May Not Be Ready to Run Emergency Rooms

AI isn’t ready to run a hospital’s emergency room just yet, a new study concludes.

ChatGPT likely would ask for unnecessary x-rays and antibiot...

02 Oct
Brain Zap Treatment Could Get Arms, Hands Moving After Head Injury

Brain Zap Treatment Could Get Arms, Hands Moving After Head Injury

Patients who lose the use of their hands and arms after a stroke or traumatic brain injury could regain some function through deep brain stimulation (DBS), new research demonstrates.

DBS involves surgical placement of electrodes to deliver electrical impulses to areas of...

09 Sep
Wegovy, Ozempic May Someday Be Given as Once-Monthly Injection

Wegovy, Ozempic May Someday Be Given as Once-Monthly Injection

A slow-release form of semaglutide could allow people who use Wegovy or Ozempic to get shots once a month, instead of the weekly injections they now take, a new study demonstrates.

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06 Sep
Cuffs on At-Home Blood Pressure Monitors Don't Fit Some Patients

Cuffs on At-Home Blood Pressure Monitors Don't Fit Some Patients

People are encouraged to monitor their blood pressure at home, but many folks will find that household blood-pressure cuffs are liter...

05 Sep
New 'AI Stethoscope' Can Spot Pregnancy-Linked Heart Failure

New 'AI Stethoscope' Can Spot Pregnancy-Linked Heart Failure

An AI-enhanced digital stethoscope can help doctors detect a potentially deadly form of heart failure that can occur late in pregnancy, a new clinical trial reports.

The AI-driven stethoscope was 12 times more likely than traditional methods to spot heart pump weakness t...

04 Sep
Wearable Heart Monitor Ups Detection of A-fib by More Than 50%

Wearable Heart Monitor Ups Detection of A-fib by More Than 50%

A wearable heart monitor raises the detection rate of the dangerous irregular heartbeat known as atrial fibrillation (A-fib) by more than 50%, a new study finds.

Unfortunately, there was no increase observed in the number of strokes prevented after folks got the devices,...

04 Sep
Your Health Monitored at the Touch of a Finger

Your Health Monitored at the Touch of a Finger

A sweat-powered finger wrap could make monitoring a person’s health as easy as wearing a Band-Aid, researchers report.

The electronic wrap measures blood levels of sugar, vitamins, drugs and other substances by analyzing the sweat from a person’s fingertip, r...

03 Sep
New High-Tech Mask Uses Breath to Check Your Health

New High-Tech Mask Uses Breath to Check Your Health

An experimental “smart mask” can check a person’s breath to check their health, researchers report.

Fitted with biosensors, the simple paper mask could be used to track respiratory ailments, kidney disease and a number of other health problems, accordin...

28 Aug
New Lyme Disease Test Could Deliver Results in 20 Minutes

New Lyme Disease Test Could Deliver Results in 20 Minutes

An improved test for Lyme disease could provide accurate results within 20 minutes, researchers report.

The test -- which resembles an AI-guided form of the at-home COVID-19 test -- would be a vast improvement over the current two-part lab test that takes up to two weeks...

22 Aug
Americans Have Mixed Feelings About AI in Health Care, Poll Finds

Americans Have Mixed Feelings About AI in Health Care, Poll Finds

Most Americans believe artificial intelligence should be used to improve health care, a new national survey reports.

However, many are still a little queasy over some of th...

15 Aug
Brain-Computer Combo Lets Mute Man With ALS 'Talk' Again

Brain-Computer Combo Lets Mute Man With ALS 'Talk' Again

Casey Harrell was losing his ability to speak due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

“Not being able to communicate is so frustrating and demoralizing. It is like you are trapped,” said Harrell, 45.

But a ...

09 Aug
New Upright Scanner Tracks Brain Function While You Walk

New Upright Scanner Tracks Brain Function While You Walk

A wearable brain scanner could improve research into Parkinson’s disease, dementia and other debilitating disorders, new research shows.

The brain scanner -- called t...

08 Aug
Cheap, High-Tech 'Electric Bandage' Speeds Wound Healing

Cheap, High-Tech 'Electric Bandage' Speeds Wound Healing

Newly developed battery-powered electric bandages could help wounds heal more quickly, a new study reports.

In animal testing, wounds treated with electric bandages healed 30% faster than wounds treated with conventional bandages, researchers reported Aug. 7 in the jour...

26 Jul
Certain Abbott Blood Sugar Monitors May Give Incorrect Readings

Certain Abbott Blood Sugar Monitors May Give Incorrect Readings

Abbott has warned diabetes patients that some of its continuous blood sugar monitoring systems may need to be replaced because of inaccurate readings.

"Abbott has recently identified a small number of FreeStyle Libre 3 sensors that may provide incorrect high glucose read...

01 Jul
Prosthetic Legs Controlled by Person's Own Neural System Bring Natural Gait

Prosthetic Legs Controlled by Person's Own Neural System Bring Natural Gait

"Smart"prosthetic legs can help amputees achieve a natural walking gait, but it's done through robotic sensors and algorithms that drive the limb forward at predetermined rates.

A better way would be to give people full control over the limb through their nervous system ...

14 Jun
Swimming 'Microbots' Could Speed Meds to Lung Tumors, Early Study Suggests

Swimming 'Microbots' Could Speed Meds to Lung Tumors, Early Study Suggests

Scientists have developed microscopic robots capable of swimming through the lungs to deliver chemotherapy directly to lung cancer cells.

In early testing, these microbots  ...

30 May
Doctors Used See-Through Plastic 'Window' to Monitor Injured Man's Brain

Doctors Used See-Through Plastic 'Window' to Monitor Injured Man's Brain

California skateboarder Jared Hager has become the first person to receive a transparent skull replacement, which allows doctors to better view the function of his brain.

The window has allowed doctors to both monitor his progress and test new and better scanning methods...

30 May
Coming to Grips With a Third Thumb

Coming to Grips With a Third Thumb

A "Third Thumb"-- a robotic, prosthetic extra thumb -- is easy to use and can help folks grab and tote more objects, a new study says.

Hundreds of diverse test subjects at a science exhibition were able to figure out the extra thumb quickly and use it to pick up things l...

12 May
Avoid Overheating Dangers When Recharging Medical Devices

Avoid Overheating Dangers When Recharging Medical Devices

If you use a medical device such as a blood glucose monitor or insulin pump, keeping it charged is a must. 

But devices that rely on a USB charger can overheat, which may cause minor injuries, serious burns or fires. That's why it's important to read, understand and...

09 May
More Than 200 Insulin Pump Users Injured After App Causes Malfunction

More Than 200 Insulin Pump Users Injured After App Causes Malfunction

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a Class 1 recall -- its most urgent kind -- for an IOS app linked to a specific kind of insulin pump used by people with diabetes.

...

07 May
AI Might Boost Detection of A-Fib

AI Might Boost Detection of A-Fib

An artificial intelligence (AI) program trained to analyze cardiac ultrasounds can detect abnormal heart rhythms that a doctor is apt to overlook, a new study reports.

"Atrial fibrillation can come and go, ...

07 May
Small Pump May Let Kids Stay Home As They Await New Heart

Small Pump May Let Kids Stay Home As They Await New Heart

A small, implantable heart pump could help children await heart transplants at home rather than languishing in a hospital, according to a new study.

The pump is surgically attached to augment the heart's blood-pumping action, giving more time to find a donor heart, resea...

03 May
AI Might Spot Rare Diseases in Patients Years Earlier

AI Might Spot Rare Diseases in Patients Years Earlier

Artificial intelligence might be able to identify patients who have rare diseases years earlier than they would typically be diagnosed, a new study says.

A newly developed AI program was able to successfully identify people at risk of developing a rare immune disorder, r...

02 May
AI Won't Replace ER Doctors Anytime Soon: Study

AI Won't Replace ER Doctors Anytime Soon: Study

Artificial intelligence might be able to help doctors by filling out rote paperwork, but it's not going to be useful in the ER anytime soon, a new study shows.

OpenAI's ChatGPT program provided inconsistent conclusions when presented with simulated cases of patients with...

29 Apr
More Medical Lab Tests Will Soon Face Federal Scrutiny, FDA Says

More Medical Lab Tests Will Soon Face Federal Scrutiny, FDA Says

Laboratory tests used by millions of Americans are soon to be classified as medical devices, and as such be regulated by U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the agency announced Monday.

The new rule does not apply to tests and kits made by big medical device manufacturers...

18 Apr
Many Seniors Are Overmedicated, But ChatGPT Might Prevent That

Many Seniors Are Overmedicated, But ChatGPT Might Prevent That

AI could help doctors cut back on the bewildering variety of medications that seniors frequently are prescribed, a new study suggests.

More than 40% of seniors are prescribed five or more meds, and this increases a person's risk of adverse

16 Apr
AI Matches Experts in Spotting Radiology Errors

AI Matches Experts in Spotting Radiology Errors

Artificial intelligence can serve as a helpful backup editor to radiologists, making sure their reports are accurate and reliable, a new study says.

The OpenAI program GPT-4 performed about as well as a group of radiologists in detecting errors that had been placed into ...

16 Apr
Brain's Cerebellum Could Help Direct Prosthetic Limbs

Brain's Cerebellum Could Help Direct Prosthetic Limbs

Tapping the power of the small brain region called the cerebellum could improve patients' ability to move cutting-edge robotic limbs, a new study suggests.

The cerebellum is an ancient structure located under the brain, just above where the spinal cord connects to the br...

05 Apr
Have Only Well-Off Americans Gained From Recent Strides Against Heart Disease?

Have Only Well-Off Americans Gained From Recent Strides Against Heart Disease?

America is making headway against heart disease, with heart-related deaths declining over the past three decades.

But it appears that only...

01 Apr
Abiomed Heart Pumps Linked to 49 Deaths

Abiomed Heart Pumps Linked to 49 Deaths

A new warning is being issued over a heart pump whose use could perforate the heart.

The device has already been linked to over 100 injuries and 49 deaths.

These left-sided Impella heart pumps are made by Abiomed, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson MedTech. Abi...

26 Mar
Urinary Implant Helps Alert When Patients 'Gotta Go'

Urinary Implant Helps Alert When Patients 'Gotta Go'

It's hard for some folks who suffer illness-related urinary incontinence to judge whether they'll be able to hold it until they get home, or if they should rush to a bathroom now.

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19 Mar
AI Can Help or Hinder a Radiologist's Accuracy, Study Finds

AI Can Help or Hinder a Radiologist's Accuracy, Study Finds

Artificial intelligence tools don't always help radiologists better review a patient's X-rays or CT scans, a new study claims.

AI has been touted as a potential means of im...

18 Mar
Science Has Created a Cow That Produces Insulin in Its Milk

Science Has Created a Cow That Produces Insulin in Its Milk

There may be an unexpected fix for ongoing shortages of insulin: A brown bovine in Brazil recently made history as the first transgenic cow able to produce human insulin in her milk.

"Mother Nature designed the mammary gland as a factory to make protein really, really ef...

05 Mar
Robotic Hip 'Exoskeleton' Helps With Stroke Rehab

Robotic Hip 'Exoskeleton' Helps With Stroke Rehab

A new robotic hip exoskeleton could help stroke patients improve their walking stride, a new study shows.

More than 80% of stroke survivors develop problems walking, often because their step is shorter on one side than the other, researchers explained in background notes...

05 Mar
New AI Tool Could Diagnose Ear Infections

New AI Tool Could Diagnose Ear Infections

A new smartphone app can help doctors more accurately diagnose ear infections in babies and small children, potentially reducing unnecessary antibiotic use in kids, researchers report.

Ear infections -- known by doctors as acute otitis media (AOM) -- can be difficult to ...

12 Feb
Healthy Fashion: Earrings That Track Your Wellness

Healthy Fashion: Earrings That Track Your Wellness

A new pair of earrings have joined the plethora of wearable technology that can help track wellness, researchers report.

The Thermal Earring continuously monitors a user's earlobe temperature, according to the University of Washington (UW) researchers who developed it.

05 Feb
FDA Panel Tackles Faulty Pulse Oximeter Readings That Come With Darker Skin

FDA Panel Tackles Faulty Pulse Oximeter Readings That Come With Darker Skin

A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Friday addressed a continuing issue with pulse oximeters -- that they give less accurate readings for folks with darker skin.

The devices are designed to measure oxygen levels in the blood, so correct readings are cri...

02 Feb
Americans Have Mixed Feelings on Tech, AI in Health Care: Poll

Americans Have Mixed Feelings on Tech, AI in Health Care: Poll

Americans are cautiously optimistic that AI will be able to improve the health care they receive, a new Cleveland Clinic survey finds.

About three out of five Americans believe that AI will lead to better heart care, and 65% say they would be comfortable receiving h...

22 Dec
A Vibrating Capsule You Swallow Might Keep Weight Gain at Bay

A Vibrating Capsule You Swallow Might Keep Weight Gain at Bay

Can't afford Ozempic?

You might soon have another weight-loss option, in the form of an ingestible vibrating capsule that tricks the body into thinking the stomach is full.

Animals given the multivitamin-sized pill 20 minutes before eating ate about 40% less than u...

18 Dec
AI May Predict Survival After Heart Surgery

AI May Predict Survival After Heart Surgery

A technology from the 19th century meets one from the 21st to better help doctors predict who'll survive a heart surgery.

Cardiologists from three major U.S. hospitals gathered data from the electrocardiograms (ECGs, invented in 1895) of almost 46,000 patients. They then...

15 Dec
Doctors Are Excited, Concerned About AI's Role in Medicine: Poll

Doctors Are Excited, Concerned About AI's Role in Medicine: Poll

American physicians have mixed feelings on the advent of artificial intelligence (AI) into mainstream medical practice, a new survey shows.

The survey of nearly 1,100 doctors, conducted...

12 Dec
ChatGPT Performs Well as 'Partner' in Diagnosing Patients

ChatGPT Performs Well as 'Partner' in Diagnosing Patients

Doctor's brains are great decision-makers, but even the smartest physicians might be well-served with a little diagnostic help from ChatGPT, a new study suggests.

The main benefit comes from a thinking process known as "probabilistic reasoning" -- knowing the odds that s...

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