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Courtesy of The University of Florida Here at Techmedicus we love our smartpills. This new one has been developed at the University of Florida and is specifically used to track whether a patient has taken their pills or not. The American Heart Association calls patients’ failure to follow prescription regimens “the number one problem in [...]  Courtesy of NeuroImage Not quite suspended animation but still an interesting survival story. Scientists in France have found intact braincells within an 800 year old petrified brain. Here’s the breakdown: he brain is so well preserved that the researchers were able to perform far more tests on it than were possible with similar specimens found [...] Courtesy of Benechill A new medical gadget developed by Benechill allows EMT’s and other rescue workers to cool patients brains on the go preventing serious brain damage. The device called Rhinochill releases a fast evaporating liquid up the nose of the patient where it helps cool the brain. In a study of 200 patients, those who [...] In a crushing blow to start-up e-marketers everywhere a study funded by the National Cancer Institute found that E-Cigarettes deliver almost no nicotine to the body. The idea behind these fake cigarettes is that they vaporize nicotine for ingestion. This is supposed to curb cravings and help smokers quit. If no nicotine is actually being sent [...] Courtesy Jim Lennon/DMG America Some good news for everyone that hates going to the dentist, DMG America just released a new device for removing cavities without having to drill into your teeth. Popular Science explains here: A dentist simply slides a thin plastic applicator between the patient’s teeth and squirts the cavity with hydrochloric acid, which [...] I appreciate every reader we have and so I thought I would re-tweet on Techmedicus some of the things our followers have said this week. Some News: @HealthIntel: Seeing the bravery & humility of US rescue/med workers in Haiti makes me proud to be an American. Amazing how tragedy brings out our best. Haiti was clearly a [...]
Image courtesy of Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council For many people the “beep beep” of an electrocardiogram (heart monitor) is symbolic of hospitals and health care facilities everywhere. This may not be the case for too much longer. A breakthrough heart scanner is being developed at the University of Leeds that actually measures the [...] #gallery-1 {
The iPill (haven’t we had enough with the “i” yet?) by the newly acquired Novartis subsidiary Proteus Biomedical. The pill has embedded ingestible sensors which deliver valuable information to physicians. These sensors can track vital signs [...] Marketing in medicine is always a touchy issue because there is nothing the average person holds more dear than their health and treating it like a commodity can sometimes be disheartening. Any doctor will tell you that marketing is just a way of life and if they don’t do it then they won’t have a successful [...] |
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