This wireless device can detect heart dysfunction in cancer survivors

Scientists have designed a novel wireless device which may accurately detect heart dysfunction in children who have survived cancer. Childhood cancer survivors are advised to undergo screening for the detection of heart dysfunction because of known anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity. However, screening with echocardiography — the standard of care for monitoring heart function — can be highly variable and limited. Another alternative is cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging, which is expensive and is not widely accessible. In the study, the team tested Vivio — a prototype handheld instrument which collects pulse waves…

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Wearable device can reduce fat, treat type 2 diabetes

Scientists from Japan have developed a wearable medical device that can help diabetic elderly or overweight people to lose fat and treat type 2 diabetes. The device developed by Kumamoto University affects visceral fat loss and improves blood glucose (sugar) by helping overweight or elderly people exercise, which is effective for the treatment of diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is a disease of systemic organ failure due to chronic hyperglycemia and inflammation from the accumulation of excess visceral fat. Metabolic disorders such as hyperglycemia attenuate stress resistance in the human body…

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Novel device detects bacteria and suggests apt antibiotic

An interdisciplinary team of engineers and pharmaceutical researchers at the University of Alberta has invented a device that can rapidly identify harmful bacteria and can determine whether it is resistant to antibiotics. The device could save precious hours in patient care and public health, and prevent the spread of drug-resistant strains of bacteria. The team’s findings can help in detecting bacteria and measure their susceptibility to antibiotics in small confined volumes. The device was designed to look for and trap different types of bacteria and find out which antibiotics are…

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Small implanted device can fight breast cancer

A small device implanted under the skin can improve breast cancer survival by catching cancer cells, slowing the spread of tumours in other organs and allowing time to intervene with surgery or other therapies. These findings, reported in the journal Cancer Research, suggest a path for identifying metastatic cancer early and intervening to improve outcomes. Metastatic cancer is a cancer that has spread from the part of the body where it started (the primary site) to other parts of the body, according to American Cancer Society. “This study shows that…

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Pint-size device a big help for stroke victims

  The size of a smartphone, the device stimulates muscles rendered immobile by a brain stroke and revives moveme… Read More A wearable device designed by a research team at the Institute of Neurosciences Kolkata (INK) holds out hope for stroke patients who have severe movement impairment. The size of a smartphone, the device stimulates muscles rendered immobile by a brain stroke and revives movement. It uses a mild electric shock to rejuvenate muscle tissues inactive for more than six months. Experts and doctors at INK, who have worked closely…

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meals And Drug management(FDA) Approves device That Drains food out of your belly

The most sudden issue about the meals and Drug management’s approval of the weight problems-control device called AspireAssist may be how little mainstream interest it attracted. due to the fact, frankly, a 391f28ade68635a26d417ea25e9ae9c1 gadget that helps you to devour all you want and then drains the food out of your belly is a pretty startling invention.AspireAssist works like this: In a fifteen-minute outpatient method, a general practitioner implants a tube into a patient’s belly. The tube is attached to a valve that lies flush towards the skin of the abdomen.…

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