Articles tagged with: Health
Cheap Magnetic Helmet Detects Some Kinds of Brain Damage
A helmet that sends a magnetic field through the wearer’s head might someday offer a quick way to reveal whether the brain is swelling or bleeding as the result of an injury.
In a prototype of …
App’d to Fail: Mobile Health Treatments Fail First Full Checkup
Health care via mobile technology is still in its infancy. Of 75 trials in which patients used mobile tech, such as text messaging and downloadable apps, to manage a disease or adopt healthier behaviors, only …
Biometric Bracelet Lets a Medical Device Recognize its Wearer
A device that measures someone’s unique response to a weak electric signal could let medical devices such as blood-pressure cuffs automatically identify the wearer and send measurements straight to his or her electronic medical record.
For …
Point-of-care tests poised to alter course of HIV treatment
Testing for HIV does not simply end with the diagnosis that the virus is present in a patient; caregivers also need to track the disease’s progress to adjust ongoing treatment. Yet tests for monitoring HIV …
