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Microscopic lens monitors heart problems

An innovative way to predict risk of surgery. Lens as thick as two strand of human hair, can predict when complications are developing after coronary bypass surgery. The main problem with bypass surgery is that arteries tend to re-block, risking heart attack and requiring further treatment.// If changes in blood flow through the artery could be detected at an early stage, it's possible th...

Mumps Outbreak Hits US As CDC Monitors Air Travelers

U.S. Public health officials have voiced concerns about an outbreak of mumps that has hit people in the Midwest with some reporting to have contacted the infection on airline // flights. Iowa reported more than 600 cases of the common childhood illness, which was all but wiped out with the widespread use of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine. "The state of Iowa has been experienci...

New System Monitors Tiny 'Earthquakes' in Bones to Prevent Fractures

Researchers are applying the same basic technique seismologists use to measure earthquakes for a new medical technology that promises to prevent stress fractures by detecting the formation of tiny cracks in bones.// The crack formation generates waves similar to those created by earthquakes. Researchers at Purdue University and the University of Toledo have collaborated to create a pr...

Fetal Oxygen Monitors Not Helpful To Prevent Mishaps In Labor:Says Study

A study conducted recently has concluded that monitoring fetal oxygen when a woman is in labor//, need not ensure that the new born may be more healthier or decrease the chances of an avoidable Caesarean deliveries. As part of fetal monitoring, during labor, it has been a routine practice in modern hospitals to monitor the fetal oxygen levels of the unborn fetus .This is done in the cu...

Space-Age Bandage Monitors Patients With Raynaud's Disease

Clinicians from Johns Hopkins Scleroderma Center together with engineers from the university's Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) came up with this nifty monitor that// checks a patient's finger for symptoms of Raynaud's disease. Early results from the evaluation of the device seem to be promising: The Ambulatory Raynaud's Monitor wraps around a patient's finger and is secured with a ba...

New Pediatric Continuous Glucose Monitors Approved

The FDA has just approved two new devices from Medtronic for children and teenagers (ages 7-17), diagnosed with diabetes. REAL-Time Continuous Glucose// Monitoring (CGM) devices will soon be available in specially designed pedi models of the already approved MiniMed Paradigm? REAL-Time System and Guardian? REAL-Time System. Medtronic REAL-Time CGM therapy is clinically proven to help...

An Electronic Shirt That Monitors Your Hearts Health

Researchers from the University of South Australia have developed a garment with integrated electronic technology that can monitor the wearers heart or respiratory functions wirelessly. When placed on electronic hangers, they enable monitored data to be downloaded onto to a computer in the wardrobe. So theres no need to worry about data being lost while the garment is being cleaned...