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24/7 BP Monitor

August 2, 2011 | | Posted in Newsletter

Monitoring Wristwatch
Sleep and Blood Pressure Have an Interesting Relationship. Normally, a person’s BP drops to its lowest [MORE]

Nanopore Chip for DNA Sequencing

July 26, 2011 | | Posted in Newsletter

Nanopore Chip
IBM may have pioneered nanopore technology, but other companies have advanced the field or found alternatives to faster [MORE]

Social Acceptability of Medical Smart Cards

July 19, 2011 | | Posted in Newsletter

My Care Card
This is an interesting story about cultural contrasts.  In Europe, where identify cards have existed long enough [MORE]

“Quantified Self Confidence”

July 12, 2011 | | Posted in Newsletter

Basis Watch
This wristwatch-like band from Basis Technology (San Fransciso, CA) monitors heart rate, calories burned, physical activity and [MORE]

Something You Might Not Notice: Invisibility Cloaks

July 5, 2011 | | Posted in Newsletter

Metamaterials
Sometimes, invention is the mother of necessity.  In this case, researchers led by Professor John Rogers at the University [MORE]

Markers of Depression

June 28, 2011 | | Posted in Newsletter

Psychiatric disorders amply illustrate that “diseases” are intellectual artifacts which don’t exist naturally; the natural phenomenon is the mentally [MORE]

Apple’s iCloud

June 28, 2011 | | Posted in Newsletter

Apple's icloud
Earlier this month, Apple announced that it will include “cloud” communication capability in its new desktop and mobile [MORE]

$10m Prize for Mobile Medical Diagnostics

June 21, 2011 | | Posted in Newsletter

X Prize
Last month, the X Prize Foundation (Playa Vista, CA) announced its $10m prize for a portable diagnostic device [MORE]

Carbon Nanotubes Regenerate Heart Tissue

June 21, 2011 | | Posted in Newsletter

Nanopatch for the Heart
While regenerative medicine researchers work on growing new hearts from collagen scaffolds and induced pluripotent stem [MORE]

Noninvasive Assessment of Brain Pressure

June 14, 2011 | | Posted in Newsletter

Measuring Intracranial Pressure with Ultrasound
Intracranial pressure above 20 mmHg, as might happen from bleeding or swelling, often is a [MORE]

Plying the Blood-Brain Barrier with Ultrasound

May 31, 2011 | | Posted in Newsletter

Ultrasound opeing blood-brain barrier
Using a headset to beam low-intensity ultrasound over the entire brain, for an hour’s duration, Perfusion [MORE]

Regenerative Medicine: Wound Healing

May 17, 2011 | | Posted in Newsletter

Wound Healing
Regenerative medicine doesn’t always imply stem cell technologies. Researchers at Tufts University have found that synthesized peptides, based [MORE]

Distance Monitoring of Sleep

May 3, 2011 | | Posted in Newsletter

Zeo Sleep Monitor
Self monitoring for blood glucose, and self dosing for OTC medications are commonly practiced, so why not [MORE]

Social Network Analysis for Epidemiology

April 26, 2011 | | Posted in Newsletter

Tracking Disease Transmission
Suppose an outbreak of a new antibiotic- resistant pathogen appeared in one place and then another, and [MORE]