Someday, Your Shopping Cart Might Gauge Your Heart Health
WEDNESDAY, June 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Could a grocery cart save lives by preventing possible strokes? It just might. The notion stems from a new British study in which grocery cart handles were embedded with electrocardiogram (EKG) sensors.The …
Learn MoreUn implante administra quimioterapia directa a los cerebros de los pacientes con tumores cerebrales
MARTES, 22 de noviembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Unos investigadores encontraron una forma de administrar de forma segura un suministro de quimioterapia directamente en los tumores cerebrales, y esperan que esto sea un importante avance para los pa…
Learn MoreImplant Delivers Chemo Directly to Brain in Patients Battling Brain Tumors
TUESDAY, Nov. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Researchers have found a way to safely deliver a steady supply of chemotherapy directly to brain tumors — in what they hope will be an important advance for patients with currently incurable cancers.The trea…
Learn MoreUna silla de ruedas controlada con la mente libera a las personas con parálisis
VIERNES, 18 de noviembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Una persona con una parálisis grave ya no tiene que someterse a una cirugía para intentar guiar una silla de ruedas motorizada con la mente, informan unos investigadores. A través de un gorro lleno …
Learn MoreMind-Controlled Wheelchair Brings New Freedom to People With Paralysis
FRIDAY, Nov. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A severely paralyzed person no longer needs to go through brain surgery to try and steer a motorized wheelchair with their mind, researchers report.Through an electrode-studded cap placed on their head, severa…
Learn MoreDoctors Use CRISPR Technology to Boost Cancer Immunotherapy
THURSDAY, Nov. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Gene editing has for the first time produced modified immune cells finely honed to target and attack cancer cells, researchers say.A team used the gene editing tool CRISPR to alter immune cells drawn from 16…
Learn More‘Bionic Pancreas’ Could Make Life Easier for People With Type 1 Diabetes
THURSDAY, Sept. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A new technology dubbed the “bionic pancreas” may beat standard treatment in helping people with type 1 diabetes control their blood sugar levels, a clinical trial has found.Among adults and children with t…
Learn MoreFDA Warns of Cybersecurity Risk With Certain Medtronic Insulin Pumps
TUESDAY, Sept. 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning patients who use a particular insulin pump system that unauthorized people could access it and change how much insulin a patient receives.The pump at the cent…
Learn MoreBioengineered Pig Skin Is Turned Into Corneas, Restoring Patients’ Sight
THURSDAY, Aug. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Farmyard pigs could be the key to restoring sight in people who have lost their vision due to a damaged cornea, a new study reports.Collagen drawn from pig’s skin is being used to create an experimental impl…
Learn More