http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. In the global effort to prevent diabetic foot amputations, one of the most effective tools is a fairly simple, comfortable boot. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-sensor-diabetic-foot-amputation.html Diabetes Tue, 12 Feb 2013 09:20:07 EST news279880159 Breezing, a new startup based on technology developed by researchers at Arizona State University, is offering the world's first portable device that can track an individual's metabolism and use that information to provide diet and exercise recommendations for maintaining or reaching a healthy weight. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-portable-metabolism-tracker.html Medical research Fri, 25 Jan 2013 07:01:31 EST news278319676 Biomedical engineering researchers say better implantable sensors and cartilage-growing techniques are making engineered cartilage a clinical reality for patients suffering from joint damage. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-technology-patients-joint.html Surgery Mon, 02 Jul 2012 13:04:23 EST news260453049 Experts from the Rush Pain Center at Rush University Medical Center are the first in Chicago to offer patients a neurostimulation system that uses new, motion sensor technology found in smart phones and Wii video gaming systems to help patients manage chronic leg and back pain. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-motion-sensor-technology-smart-chronic.html Other Tue, 13 Mar 2012 07:36:38 EST news250842985 Imagine a smart sensor customized to provide vital, real-time information about a patient's recent orthopaedic surgery. Instead of relying on X-rays or invasive procedures, surgeons will be able to collect diagnostic data from an implantable sensor. A study presented at the Orthopaedic Research Society 2012 Annual Meeting in San Francisco outlined this remarkable technology that promises to make post-surgical diagnosis and follow up more precise, efficient, and cost-effective. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-orthopaedic-smart-device-personalized-medicine.html Other Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:38:40 EST news248459912 A unique monitoring system offering healthcare providers an early warning system to accurately predict and aid management of one of the most common and painful infections has been developed by University scientists. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-early.html Health Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:52:02 EST news226140707