Dental guidelines call for more judicious use of X-rays
Everyone who's had regular dental care knows the heavy lead apron that's draped across your body before taking X-rays of your teeth.
Feb 20, 2026
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Equipment and Supplies: News and Research on Prostheses and Implants
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Empathic robots on future health care teams: Researchers review Pepper and NAO robot effectiveness
A child with a new cochlear implant works on auditory rehabilitation exercises at home in Toulouse, France, aided by Pepper, a human-looking robot. In Canada, another child interacts with Pepper, who helps to reduce their ...
Feb 13, 2026
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Computational models predict neural activity for re-establishing connectivity after stroke or injury
Researchers at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) School of Engineering have developed a novel reinforcement learning–based generative model to predict neural signals, creating an artificial information ...
Feb 3, 2026
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Study reveals better hearing with cochlear implants leads to increased music listening time
A new study examining music habits among cochlear implant users has found that better hearing ability with the implant—as measured by standard speech tests—significantly correlates with increased time spent listening to music. ...
Feb 2, 2026
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X-raying auditory ossicles: New technique reveals structures in record time
Scientists at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have refined an X-ray diffraction technique for detecting biological structures from nanometers to millimeters—reducing the time needed to make the measurement from around one ...
Jan 12, 2026
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Deep-brain recording reveals how a crucial relay station shapes human visual signals
Researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have become the first to fully characterize cell activity from a little relay station in the center of the human brain. This aids our understanding of how the brain ...
Dec 17, 2025
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FDA approves cochlear implants for children as young as 7 months
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an expanded indication for MED-EL (Medical Electronics) cochlear implants for children ages 7 months and older with bilateral sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL).
Dec 12, 2025
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Wireless device uses light patterns to deliver information directly to the brain
In a new leap for neurobiology and bioelectronics, Northwestern University scientists have developed a wireless device that uses light to send information directly to the brain—bypassing the body's natural sensory pathways.
Dec 8, 2025
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Infants born with hearing loss show disruptions in brain design, underscoring the urgency of intervention
Infants born deaf or hard of hearing show adverse changes in how their brains organize and specialize, but exposure to sound and language may help them develop more normally, according to new research.
Nov 11, 2025
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Tailored heart pump could transform care for half of heart failure patients
Despite making up half of the 64 million people living with heart failure, patients with this common form have no access to heart pump treatments and are left with only medication or palliative care.
Nov 10, 2025
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