https://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Scientists have developed a smart textile vest which can monitor body temperature and detect risk of hypothermia in older people. The technology aims to mitigate the increased risk that elderly people face due to losing body heat faster, having impaired temperature regulation, chronic conditions, medications and frailty. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-02-smart-vest-hypothermia-deaths-elderly.html Tue, 10 Feb 2026 11:40:35 EST news689946002 A wireless, portable incubator that could transform care for premature infants is reported in the International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics. It offers remote monitoring and automated environmental control to reduce the demands on hospital staff. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11-wireless-incubator-enables-remote-premature.html Thu, 13 Nov 2025 20:10:01 EST news682261463 Hand mobility is often impaired after tendon injuries or as a result of strokes. In therapy, exoskeletons increasingly serve to support recovery. These devices fit over the hand like a second skeleton and can assist with controlled movements of the wrist and fingers. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-08-exoskeletons-patients-ages-genders-regain.html Thu, 07 Aug 2025 10:40:03 EDT news673781449 A glove and armband that gives people with upper limb prosthetics a sense of touch through haptic feedback is in development at the University of Bath, with a unique at-home trials set to begin in the coming weeks. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-glove-armband-device-haptic-feedback.html Wed, 13 Sep 2023 13:51:27 EDT news613831884 Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed an entirely new approach to building point-of-care diagnostic devices that only use gravity to transport, mix and otherwise manipulate the liquid droplets involved. The demonstration requires only commercially available materials and very little power to read results, making it a potentially attractive option for applications in low-resource settings. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-07-sticky-slippery-repellent-channels-maze-like.html Thu, 13 Jul 2023 09:10:21 EDT news608458215 Gastric cancer is one of the most common cancers worldwide. A new invention by researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) could help improve the treatment of this cancer by enhancing the precision of radiotherapy, which is commonly used in combination with treatment options such as surgery, chemotherapy or immunotherapy. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-04-ingestible-capsule-x-ray-dosimeter-real-time.html Fri, 14 Apr 2023 09:32:17 EDT news600683529 Older people will be alerted to the increased risk of falls thanks to a new smart sock created by electronic textiles (e-textiles) experts at Nottingham Trent University. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-smart-sock-older-people-falling.html Tue, 21 Mar 2023 09:34:03 EDT news598610041 Some wounds just won't heal. Infections, diseases like diabetes, and suppressed immune systems often stack up to slow healing. Chronic wounds can last months and lead to anxiety and depression. In the worst cases, they are life threatening. Cost of treatment has soared to $25 billion each year. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-11-wireless-smart-bandage-insights-chronic.html Thu, 24 Nov 2022 11:00:11 EST news588423814 The muscles and tissues in arms and legs change throughout the day. They warm up, cool off, stiffen, swell or constrict based on things like activity level, environment and age. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-10-video-prosthetic-leg.html Fri, 14 Oct 2022 11:40:03 EDT news584966401 A neck patch that monitors respiratory sounds may help manage asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by detecting symptom flareups in real time, without compromising patient privacy. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-06-asthma-copd-ai-powered-wearable-respiratory.html Mon, 06 Jun 2022 10:11:46 EDT news573729102 Imagine a system that can detect within one second whether a newborn baby has jaundice, a condition affecting 60 percent of infants, and in severe cases leading to brain damage and hearing loss. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-11-jaundice-eye-digital-camera.html Wed, 17 Nov 2021 07:37:02 EST news556357020 Stan Schaar, who lost his left leg in an accident while helping a neighbor, never thought he would again feel the sensation of effortlessly walking with two healthy legs. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-10-power-powered-exoskeleton-amputees-effort.html Mon, 11 Oct 2021 11:00:03 EDT news553145701 Previous definitions of "well-being," limited to taking a brisk walk and eating a few more vegetables, feel in many ways like a distant past. Shiny watches and sleek rings now measure how we eat, sleep, and breathe, calling on a combination of motion sensors and microprocessors to crunch bytes and bits. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-09-health-motion-devices-personal.html Thu, 23 Sep 2021 08:42:31 EDT news551605344 People who compulsively pull their hair—suffering from an affliction known as trichotillomania—could find relief with a device created by Rice University students. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-05-students-glove-based-sensor-trichotillomania.html Mon, 03 May 2021 10:10:26 EDT news539255416 A team of engineers and physicians at the University of California San Diego has developed a low-cost, easy-to-use emergency ventilator for COVID-19 patients that is built around a ventilator bag usually found in ambulances. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-06-low-cost-easy-to-use-emergency-ventilator-covid-.html Wed, 24 Jun 2020 11:58:11 EDT news512218684 A massive international team led by Princeton's Cristian Galbiati worked to design, test and finalize the Mechanical Ventilator Milano (MVM), a low-cost ventilator designed to ease device shortages caused by COVID-19. With FDA approval secured, production has begun and the first 20 ventilators are already on their way to hospitals. Full production starts next week, with an expected initial manufacturing rate of 50 ventilators per day. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-fda-ventilator-particle-physics.html Tue, 12 May 2020 13:09:55 EDT news508507787 In a little over a month, a team of physicists and engineers from around the world took a simplified ventilator design from concept all the way through approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. This major milestone marks the ventilator as safe for use in the United States under the FDA's Emergency Use Authorization, which helps support public health during a crisis. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-ventilator-particle-physics-fda.html Fri, 08 May 2020 09:34:39 EDT news508149272 Contact lenses may someday do more than correct poor vision, with new, preliminary research in animals suggesting they could also monitor your diabetes and deliver medications. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-04-contact-lenses-track-diabetes.html Mon, 27 Apr 2020 04:45:08 EDT news507181500 Drones, smartphones and sensors could provide a lifeline to the world's growing elderly population at risk of falls, helping to cut global hospital costs. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-08-solution-elderly-falls-drones-smartphones.html Mon, 12 Aug 2019 09:48:06 EDT news484822073 A smart dressing that uses blue-light therapy for wound healing and which can also monitor and treat infections has been developed by an EU-funded consortium. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-12-photonic-band-aid-power-blue.html Fri, 07 Dec 2018 09:20:01 EST news463394902 Dementia is an age-related disease that is becoming ever more prevalent as demographics change. It affects primarily people over the age of 80, with this group accounting for more than 70 percent of all dementia sufferers. Caring for these patients is an enormous challenge for their families and caregivers, especially since, in most cases, key health data lacks any useful structure and is not available when it is needed. It is hoped that a miniaturized, modular measurement and advisory system being developed in a joint project that includes Fraunhofer researchers will soon ease this situation. The system uses inconspicuous sensors to automatically measure dementia patients' health and care data and suggests personalized treatment options based on their current condition. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-06-modular-wristband-personalized-dementia-therapy.html Fri, 01 Jun 2018 10:30:02 EDT news447064680 On the second floor of an infectious-disease research facility in this African capital, Dr. Joseph Kamgno, the country's leading expert on parasitic roundworms, stood at his desk staring down at the black, hard-shelled case that had just arrived from a bioengineering lab at the University of California, Berkeley. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-04-silicon-valley-smarts-age-old-diseases.html Mon, 23 Apr 2018 05:10:01 EDT news443676761 A wheelchair controller that automatically avoids obstacles and knows when the user is tired or stressed is being developed by researchers in India. Details are described in the International Journal of Human Factors Modelling and Simulation. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-10-smart-wheelchair.html Thu, 20 Oct 2016 10:30:01 EDT news396177039 A team of students from the NYU Tandon School of Engineering is using smartphones to improve the arduous and repetitive process patients must typically undergo to relearn the basic skills they lose after suffering a stroke. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-06-smarter-patients.html Tue, 21 Jun 2016 07:37:01 EDT news385713412 University Malaya researchers have developed a non-invasive, radiation-free, early stage detection system called the Knee Sound Detector to determine the seriousness of the knee joint condition for osteoarthritis patients. The system is based on sound recordings on the subject's knee. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-06-knee-based-detector-osteoarthritis.html Mon, 08 Jun 2015 06:50:01 EDT news352963314 A research team led by engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, has developed a new mobile phone microscope that uses video to automatically detect and quantify infection by parasitic worms in a drop of blood. This next generation of UC Berkeley's CellScope technology could help revive efforts to eradicate debilitating diseases in Africa by providing critical information for health providers in the field. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-05-mobile-video-microscope-automates-parasites.html Wed, 06 May 2015 14:00:08 EDT news350134707 University of Maine seniors in the New Media Department are developing a fall detection device for older adults to use outside their homes. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-05-media-students-fall-device-older.html Mon, 04 May 2015 06:56:19 EDT news349941373 Exercise researchers have developed a new treadmill that automatically changes speed to match the pace of the runner. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-04-treadmill-outdoors.html Tue, 14 Apr 2015 10:46:08 EDT news348227149 For the past seven years, one man receiving care from LifeStream, a Massachusetts-based human services organization, has only been able to communicate by blinking his eyes in response to yes-or-no questions. He has cognitive awareness but is paralyzed with respect to nearly all of his voluntary motor muscles due to severe injuries he suffered in a car accident. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-04-key-locked-in-syndrome-patients.html Wed, 30 Apr 2014 07:30:05 EDT news318057837 Rice University students have created a way to help health care workers track vaccines and keep them at a safe temperature. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-vaccines-temperature.html Fri, 10 May 2013 06:28:35 EDT news287386108