Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Understanding the COVID-19 testing lag, and how we catch up
Of the countless voices opining about the coronavirus, few have as much relevant expertise as George Horvath.
Apr 23, 2020
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Researchers develop ventilator for coronavirus patients
A ventilator developed by researchers from the Medical Robotics Research Group of the University of Málaga (UMA) in just 20 days to strengthen health care response to COVID-19, is already being manufactured after receiving ...
Apr 22, 2020
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Lab creates 3-D printed nasal swabs during emergency shortage
The University of South Florida (USF) Health, Formlabs, a leading 3-D printing company, and Northwell Health, New York's largest healthcare provider, have announced they have successfully produced and tested a 3-D printed ...
Apr 21, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Ventilators: Why it is so hard to produce what's needed to tackle COVID-19
Manufacturers are stepping up to meet the severe shortage of ventilators prompted by the current coronavirus pandemic—and not just companies in the medical industry. Numerous firms from the aerospace and defense sectors, ...
Apr 10, 2020
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Artificial intelligence enables COVID-19 lung imaging analysis
For most patients who have died of COVID-19, the pandemic disease caused by a novel coronavirus, the ultimate cause of death was pneumonia, a condition in which inflammation and fluid buildup make it difficult to breathe. ...
Apr 7, 2020
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Cardiology
Empowering rural doctors to treat advanced heart failure improves patient outcomes
Travel restrictions imposed to curb the spread of COVID-19 are making it more difficult for some heart failure patients who have artificial heart pumps to participate in follow-up care at implantation centers far from their ...
Mar 31, 2020
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In progress: Rapid deployment of open-source, low-cost ventilator design
One of the most pressing shortages facing hospitals during the Covid-19 emergency is a lack of ventilators. These machines can keep patients breathing when they no longer can on their own, and they can cost around $30,000 ...
Mar 27, 2020
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Medical research
Graphene for remote wound monitoring
French scientists at the Neel Institute have produced a graphene patch that records the condition of chronic wounds, such as ulcers suffered by the elderly or those with diabetes, at any time. The data can be sent from home ...
Mar 25, 2020
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Health
Updated guidelines for exposure to high-frequency electromagnetic fields
A set of updated, evidence-based guidelines defining safe levels of exposure to high-frequency electromagnetic fields (EMF) has been published in Health Physics, official journal of the Health Physics Society.
Mar 11, 2020
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Health informatics
Deep learning electrocardiogram devices found to be susceptible to adversarial attack
A team of researchers from New York University, Evidation Health and NYU Langone Health has found that deep learning electrocardiogram devices can be susceptible to adversarial attacks. In their paper published in the journal ...
