A touchless technology for early detection of eye diseases
A non-contact laser imaging system could help doctors diagnose and treat eye diseases that cause blindness much earlier than is now possible.
Jun 14, 2021
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A non-contact laser imaging system could help doctors diagnose and treat eye diseases that cause blindness much earlier than is now possible.
Jun 14, 2021
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Estimating the risk of patients dying is arguably one of the most difficult and stressful challenges physicians face. This has been especially true in the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic, with doctors around the world ...
Feb 18, 2021
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By the time they reached toddlerhood, very preterm infants originally treated with higher oxygen levels continued to show benefits when compared to a group treated with lower oxygen levels, according to a follow-up study ...
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Research published in The Lancet Global Health describes the crucial role that pulse oximeters have in risk-stratification in both hospital and primary care or outpatient settings. Carina King, Associate Professor at the ...
Jul 8, 2024
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A new study to be presented at the SLEEP 2024 annual meeting, held in Houston, Texas, June 1–5, is the first to find that episodic hypoxemia and hypoxic burden related to obstructive sleep apnea are associated with the ...
Jun 4, 2024
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Sleep apnea and low oxygen levels while sleeping are associated with epilepsy that first occurs after 60 years of age, known as late-onset epilepsy, according to a new study published in Sleep.
Apr 30, 2024
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Researchers have developed a photoacoustic imaging watch for high-resolution imaging of blood vessels in the skin. The wearable device could offer a non-invasive way to monitor hemodynamic indicators such as heart rate, blood ...
Mar 11, 2024
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Pulse oximeters—one of the most common medical devices used in global health care—can provide significantly overestimated oxygen saturation readings in people with darker skin tones, according to the most comprehensive ...
Feb 29, 2024
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Racially biased readings of oxygen levels in the blood using pulse oximeters may further limit opportunities for Black patients with heart failure to receive potentially lifesaving treatments, such as heart pumps and transplants, ...
Feb 21, 2024
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Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic colitis of indeterminate origin, characterized by continuous inflammation spreading from the rectum. Common symptoms include diarrhea, bloody stool, and bowel urgency.
Jan 23, 2024
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