Oncology & Cancer
Cancer device created to see if targeted chemotherapy is working
Rutgers researchers have created a device that can determine whether targeted chemotherapy drugs are working on individual cancer patients.
Jul 16, 2019
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News tagged with portable device
Medical research
Portable device can be used to diagnose eye disease remotely
A portable device connected to a smartphone makes precise images of the retina to detect back-of-the-eye (fundus) disease at a far lower cost than conventional methods. Created by Phelcom Technologies, a startup based at ...
Jun 26, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Digital device overload linked to obesity risk
If your attention gets diverted in different directions by smartphones and other digital devices, take note: Media multitasking has now been linked to obesity.
Apr 02, 2019
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Genetics
Portable DNA sequencer helps identify severity of Lassa outbreak in Nigeria
An international team of researchers has found that it is possible to use portable DNA sequencers to learn more about a viral outbreak as the outbreak is occurring. In their paper published in the journal Science, the group ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Worry over kids' excessive smartphone use is more justified than ever before
Parents who fear their kids are spending too much time in front of screens now have more reason for concern.
Dec 14, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Using an electronic device counteracts benefits of taking a break in nature, researchers find
Being in nature helps restore your brain's ability to focus attention on a task. But if you are checking social media on your phone or answering emails on your laptop – even if you are doing so while surrounded by trees ...
Jul 19, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Promise of faster, more accessible schizophrenia diagnosis, study shows
A portable device common in optometrists' offices may hold the key to faster diagnosis of schizophrenia, predicting relapse and symptom severity and assessing treatment effectiveness, a Rutgers University study finds.
May 30, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Monitor detects dangerously low white blood cell levels in chemotherapy patients
One of the major side effects of chemotherapy is a sharp drop in white blood cells, which leaves patients vulnerable to dangerous infections. MIT researchers have now developed a portable device that could be used to monitor ...
Apr 03, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Electronic cap treatment improves brain tumour survival
Applying low frequency electric fields to the scalp of people with an aggressive type of brain tumour improves survival, according to a clinical trial.
Dec 20, 2017
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Pediatrics
Researchers design a new smart system for children's chronic illness monitoring
Researchers from the University of Granada (UGR) and the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) have designed a new smart system for monitoring children who suffer from chronic illnesses like asthma. The system consists ...
Dec 11, 2017
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