Health
Researchers unveil first real-time secondhand smoke sensor
Dartmouth College researchers are going to market with the first-ever sensor that detects secondhand and thirdhand tobacco and marijuana smoke in real time.
Oct 27, 2014
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Health
Measuring the quality and quantity of sleep at home
Difficulty falling asleep, frequent waking, poor quality of sleep and a variety of sleep-related breathing problems are very common – they afflict approximately a third of the population.
Feb 7, 2014
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Neuroscience
Photochemical imprinting of neuronal activity: A flash memory for spikes
(Medical Xpress)—Animals experiments primarily serve two main functions. They give us insight into how biological systems might work, and they also act as test beds for treatments and devices we want to use on ourselves. ...
Diabetes
Physician advises diabetics to heed FDA's smart device warning
The FDA has warned diabetes patients not to use smartwatches or smart rings to measure their blood glucose levels. Now, obesity medicine expert Eleanor Yusupov, D.O., assistant professor at New York Institute of Technology ...
Mar 14, 2024
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Biomedical technology
Future wearable health tech could measure gases released from skin
Scientists have taken the first step to creating the next generation of wearable health monitors.
Apr 29, 2022
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Surgery
Taking the guess work out of spinal surgery
Spinal fusion is a highly invasive surgery where an implant is placed in the spine to prevent movement between bones. The treatment has a high failure rate after only five years, however Te Whare Wānanga o Waitahi | University ...
Sep 1, 2023
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Medical research
'Life and activity monitor' provides portable, constant recording of vital signs
Researchers have developed a type of wearable, non-invasive electronic device that can monitor vital signs such as heart rate and respiration at the same time it records a person's activity level, opening new opportunities ...
Feb 1, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Flu outbreaks modeled by new study of classroom schedules
Classroom rosters combined with human-networking theory may give a clearer picture of just how infectious diseases such as influenza can spread through a closed group of people, and even through populations at large. Using ...
Feb 13, 2013
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Wearable sensors provide early detection of progression in Parkinson's disease
A team of researchers from the University of Oxford has shown for the first time that it is possible to track the progression of Parkinson's disease accurately using specially trained machine learning algorithms to analyze ...
Oct 11, 2023
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Neuroscience
Screen-printed, flexible sensors allow earbuds to record brain activity and exercise levels
A pair of earbuds can be turned into a tool to record the electrical activity of the brain as well as levels of lactate in the body with the addition of two flexible sensors screen-printed onto a stamp-like flexible surface.
Sep 28, 2023
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