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Cardiovascular / Cardiology

Fitbit’s heart rate monitoring accuracy questioned in class action suit

Fitbit is facing yet another class action suit, this time over its heart rate monitoring, which plaintiffs claim is inaccurate to a dangerous degree. “Plaintiffs and many consumers like them have experienced — and testing confirms — that the PurePulse...

January 9, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Robotic Legs Take Cues from Humans

For above-knee amputees, walking with a gait akin to biological limb functionality may require a number of physical therapy sessions. “Generally, the higher the amputation level, the more we can expect to see gait deviations, or what some would call...

January 9, 2016

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

Dressing for Disease Prevention Success

In the last couple decades, blood-borne diseases, like HIV, Hepatitis B and C and others have become a serious talking points – so much so that sharps safety has become an unofficial never event, double gloving is trending and OSHA...

January 8, 2016

Orthopedics and Spine

UW center receives $16M to work on first implantable device to reanimate paralyzed limbs

In the next decade, people who have suffered a spinal cord injury or stroke could have their mobility improved or even restored through a radically new technology: implantable devices that can send signals between regions of the brain or nervous...

January 8, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Artist Paints Medical Helmets For Babies

Artist Paula Strawn paints boring white medical helmets for babies into something cool! These helmets are meant to reshape the skulls of children who were born with Flat Head Syndrome. Medical science, man. I love it. related question: How do they...

January 8, 2016

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

Patient Hand Hygiene: The Missing Link

Abstract: Hospital acquired infections (HAI’s) are a major threat to patient safety and there is substantial evidence that good hand hygiene reduces the transmission of these diseases. However, most hand hygiene initiatives have focused on the role of the healthcare...

January 8, 2016

Diagnostics & Healthcare News

A Hearing Test You Can Take On The Phone

Hearing loss can have a negative impact on work. It can lead to social isolation. It can even contribute to dementia. And one-third of Americans 65 and older have some level of hearing impairment. Typically they wait years to get...

January 7, 2016

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

This Is Why You Absolutely Need To Stop Wearing Shoes In Your House

Have you ever been to someone’s home and they have all the shoes by the front door outside of the house? I have had several friends mostly from eastern and/or Asian families who do this. I always found it interesting...

January 7, 2016

Diagnostics & Healthcare News

The World’s First Wireless, Continuous, Fully Disposable Pulse Oximeter

RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif., Jan. 4, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — True Wearables, Inc., a medical device start-up based in Orange County, CA, announced today Oxxiom, the world’s first wireless, continuous, fully disposable, single-use pulse oximeter. Oxxiom measures arterial oxygen saturation (SpO2), pulse...

January 7, 2016