Technology
There’s an App for That: Smart Phone Medical Use on the Rise
More and more Americans are not only getting their health information online – they’re increasingly using cell phones and other mobile devices to track or manage their health. Nearly one in three cell phone owners (31%) [...]
Blogging Helps Chronic Pain Sufferers
For the estimated 100 million Americans living with chronic pain, relief may just be a mouse click away. A new study, published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, found that patients who blog about their [...]
Mayo Clinic Marks First Births from Time-Lapse In Vitro Fertilization Incubator (Video)
The Mayo Clinic has announced its first births from in vitro fertilization using a new time-lapse incubator. The incubator minimizes disturbances from human handling and helps fertility specialists identify the healthiest embryos before they are implanted in a uterus. [...]
High-Tech Patient Tracking: Smart Innovation or Invasion of Privacy?
Health care providers, insurers and regulators are increasingly turning to smart medication devices to track and treat patients with chronic pain. Two such devices have emerged recently that are on the cutting edge of the digital [...]
Renewable Solar Energy Looking For A Foothold
The debate over future sources of electricity is a daily event. A Wall Street Journal article this week, for instance, was discussing the situation in Japan, a country that has to import all of its [...]
New Study Says Nearly 30 Percent of Teens Are Sexting
By Matthew Grant Anson What do a minister, multiple congressmen and a former NFL quarterback have in common with today’s teenagers? They’ve “sexted” — sent naked photos of themselves. Sexting has been a known phenomenon amongst [...]
AcelRx Receives Patent for Postoperative Painkiller Delivery System
AcelRx Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: ACRX) has announced that it has received a patent for its Sufentanil Nano Tab system — a new method for treating severe postoperative pain through a patient- controlled analgesia (PCA) device. Sufentanil is [...]
Smart Drug Dispenser Could Warn of Addiction and Diversion
A Chicago-area company is developing a smart medication dispenser that would track patient behavior and provide an early warning that opioid painkillers and other controlled substances are being misused. The device, called Divert-X, will tell physicians [...]
Addicted to Facebook? Take This Test and Find Out
We all knew it was going to happen sooner or later. Researchers have developed a test to determine whether we’re addicted to Facebook. Dr. Schou Andreassen, a psychologist from Norway, has developed what she calls the [...]
Electrical Brain Stimulation Eases Migraines Without Drugs
Pain from migraine headaches can be reduced — and possibly even prevented — by stimulating the brain with mild electric charges from a small portable device, according to a researcher at the City College of New [...]
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Marijuana’s Link to Schizophrenia Debated
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Antibiotics May Help Back Pain
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FDA Delays Approval of Suboxone Implant
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