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Researchers from Florida Atlantic University College of Engineering and Computer Science have developed wearable motion sensors to detect and monitor medication ON and OFF states in Parkinson’s patients.
Scientists have developed a new technique to measure brain function in milliseconds using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Known as magnetic resonance elastography (MRE), the new technology could be used to...
A series of pilot clinical studies has indicated that non-invasive external stimulation of the vagus nerve alleviates disease symptoms in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Implanting electrodes in the brain for deep-brain stimulation offers a possible course of treatment for patients with treatment-resistant depression.
Israeli tech firm VRHealth is aiming to push forward the use of virtual reality in pain management, physical and cognitive therapy and other areas. With VR’s role in healthcare growing,...
In February, Medtronic’s Pipeline Flex flow diversion device won expanded FDA approval to treat small or medium wide-neck aneurysms in addition to its existing approval for large or giant wide-neck...
On December 31st 2018, the Woven EndoBridge (WEB) device by Microvention received FDA premarket approval (PMA), becoming the first and only device with PMA in the new 'intrasaccular flow disruptors'...
To further enhance its status in the MRI space, Avingtrans has acquired Tecmag, a US-based company, which designs and manufacturers consoles and probes for MRI and NMR probs. In the...
London based start-up Cognetivity Neurosciences has published research indicating that artificial intelligence could be used to detect early stage dementia.
Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Institute of Engineering in Medicine have successfully 3D-printed spinal cord implants which can be loaded with neural stem...
