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![Isabella Degen Q&A: reducing diabetics’ anxiety around insulin]()
Isabella Degen Q&A: reducing diabetics’ anxiety around insulin
The mental strain of diabetes is hard to imagine for those who don’t have the condition, with 25% of diabetics reported to have depression and 40% diagnosed with anxiety. Verdict...
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![From Grinders to Biohackers: where medical technology meets body modification]()
From Grinders to Biohackers: where medical technology meets body modification
A new generation of patients are demanding medical interventions that not only make it easier to manage medical conditions, but also enhance their day-to-day lives. Engineers and researchers have responded...
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![The future of implants in the latest Medical Technology]()
The future of implants in the latest Medical Technology
In this issue: the technology transforming hearing aids, travelling for medical treatments, the future of biohacking and implants, and much more.
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![Transvaginal mesh timeline: the gynaecological scandal that rocked the world]()
Transvaginal mesh timeline: the gynaecological scandal that rocked the world
Vaginal mesh implants were introduced in the late 1990s as a routine treatment for stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse, common complications following childbirth. However, these flexible plastic scaffolds...
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![Unwrapping the FDA’s voluntary programme for medical devices]()
Unwrapping the FDA’s voluntary programme for medical devices
The US FDA is introducing a voluntary program for certain medical devices and device-led combination products that could improve the safety of currently available treatments. Medical Technology takes a look...
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![2019 top news stories]()
2019 top news stories
Brain-computer interface could translate thoughts into speech and US regulator sought additional details on $4.2bn Boston Scientific-BTG deal. Medicaldevice-network.com wraps up key headlines from 2019.
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![A diagnostic tool for respiratory disease: machine learning coughs up]()
A diagnostic tool for respiratory disease: machine learning coughs up
ResApp uses machine-learning algorithms to analyse cough sounds and diagnose conditions such as asthma, pneumonia and bronchiolitis from a smartphone. Natalie Healey speaks to creator Professor Udantha Abeyratne to find...
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![Is AI paving the way to doctorless diagnosis?]()
Is AI paving the way to doctorless diagnosis?
AI-driven software now regularly outperforms humans in key diagnostic tasks, raising the prospect of doctorless diagnosis in the future. So where will the rise of AI leave human diagnosticians in...
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![Medical devices: redesigning for success]()
Medical devices: redesigning for success
How do medical manufacturers go about redesigning older devices that need an update to remain on the market? Abi Millar spoke to Tom Ackrill of contract manufacturer ITL Group about...
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![Money on the mind: the biggest medtech deals stories of 2019]()
Money on the mind: the biggest medtech deals stories of 2019
Medtech has seen some major funding rounds, mergers and acquisitions in 2019. Chloe Kent rounds up some of the most influential digital health deals of 2019.
