Healthcare Friction – Why More Could Be Better
There’s a concept in Silicon Valley called friction. It’s the idea that you need to get rid of any inconvenience or work that gets in...
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Catheter-available biomaterial sealants: Interview with Natalie Artzi, co-founder of BioDevek
BioDevek, a medical technology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has developed a biomaterial adhesive that seals internal wounds and cuts. The material is designed to...
Advice to health professionals we least expect
Every year doctors use social media we talk about the July start for new doctors. And every year we offer our advice to medical students....
Washable fabric measures the electrical activity of the muscles
Researchers at the University of Utah have developed a wearable fabric that can act as a biosensor and measure the electrical activity of muscles. The...
What makes doctors superfluous?
Doctors are very scared of things like artificial intelligence and automation. You don’t have to search far to find stories and discussions about doctor exchanges....
Laser kills multi-resistant bacteria used to decontaminate wounds and blood
Scientists at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed an ultrashort pulse laser that can kill multi-resistant bacteria and their spores...
The illusion of eye contact with telemedicine
Eye contact with patients is important to me. This is how we show ourselves as people. The eyes are the windows to the soul. Through...
Overcoming the blood-brain barrier with lasers and gold nanoparticles
Delivering drugs to the brain remains challenging because of the blood-brain barrier, a specialized layer of endothelium that is highly selective in what it lets...
MyChart Messages in the Wild West of patient communication
Medicine is facing an information crisis. In addition to the increase in biomedical information, there are increasing demands on the response of doctors to portal...
New technology creates 3D images of bacteria for antibiotic susceptibility tests
Researchers at the University of Connecticut have developed a highly sensitive image sensor that can quickly and accurately monitor bacterial growth. The technique involves shining...