...can cause falling. The robotic leg is being developed with an $8 million grant from the US Army and work from the Medical Research and Materiel Command (MRMC) . There are more than one million lower leg amputees in the US, which (along with TBI and PTSD) sadly is a signature injury of the recent and ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The research is being done in conjunction with Vanderbilt University in Nashville and researchers from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and the University of Seattle. The New England Journal of Medicine article is here (subscription only). Also MedCityNews... Continue Reading
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Magnetic microbots can be delivery ‘trucks’ for meds
The research on magnetically activated and controlled microbots for drug delivery and biopsies continue. The latest research from South Korea has designed ‘cages’ to carry drugs that are effectively the closest microbots have to a delivery truck form factor for delivery to the brain or eyes. The tradeoff is tininess versus more capacity; more drugs, more effectiveness. Published in Advanced Materials (link to full text PDF), short summary in PopSci, very long and thoughtful article on how nanobots work in IEEE Spectrum by French scientist-pioneer Sylvain Martel of École Polytechnique de Montréal, who projects their first use will be to... Continue Reading
Relax, it’s (not) just a breathing monitor headset
...we can begin to de-stress a little more when presented with what is hopefully actionable data. Or for the fitness enthusiasts among us, important metabolic thresholds can be gauged to improve performance and recover from injury or illness. The company has already released a mobile app, called MyBreath that measures and tracks breathing using a regular headset, but now hopes to provide even more comprehensive and accurate breathing analysis with its new headset. Earlier this month, they launched a crowdfunding campaign for the device which has currently raised over 50% of its $30,000 target. Read more in GigaOM and PSFK.... Continue Reading
DrChrono and Sermo’s ‘Blue Blazes’ moments
[grow_thumb image=”https://telecareaware.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/blue-blazes.jpg” thumb_width=”150″ /]Neil Versel in his personal blog Meaningful HIT News notes meaningful lapses in accuracy and good communications taste from two reputable companies targeted to US medical professionals. DrChrono is a mobile ambulatory EHR tweeting about ‘cashing in’ on the HITECH Act–the program that rewards practices for achieving stages of Meaningful Use with EHRs. Sermo is a physician social networking platform that has staged a contest called ‘The Pro Football Injury Challenge’ where one will go ‘head-to-head’ with other doctors in ‘making predictions about how injuries will affect pro athletes this season.’ This Editor felt in her comments... Continue Reading
Ageing Well – how can technology help?
This year’s Telemedicine & eHealth conference, on 25th & 26th November, at the Royal Society of Medicine at 1 Wimpole St, London will focus on how technology can help people to age well. It will cover a wide palette of issues relating to technology and ageing, including both physical & mental conditions, and the importance of social & spiritual considerations too. Keynote speakers include Jon Rouse , Director General for Social Care, Local Government and Care Partnerships, Department of Health. Mary Baker, President of the European Brain Council and Professor June Andrews, the dementia management expert, will discuss mental health... Continue Reading
Conflicting telehealth signals – is the VA or E Riding of Yorkshire CCG on the money?
...it’s nice to read Telemonitoring and self-management in the control of hypertension (TASMINH2): a cost-effectiveness analysis by Kaambwa et al of Flinders University in Australia that has just been pre-published online which demonstrates more attractive cosy/QALY figures from telemonitoring and self-management of hypertension. Finally perhaps just worth mentioning that you can catch Adam Darkins of the VA at the Royal Society of Medicine’s Telemedicine conference on November 25 & 26 where he is giving one of the keynotes, alongside the likes of the DH’s Jon Rouse, Mary Baker, President of the European Brain Council and dementia expert Prof June Andrews.... Continue Reading
Acknowledging the reality of TBI in sports
Last week’s $765 million settlement by the National Football League (NFL) concluded a lawsuit in the works for over a year [TTA 7 Sept 12] that was brought by more than 4,500 players and their families. The more legally minded will argue that the NFL ‘got away with it’ before the season started; they admitted to no causal role between the game and traumatic brain injury (TBI) or chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which can only be confirmed post-mortem. The financial settlement sets small caps relative to the nature of the illness and the cost of care. What’s Unsettled About The... Continue Reading
The Internet.org initiative and the real meaning for health tech
...No ease of use, no use. Twitter…now that’s easy.) Facebook’s real value is in mining user data and that doesn’t resonate well with privacy concerns. Anyone with a brain figured that out long ago; many also suspect that their privacy settings are never…quite…set and the cool techies ankled a long while ago. (If the FT is concerned about health app data being mined, just think about your comments and photos on Facebook!) Facebook’s gains are in less developed markets like Latin America. (In Asia, losing in Japan, blocked in the Big Kahuna of China.) So global internet expansion into lightly... Continue Reading
First human to human brain control – yikes!
University of Washington researchers have performed what they believe is the first non-invasive human-to-human brain interface, with one researcher having used a brain signal to control the hand of a fellow researcher. Rajesh Rao sent a brain signal to his colleague Andrea Stocco (who was on the other side of the university campus), causing Stocco’s finger to move on a keyboard – involuntarily! It’s pretty cool stuff and you can watch a video of it here. “It was both exciting and eerie to watch an imagined action from my brain get translated into actual action by another brain,” Rao said.... Continue Reading
Medtronic confirms forecast direction change, the market reacts, and brains are stimulated
...Benzinga reflecting the consensus in Yahoo Finance). What is interesting are their advances in brain stimulation to relieve pain in two areas. Earlier this month, Medtronic received FDA approval for their RestoreSensor SureScan MRI neurostimulation system, an implant in the spinal cord to treat chronic back pain that also allows the patient to undergo an MRU with the implant in place. Following this was an announcement for the Activa PC+S deep brain stimulation system to record brain activity while delivering electronic therapy to treat Parkinson’s symptoms, essential tremors and epilepsy. It received its CE Mark in January but is still... Continue Reading
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