A wireless, wearable monitor built with stretchable electronics could allow comfortable, long-term health monitoring of adults, babies and small children
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Finding better drug ‘fits,’ avoiding medication tragedies like thalidomide
When a medication doesn’t “fit” the body quite right, the results can be devastating. Such is the case for thalidomide,
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Wearable ultrasound patch monitors blood pressure deep inside body
A new wearable ultrasound patch that non-invasively monitors blood pressure in arteries deep beneath the skin could help people detect
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Two consumer baby monitors show worrisome results in measuring vital signs: CHOP researchers test pulse oximetry monitors in hospitalized infants
Researchers who tested two commercially available baby monitors are raising serious concerns about the accuracy of these products, which are
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Wearable device can predict older adults’ risk of falling
Every year, more than one in three individuals aged 65 and older will experience a fall. Falls are the most
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Lung-on-a-chip simulates pulmonary fibrosis: New biotech could reduce time and cost of developing medicine for deadly lung disease
Developing new medicines to treat pulmonary fibrosis, one of the most common and serious forms of lung disease, is not
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MRI ‘glove’ provides new look at hand anatomy: Wearable MRI detector captures motion for first time; creates potential for injury diagnosis
A new kind of MRI component in the shape of a glove delivers the first clear images of bones, tendons
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Wearable fitness monitors useful in cancer treatment, study finds
Wearable fitness trackers, such as Fitbits, that measure steps taken per day may be a useful tool to evaluate and
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Portable device to sniff out trapped humans
The first step after buildings collapse from an earthquake, bombing or other disaster is to rescue people who could be
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