Biomedical Innovation, Health Care and Wellness

Reversing the Innovation Pathway Could Be the Key to Cost-Efficient Health Care

Reversing the Innovation Pathway Could Be the Key to Cost-Efficient Health Care

Reversing the Innovation Pathway Could Be the Key to Cost-Efficient Health Care 789 444 IEEE Pulse
Can technologies designed for the low resource settings find a home in established well funded systems? read more
Advances in Maternity Technology

Advances in Maternity Technology

Advances in Maternity Technology 789 444 IEEE Pulse
Flexible monitoring devices among other new technologies can assist with detection and prevention of maternal and infant morbidity read more
Robotic Assistance: Orthopedic Tech Advances for Today and Tomorrow

Robotic Assistance: Orthopedic Tech Advances for Today and Tomorrow

Robotic Assistance: Orthopedic Tech Advances for Today and Tomorrow 789 444 IEEE Pulse
Joint replacement and other orthopedic surgeries are the perfect venue for new robotic technologies read more
Meeting the Challenges of Surgical Device Design and Translation for Global Use

Meeting the Challenges of Surgical Device Design and Translation for Global Use

Meeting the Challenges of Surgical Device Design and Translation for Global Use 789 444 IEEE Pulse
The need for viable global health solutions—and particularly solutions for global surgery—are paramount. In response, a research group at the University of Leeds, U.K., has been working in concert with a multidisciplinary team to develop retractor for abdominal insufflation-less surgery (RAIS), a gasless laparoscopy system that enables crucial surgery in low-resource settings. read more
NASA Takes on Climate Change: Focusing Tech From Space to Earth

NASA Takes on Climate Change: Focusing Tech From Space to Earth

NASA Takes on Climate Change: Focusing Tech From Space to Earth 789 444 IEEE Pulse
Companies are drawing on NASA technologies that were originally designed for space application and adapting them to address the needs of a changing climate read more
Considering Sex in Biomedical Research

Considering Sex in Biomedical Research

Considering Sex in Biomedical Research 789 444 IEEE Pulse
In order for basic and preclinical research to be translated to the clinic, it is not enough to simply include females in experiments—potential effects of sex must also be examined read more
New Strategies for Addressing Antibiotic Resistance Offer Promise, but Time is Running Out 

New Strategies for Addressing Antibiotic Resistance Offer Promise, but Time is Running Out

New Strategies for Addressing Antibiotic Resistance Offer Promise, but Time is Running Out 789 444 IEEE Pulse
As antibacterial resistance increases—now thought responsible for an estimated 5 million deaths worldwide each year—scientists are investigating two distinct approaches to combating this deadly problem: Develop new antibiotics that defy pathogen resistance or design methods that hone antibiotic selection and fight individual infections better read more
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