Degenerative mitral regurgitation occurs when the mitral valve prolapses, causing blood to leak back into the atrium every time the heart beats. The condition can be asymptomatic for many people, but for some it can cause a variety of issues, including fainting, pain, and shortness of breath. Currently, open-heart surgery is considered to be the [& (Read more...)
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Pandemic Screen Time: Will Blue Light Glasses Help?
As people in lockdown spend more time staring at laptops and other digital screens, they’re ordering more blue light glasses, despite a lack of conclusive evidence. WebMD Health News
Spinal Cord Stimulators Manage Pain without Tingling
Boston Scientific is releasing in the United States its Wavewriter Alpha line of spinal cord stimulators. The four Wavewriter Alpha pain management devices provide Bluetooth connectivity, allow patients to still be scanned under MRI, given certain precautions, and offer so-called Fast Acting Sub-perception Therapy (FAST). FAST is exciting because i (Read more...)
Smart Contact Lens Targets Vision Improvement
The device, which is like a smartphone in the eye, took home an award at the year’s biggest tech conference, but it’s not quite ready for prime time. Medscape Medical News
Stanton Optical Opens New Store in Midland, TX Area
MIDLAND, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Stanton Optical, a leading full-service optical retailer offering accessible and affordable eye care and eyewear, opened its newest location in Midland on Monday, January 11. Located at 3110 N Loop 250 W #200, the new s…
Stanton Optical Opens New Store in Onalaska, WI Area
ONALASKA, Wis.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Stanton Optical, a leading full-service optical retailer offering accessible and affordable eye care and eyewear, opened its newest location in Onalaska on Monday, January 4. Located at 9362 State Rd 16, the new store m…
My Eyelab is Now in Michigan: New Store in the Saginaw Area
SAGINAW, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–My Eyelab, a leading retail eye health provider offering accessible and affordable eye care and eyewear, opened its newest location in Saginaw, MI on December 28. Located at 5020 Bay Rd., the new store marks the company…
SmartHealth PayCard™ Helps Patients Cope with the Unwelcome “Fresh Start” of Health Insurance Deductibles in the New Year
PLANO, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–After a difficult 2020, a new year has Americans eager to wipe the slate clean with a renewed sense of purpose and a determination to be fulfilled, happy and healthy. But resolutions for better health have been made more …
Researchers develop a tiny, yet effective method for preventing premature birth
In a study in mice and human cells, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say that they have developed a tiny, yet effective method for preventing premature birth.
Cios Flow Mobile C-Arm from Siemens FDA Cleared
Siemens Healthineers just announced FDA clearance to introduce its Cios Flow mobile C-arm in the United States. Developed for use in orthopedics, vascular surgery, trauma, spinal surgery, and other fields, it’s intended to be a general purpose C-arm that can be easily used in a variety of cases. The Cios Flow is a relatively compact [… (Read more...)
Electrical Stimulation Helps Regain Hand Function Post Spinal Cord Injury
Researchers at the University of Washington have trialed a minimally invasive electrical stimulation technique that has resulted in remarkable improvements in the hand and arm function of spinal cord injury patients. The approach involves sticking band-aid-like patches onto the back of the neck of patients to deliver electrical pulses, helping to s (Read more...)
My Eyelab Opens New Store in Plantation, FL
PLANTATION, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–My Eyelab, a leading optical retailer offering accessible and affordable eye care and eyewear, opened its newest location in Plantation, FL on Thursday, December 31. Located at 12233 W Sunrise Blvd, the new store mark…
Brain-Machine Interface and Exoskeleton Improve Stroke Rehab
Stroke rehabilitation as a field of research holds great promise in improving how patients recover. Unlike other organs, the brain’s neuroplasticity allows it to functionally reshape itself in beneficial ways. But it doesn’t do it on its own, so targeted interventions that require patient participation are key to optimal outcomes. There (Read more...)
CES 2020: OMRON VitalSight Remote Patient Monitoring
Remote patient monitoring has gone from novelty to necessity in a matter of months thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. In reality, allowing clinicians to keep an eye on their patients provides a number of important benefits even during “normal” times. At this year’s CES, which is a virtual event this year, Omron presented its VitalSi (Read more...)
Opticyte Secures $4.6 Million in Funding to Develop First Cell O2 Monitor for Reducing Organ Failure
SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Opticyte, Inc, a medical device innovator developing proprietary advanced algorithms and tailored optical spectroscopy technology to measure and detect low oxygen levels in cells to prevent organ failure, announced the recent …
Cooling Vest Helps COVID Clinicians with Heat Stress
Researchers from the Radboud University Medical Center in The Netherlands have trialed cooling vests, originally designed for elite athletes, in nursing staff who have to put in long shifts in COVID-19 wards wearing full personal protective equipment (PPE). While essential, the protective equipment can lead to significant discomfort in the form of (Read more...)
10 Second COVID Antibody Test on a Chip
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a microfluidic chip that can provide rapid COVID-19 antibody tests. The electrochemical test can detect very low concentrations of antibodies in blood samples, and transmits the results to a smartphone. The test could help to measure patient responses to vaccines and determine if they have be (Read more...)
EnChroma Names Vision Industry Veteran Erik Ritchie as CEO
BERKELEY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– #colorforall–EnChroma Names Vision Industry Veteran Erik Ritchie as CEO – Former Zenni Optical Executive to Guide Leader in Solutions for Color Blindness
3D Imaging Illuminates Internal Structure of Brain Spheroids
Researchers at the Wyss Center in Geneva and collaborators have developed novel imaging and labeling techniques to view the internal structure of brain spheroids, and observe the morphology of single neurons in 3D. Brain spheroids, which the researchers term “mini brains,” are a cluster of different types of brain cells, and are culture (Read more...)
Nanodroplets and Ultrasound to Drill Through Blood Clots
Penetrating compacted and extensive blood clots has been one of the main challenges of vascular surgery. Various catheter-based devices have been invented and are in use today, but many patients present with plaques that are just too difficult even for the finest existing devices. Now, researchers at North Carolina State University and University o (Read more...)