Specialists are figuring out where computers belong in the healthcare system, how reimbursement will work, and who is legally liable when machines make mistakes. Medscape Medical News
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2019 Announced for Cell Oxygen Regulation
Two Americans and an English knight have won this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of how cells detect how much oxygen is available to them and the mechanism that regulates how they adapt to changes in oxygen levels. While the scientific community recognized the importance of oxygen for animal cells […]
Medicare Plan for E/M Pay Draws Some Specialties’ Opposition
Members of Congress join specialty groups in asking CMS to reconsider its plan to overhaul payment for office visits. Medscape Medical News
Strategies for Slowing Myopia Progression in Kids Differ Widely Between Ophthalmologists
The strategies for slowing myopia progression differ widely among pediatric ophthalmologists around the world and include both effective and ineffective approaches, according to an online survey. Reuters Health Information
Discreet Wearable for Hair Regrowth Using Body-Generated Electricity
While there are some devices and medications out there to help slow hair loss and regrow hair, they’re bulky, uncomfortable, or have substantial side effects. Low-frequency electric stimulation, delivered in pulses and over extended time periods, has a great deal of potential as an effective way to promote hair growth. The problem is that it […]
Measuring Pain Levels Using Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy
Knowing how much pain a patient is in can help clinicians to diagnose a condition, understand the course of a disease, and set a course for treatment. While simply hearing patients out works pretty well for the general population, unconscious and non-communicative people are not properly assessed all too often. Now, researchers from MIT, Harvard, […]
Multicolor Activated Fluorescent Dyes Thanks to Single Atom Replacement
Fluorescent dyes have transformed biomedical science. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2008, for example, was given for the discovery and development of green fluorescent protein, GFP. Ever since GFP became available, scientists have been working on improving fluorescent dyes to better study dynamic processes within biological tissues. Typically, ultraviolet light is used to activate […]
Candida auris Tied to Vision Loss in Case Report
Infection with Candida auris likely led to panophthalmitis and vision loss in an immunocompromised patient, according to a new case report. Medscape Medical News
Streaming on Android Devices Now Available for Individuals with Hearing Loss
For people with hearing loss, use of a mobile or smartphone can be challenging and with limited options. While Bluetooth-connected hearing aids are available, these solutions impose a significant energy requirement that drains battery life. Most available Bluetooth hearing aids today do not allow users to have access to their mobile device for an entire […]
Reticular Pseudodrusen a Risk for More Rapid AMD Progression
Patients with reticular pseudodrusen (RPD)-associated age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are at increased risk of progression to geographic atrophy, researchers say Reuters Health Information
Voltron Technology Lights Up Brain Activity in Real Time
While scientists have a variety of tools on hand to monitor and manipulate living brains, they still lack the ability to observe how large numbers of individual neurons operate in real time. Now, researchers at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute have developed a remarkable technology, published in the journal Science, that illuminates neurons just as […]
Ebola Lingers in Survivors and Care Team Precautions Needed
New findings of significant vitreoretinal pathology in Ebola survivors have safety implications for surgical teams that will treat these patients. Medscape Medical News
Complication of Eye Surgery Can Kill in a Minute
This rare complication of vitrectomy is almost always fatal. Some specialists have not heard of it, but they are now learning that reconfirming the location of the infusion cannula can save a life. Medscape Medical News
Low-Cost DIY Pump for Microfluidics Made from Balloons and Nylon Stockings
A collaboration between researchers at RMIT University and the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, both in Melbourne Australia, has resulted in an inexpensive and easily manufactured pressure pump. The simple device, which consists of a latex balloon and nylon stockings, can pump biological samples around microfluidic devices, and is much smaller and […]
Eye Injections Cost More Than Payers Think
The expense of each intravitreal injection is higher than the reimbursement rate, and retina specialists worry that one of the most frequently used codes in the specialty is undervalued. Medscape Medical News
Smart Bandage Pulls Skin Together to Speed Healing
Wounds on the skin are usually treated with bandages that protect the area and keep it moist, but which don’t actively help to promote healing. Researchers at Harvard and McGill universities have now created a mechanotherapy bandage that actually works to close the wound, keeps it protected from microbes, and speeds up healing much faster […]
CompCyst Tool Developed to Identify Precancerous Cysts
Researchers from Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have developed a new computational and biomolecular tool, dubbed CompCyst, that can identify precancerous pancreatic cysts. The technology provides a new method for reliably identifying cancer-causing cysts from those that are not cancer-causing. The teams work demonstrates that in over half of patients who undergo cyst removal, the […]
Hearing, Vision Loss Raise Dementia Risk in Older Adults
Multisensory impairment may serve as a potential marker to help identify older adults at increased risk of developing dementia or Alzheimer disease. Medscape Medical News
Potrero Medical Receives CE Mark for the Accuryn® Monitoring System.
The company received its FDA clearance in 2016 when it transformed the traditional urinary catheter into a smart sensing platform that helps to accurately monitor vital signs in real-time, such as urine output (UO) and intra-abdominal pressure (IAP). Traditional urinary catheters have issues draining urine from the bladder, causing inaccurate UO measurements. Using active drain […]
Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension May Double CV Risk
Results of a new study suggest that idiopathic intracranial hypertension appears to be a systemic metabolic condition conferring a sizable increase in cardiovascular risk. Medscape Medical News