Continuous monitoring of blood pressure possible, with new wearable sensor

MIT engineers have developed a prototype of a small blood pressure sensor that can be attached to the hand and worn 24 hours a day to continuously monitor blood pressure. ... Continue Reading

Reverse Aging of the Entire Brain and Body: This Week's Anti-Aging Video Preview

Eric Braverman, MD speaks about Reversing Aging of the Entire Brain and Body at the 16th Annual Congress on Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine in Las Vegas, Nevada. Preview his discussion on imaging silent disease to reverse aging of the entire brain and body. To view the video preview, click here.

Dr. Braverman will speak about Hormones, Neurotransmitters and the Brain during a special session entitled; A PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF TREATING ADULT HORMONE DEFICIENCY USING BIOIDENTICAL HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY at the upcoming 17th Annual World Congress on Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine in Orlando, April 2009. For more information, call 1-888-997-0112. ... Continue Reading

Artificial liver tested to see if it can help patients survive liver failure

Doctors are testing whether a machine packed with human liver cells can successfully stabilize a patient suffering from sudden liver failure, buying time for their liver to recover. ... Continue Reading

Student develops battery-powered pocket ultrasound device

A graduate student has developed a groundbreaking battery-powered pocket ultrasound device that has dozens of potential applications. ... Continue Reading

Tiny scanner may monitor astronauts' mental health

With jam-packed schedules and a video feed to Earth, astronauts enjoy precious little privacy as it is. Soon, doctors might peek into an astronaut's last bastion of solitude, thanks to a portable brain scanner that could one day go into orbit. ... Continue Reading

Web-based care trialed for hypertension

A new study has found that hypertension can be controlled without office visits using web-based care and home blood pressure checks. ... Continue Reading

Killing Cancer Cells Using Electrical Field

A group of scientists headed by Yoram Palti from the Technion Institute in Israel, succeeded in killing dividing cells without harming non-dividing ones using electrical charges. It turns out that an electrical field in a small enough voltage doesn't damage living cells. The scientists used this fact to treat a cancerous organ with an altering current (AC) electrical field. Using the AC electrical field, normal cells remain unharmed while the dividing cancerous cells are destroyed. ... Continue Reading

Microsurgery Using Microgrippers

MIT Technology Review is reporting on new metal and polymer microgrippers that can be chemically activated to grab or cut tissue deep within the body without requiring any incisions. The scientists that developed the device envision swallowing a bunch of these and then guiding the particles using magnets to specific spots in the body for microsurgeries or doing biopsies. ... Continue Reading

Non-invasive liver test developed

Scientists have developed a non-invasive test that accurately identifies advanced liver disease without the need for a biopsy, it has been claimed. ... Continue Reading

Standard diabetes test 'could serve as screening tool'

The standard blood test used to monitor diabetes patients could have the potential to identify millions of diabetes sufferers who remain undiagnosed, researchers claim. ... Continue Reading