A recent 5-year study on 221,677 individuals aged 45 and above devoid of having a stroke or cardiac arrest in their medical history, revealed that mental disorders like anxiety and depression could increase the chances of the occurrence of a cardiac arrest or stroke.
In a new advancement that could benefit the blind, researchers from the University of Minnesota could successfully 3D print an arrangement of light receptors on a curved plane, which could be the preceding steps to building a ‘bionic eye.'
Availability of a medical professional 24x7 to monitor a patient suffering from diabetes and cardiac conditions is impossible outside a hospital setting. This is where remote monitoring comes to the rescue. Patients suffering from chronic illnesses such as these want regular medical attention and hence, the demand for remote health monitoring systems is on the rise.
Zipnosis specializes in offering telemedicine tools to providers in order to launch their own telemedicine services, whereas other telemedicine companies offer services either directly or via health insurers.
A team of scientists from the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital have reported that people with a high body mass index (BMI) showed reduced visuospatial abilities, cognitive flexibility, and an inability to delay gratification. Other studies that have been conducted also showed that people with a high BMI are more prone to over eating.
When setting up a surgical facility, a factor that is of the utmost importance is the maintenance of complete sterilization of all the basic surgical instruments and the premises itself.
Extraction forceps are hinged, hand-held instruments designed to clasp and extract a tooth from its socket as a single piece, keeping the crown and root intact. The type of extraction forceps needed depends on the type of tooth that needs to be rooted out.
Risk of mortality in a rare cardiac condition, transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy, plunged by 30% on administration of Pfizer’s tafamidis in a 30-month long study on 440 patients.
Medical Devices companies Wright Medical Group and Cartiva signed a $435 million cash-based contract wherein the Netherlands-based firm will avail all the outstanding shares of the Osteoarthritis focused US-based firm.
A survey spanning 3 years by Rock Health on 4000 U.S residents, to assess their usage and opinions on digital health, revealed that 87% of Americans were using a minimum of one digital health service in 2017 as compared to 80% in 2015.
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