The University Of Kansas Medical Center is partnering with Garmin Health to foster innovation and better understand on how healthcare wearables can help in the detection and management of significant medical conditions. Their first research will focus on cardiac care and sleep apnea.
Accidents happen and emergencies arise in every office and in every industry and being prepared for situations such as these is vital.
Real-world outcomes among patients with atrial fibrillation taking the anticoagulant dabigatran (Pradaxa) mimic those reported in clinical trials, with dabigatran use associated with lower rates of brain bleeds, and similar rates of stroke and extracranial hemorrhage as treatment with warfarin in a new study.
Pharmaceutical companies use Feel Therapeutics’ technology to monitor the mental state of participants in clinical trials of behavioral medications. But the startup envisions its technology eventually also finding a place as a part of clinical care. By Frank VinluanWhen it comes to evaluating the health of a patient, each therapeutic area has its own data-gathering tools. Think glucose monitors in diabetes and heart monitors for cardiovascular disease. But in mental health, a clinician relies on what a patient says. Self-reporting is incomplete and lacks objectivity, says George Eleftheriou, CEO and co-founder of Feel Therapeutics. Feel is trying to bring more complete and objective data collection to the field of mental health. The San Francisco-based startup does it with wearable technology that continuously collects data and provides recommendations. “One of the things we hear is how poor storytellers people are and [how they] cannot truly depict what happened over the past ...
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), widely known as lupus, is an autoimmune condition where the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks its own tissues and organs. This disease can lead to inflammation affecting various body parts, including joints, skin, kidneys, blood cells, brain, and heart. Among its manifestations, lupus nephritis stands out as one of the most severe and common, often resulting in significant morbidity and mortality. Early detection of kidney involvement in lupus patients and prompt intervention are critical in mitigating the associated pain, suffering, and potential fatality. Now, researchers have discovered new biomarkers with improved diagnostic performance for the early detection of lupus nephritis. In a significant advancement, a research team from the University of Houston (Houston, TX, USA) employed Proximity Extension Assay (PEA) proteomics—a method focused on the study of proteins in terms of their interactions, functions, compositions, and structures—on urine samples from lupus patients. This approach led to ...
Dive Brief Medtronic has found a cybersecurity vulnerability in an optional messaging feature in its Paceart Optima cardiac device data workflow system and reported the problem to the U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency. Medtronic has not observed any unauthorized access or patient harm related to the issue, the device maker said in an emailed statement. The company said it has notified healthcare delivery organizations about the vulnerability and has provided them with instructions to eliminate it. Dive Insight The number of data breaches in healthcare continues to climb as the industry has become a prime target for cyber criminals who seek to access its troves of patient information. As more connected medical devices make their way into patient homes, ransomware, phishing and software vulnerabilities are among the biggest challenges facing the sector. Medtronic’s Paceart Optima software application, which runs on a hospital’s Windows server, collects cardiac device data from ...
Although smoking rates for adults in the US are at their lowest recorded levels, more must be done to stop children from using tobacco, according to a new set of policy statements from the American Academy of Pediatrics. The statements, published Monday, are the association’s first tobacco policy update since 2015. They’re based on newer science and better reflect how many children now use e-cigarettes as more kid-friendly products have flooded the market. AAP policy statements are created by expert pediatricians to help leaders craft more effective public health policy and to guide physicians on how to keep kids safe – in this case, from tobacco. High rates of tobacco use Researchers have been telling Americans for generations that tobacco products are bad for them, yet nearly 200 US children take up smoking every day, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Tobacco ...
By HospiMedica International staff writers Posted on 14 Oct 2020 Image: Colorized scanning electron micrograph of a cell (purple) heavily infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (yellow) (Photo courtesy of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health) A recent study has shown that blocking a specific protein in a biological pathway may prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection and keep the virus from misdirecting the immune system against healthy cells and organs. While the world waits eagerly for a safe and effective vaccine to prevent infections from SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers also are focusing on better understanding how SARS-CoV-2 attacks the body in the search for other means of stopping its devastating impact. The key to one possibility – blocking a protein that enables the virus to turn the immune system against healthy cells – has been identified in a recent study by ...
Health technology and clinical wearables are hot topics in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries. They are creating waves of excitement and talking points for debate, while also topping many of the healthcare trends of this year.
It is a disturbing, but true fact that medical devices are hacked. Medical devices have inbuilt software, and hackers try to breach this. Medical device cybersecurity is thus critical, because lack of it can bring harm to patients who use medical devices that come with software built into them.
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