Scientists have designed small molecules that stop urinary tract infections (UTIs) from developing in mice by keeping bacteria from sticking to the wall of the bladder. Since the new compounds do not destroy microbes or block their replication—as traditional antibiotics do—the researchers anticipate that bacteria responsible for most UTIs would have a harder time evolving […]
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Liftware’s Level electronic utensil helps people with Huntington’s feed themselves
Liftware, a company known for its Steady electronic spoon designed to help individuals suffering from hand tremors or Parkinson’s disease eat, is back with its second product, the Level. Like the Steady, the Level is an electronic eating utensil, and is the first product released by Liftware since its acquisition by Google and integration into […]
Students Have Made Martin Shkreli’s $750 Drug in Their Chem Lab for Just $2
Last year, hedge-fund manager Martin Shkreli made headlines for all the wrong reasons when he bought anti-parasitic drug Daraprim and jacked up the price overnight from $US13.50 to $750 a tablet. To prove how much of a dick move that was, a group of high school students in Australia has now created 3.7 grams of […]
Google wins data deal with the NHS and is handed 1.6m medical records
Google has agreed to a five-year deal with one of the largest NHS trusts to handle the medical records of up to 1.6million people. The tech giant’s secretive DeepMind health business will use the data to help develop a mobile app they claim could save 10,000 lives a year. In 2017 it will launch a […]
Patient data API pivotal to DeepMind’s push into UK’s NHS
DeepMind Health’s inaugural collaboration with the U.K.’s National Health Service (NHS), initially focused on building an app for helping early detection of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI), was relaunched earlier today — under a new information-sharing agreement with the Royal Free NHS Trust, and a broader scope for the collaboration. The agreement lasts until at least […]
Giving Patients an Active Role in Their Health Care
As payment and care delivery models shift in the United States from episodic, fee-for-service care toward population health and value-based reimbursement, health care leaders are focused more than ever on patient engagement as a key to driving down costs and improving outcomes. And yet, as so many of us know who have attempted to manage […]
The next time you see a guy smiling while driving, this might be why
When it comes to gender-related health issues, men get off a lot easier than women. However, men have an exclusive on prostate problems and, while women can have physical issues that interfere with sexual function, they don’t need to be concerned about erectile dysfunction. Well, at least not their own. Kegel exercises that strengthen the […]
A Material From Shapeshifting Planes Could Heal Human Flesh
What generates voltage when you warm it up, push on it, or blow on it? Get your mind out of the gutter. The correct answer is polyvinylidene fluoride, a material NASA researchers have refined for use in morphing aircraft that shapeshift in response to their environment. But wait! There’s more: It can also kickstart the […]
This startup has built a prosthetic leg from sugar cane for disabled people to walk, dance and Rise
Prajwal Basavaraja is a 25-year-old student pursuing a Visual Graphics course in Bangalore. Although he is a leg amputee, he has never let his disability prevent him from realising his dream of becoming an athlete. Nagesh Chowdappa, another amputee hailing from the city, is a Team Lead at Infosys BPO. While he was awarded multiple […]