Wearable kidney device may free dialysis patients
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Patients with chronic kidney failure could be freed from fixed dialysis machines, thanks to a wearable artificial kidney that has shown promising results in a pilot study.
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A man who donated his kidney to a dialysis patient he met through the Internet has accepted a television show's offer to take a lie detector test aimed at rebutting claims he was paid.
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Scientists are developing clothing embedded with sensors which they say will be able to monitor your health.
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The implantable device won U.S. approval Monday for use as a temporary measure to keep alive patients on the verge of death while they wait for transplants.
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When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved implanting microchips in humans, the manufacturer said it would save lives, letting doctors scan the tiny transponders to access patients' medical records almost instantly. The FDA found "reasonable assurance" the device was safe, and a sub-agency even called it one of 2005's top "innovative technologies."
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A breakthrough in physiological monitoring is about to take center stage  as Empirical Technologies prepares "BPGuardian&#8482;"  for commercial deployment.
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The sickest heart patients fare better when they are outfitted with an artificial device and tethered to a dishwasher-size power source while waiting for a heart transplant, says a study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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A device projecting an enhanced image of underlying veins onto skin could avoid botched injection attempts.
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WASHINGTON - Privacy advocates are concerned that an implantable microchip designed to help doctors tap into a patient's medical records could undermine confidentiality or could even be used to track the patient's movements.   "If privacy protections aren't built in at the outset, there could be harmful consequences for patients," said Emily Stewart, a policy analyst at the Health Privacy Project...
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PHILADELPHIA Oct. 6, 2004 - A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that people with kidney failure that&#39;s severe enough to require dialysis deserve some of the workplace protections offered by the Americans With Disabilities Act.
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Â· Breakthrough could be used in remote surgeryÂ· Virtual reality games may also be improved
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Early tests are raising hopes that a new device can help people who've injured their spinal cord.
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World&#39;s top dialysis provider to hand over documents on hormone-level testing, vitamin D therapy. FRANKFURT  - Fresenius Medical Care, the world&#39;s top dialysis provider, has received an order from
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Researchers have created an electronic contact lens that could be used as a display or a medical sensor.
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New Delhi: American nanotechnology researchers at the University of Illinois have demonstrated a tiny, implantable detector that could one day allow diabetics to monitor their glucose levels continuously without ever having to draw a blood sample.
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An implanted nanotube sensor has been developed that can track blood sugar, promising pain-free continues glucose monitoring for diabetics and future devices that can check other biological changes.
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A device that reads brain waves may give paralyzed patients a way to control prosthetic limbs without needing brain implants, medical investigators say.