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Smart paper guessing disease
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Smart paper guessing disease

American experts are trying to design a paper that can detect disease within an hour, based on the paper's discoloration, which works similarly to a pregnancy test.

December 14, 2018
Rapid test equipment for leprosy
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Rapid test equipment for leprosy

Early detection and treatment of leprosy is important, especially before it infects others and causes serious damage to the patient's body.

December 14, 2018
American developed 'artificial spleen'
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American developed 'artificial spleen'

The function of the spleen is to filter the blood. However, when we are seriously ill or injured, the spleen sometimes is not strong enough to remove toxins from the blo…

December 14, 2018
Equipment to help prevent stroke
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Equipment to help prevent stroke

US-based Boston Scientific has just published a study that showed that a device implanted in a man named Watchman helped prevent stroke.

December 14, 2018
Snoring is more prone to heart disease than smoking
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Snoring is more prone to heart disease than smoking

People who snore are at higher risk of cardiovascular disease than obese or smokers. Scientists from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit (USA) conducted experiments with 54 p…

December 14, 2018
New hearing aid device
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New hearing aid device

Functional deaf patients can restore normal hearing with new implants to replace the middle ear.

December 14, 2018
Dialysis is faster and safer with the new method
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Dialysis is faster and safer with the new method

Thousands of dialysis patients can be given faster, safer treatments thanks to new implants being tested at St George's Hospital in Lon Don and Manchester University Hos…

December 14, 2018
Home HIV testing equipment is coming soon
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Home HIV testing equipment is coming soon

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on May 11, it is considering adopting a decision to permit the circulation of OraQuick HIV In-Home testing tools - to help…

December 14, 2018
Deadly warning with implants
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Deadly warning with implants

It sounds like the plot of a modern horror action movie, but security experts claim that many implanted medical devices can be attacked through the network, even causing…

December 14, 2018
New tricks: Kill people with implantable equipment
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New tricks: Kill people with implantable equipment

Subcutaneous implantable medical devices are vulnerable to remote control by bad guys to jeopardize the life of patients, new studies have said. Security experts tried t…

December 14, 2018
Blind people can see in 10 years
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Blind people can see in 10 years

Blind people can see light as normal people by artificial eyes in the near future, according to research by scientists at Cornell University (USA).

December 14, 2018