Groundbreaking discoveries and inventions in the Life Sciences advancing Evidence Based Medicine
Psychologists at Rice University in Houston, Texas have developed a new method for analyzing brain activity that provides insight into the functioning of the brain following a stroke. When part…
Mind reading is more commonly associated with mentalists rather than scientists, although that may not be the case for very long. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans allow scientists to…
Noninvasive imaging of neuronal activity has been a goal for scientists for many years, yet until recently, imaging technology has not been sufficiently advanced to allow images to be produced…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems have shown tremendous potential for use in the diagnosis of disease, with AI image analysis one of the most exciting uses of AI in medicine. Radiographers,…
The effectiveness of antidepressants can vary considerably from individual to individual. Drugs also need to be taken for a number of weeks before their effectiveness is known. If a particular…
A biomedical researcher from the department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Texas has invented a hand-held breathalyzer that has been programmed to detect the biomarkers for influenza….
Wearable technology has potential to help doctors diagnose a wide range of medical conditions quickly, thanks to the wide range of physiological data that the devices can collect. There is…
Could going to the doctor for a checkup soon involve taking a breath test? Thanks to the work of a multinational team of researchers, that could soon be a possibility….
If cancer is identified in the early stages, treatment can be highly effective. However, in the latter stages of the disease, as the cancer spreads to other organs, treatment becomes…
An innovative microfluidic skin patch has been developed by a research team at Northwestern University that is capable of monitoring the health of patients during exercise by analyzing their sweat….