iPads will be Use in Medical Education?

Those students commencing medical school and masters of medicine program at Stanford this year will all get an Apple iPad. The school is trialing a program to see whether the devices are practical to integrate into the academic curriculum. Prior to dismissing this as medical education being sacrificed in the name of fanboy hype, consider [...]

Overview to Mac EMR Software

Definitely, Apple Company has been finding favor with many doctors out there who like the interface and look and feel of Macs. Electronic Medical Records (EMR) software, though, is almost exclusively made for Windows machines. Yet there are some viable options for those that prefer to stick with Apple in their office, and Software Advice [...]

Handheld laser scanner ‘diagnosis and treat breast cancer’

According to the recent article release in the journal Radiology, researchers from UC Irvine and University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign describe a method of using a laser to differentiate between benign and malignant tumors within breast tissue. The hand-held scanner device in the study is based on frequency domain photon migration and watches the scattering and [...]

New Partial Hand Solution from ProDigits

One of the leading companies of i-LIMB device, the Touch Bionics Company, is making available a new finger prosthesis system. ProDigits, a customizable platform that can be adapted to the needs of individual patients, provides electronically powered artificial fingers that can grasp and manipulate objects. The new hand can also be used for more advanced [...]

modern medical implants

Using a 64-bit key which is generated by using each patient’s heartbeat, comes the solution to wireless communication between the modern medical implants and maintenance/monitoring devices was develop. Modern medical implants significantly reduce the need for follow-up surgical interventions. Many such implants are used to regulate vital functions, and can be monitored, updated or controlled [...]

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