Telehealth. Telehealth is the delivery of health-related services and information via telecommunications technologies.
Tele-doctors treat walk-in patients at 4 clinics - Ottawa. Four Appletree Medical Group health clinics in Ottawa are using the internet to connect patients with doctors in Toronto for more timely treatment.
The Ontario government pays for the one-year pilot program, which works by using online video conferencing. Advantages of Robotic Surgery. In today's operating rooms, you'll find two or three surgeons, an anesthesiologist and several nurses, all needed for even the simplest of surgeries.
Most surgeries require nearly a dozen people in the room. As with all automation, surgical robots will eventually eliminate the need for some personnel. Taking a glimpse into the future, surgery may require only one surgeon, an anesthesiologist and one or two nurses. In this nearly empty operating room, the doctor sits at a computer console, either in or outside the operating room, using the surgical robot to accomplish what it once took a crowd of people to perform. The use of a computer console to perform operations from a distance opens up the idea of telesurgery, which would involve a doctor performing delicate surgery miles away from the patient. Having fewer personnel in the operating room and allowing doctors the ability to operate on a patient long-distance could lower the cost of health care in the long term.
Da Vinci robots. Healing Wound with Laser Stitches. Injected Oxygen Particle Allows You to Live Without Breathing. September 22, 2012.
A bioengineered patch that regrows damaged bones inside the body. Scientists Identify Gene Required for Nerve Regeneration. A gene that is associated with regeneration of injured nerve cells has been identified by a team of researchers led by Prof Melissa Rolls of Penn State University.
Repair DNA and Cells using Nanotech. Home > Press > Nanobotmodels Company offer vision of future DNA and cell-repair techniques Abstract: Five decades of research and practical application of computers in biomedicine has given rise to the discipline of medical informatics, which has made many advances in genomic and translational medicine possible.
Ukraine | Posted on March 15th, 2010 Developments in nanotechnology and nanorobotics are opening up the prospects for nanomedicine and regenerative medicine where informatics and DNA computing can become the catalysts enabling health care applications at sub-molecular or atomic scales. While nanomedicine promises a new exciting frontier for clinical practice and biomedical research, issues involving cost-effectiveness studies, clinical trials and toxicity assays, drug delivery methods, and the implementation of new personalized therapies still remain challenging.
DNA repair nanorobotics will utilize the same tasks that living systems already prove possible. Doctor claims new medical breakthrough will allow corpses to be revived within a day of being dead. (NaturalNews) It is generally the case that once a person dies, there is only about a three-to-five minute window of potential resuscitation time before he or she becomes irreversibly dead, depending on the cause of death.
But an American clinical care physician claims to have come up with a new way to revive corpses several hours after being dead, a process that with future advancements could eventually make it possible to revive the deceased up to 24 hours after death, he says. Cardiac patients at Stony Brook University Hospital in New York are already a living testament to the success of Dr. Sam Parnia's unusual revival claims. According to the latest available statistics, nearly twice as many patients are resuscitated there every year compared to other U.S. hospitals -- the average resuscitation rate at Stony Brook is an astounding 33 percent, which contrasts sharply with the 18 percent average elsewhere.
Building a Bionic Ear. Lab-made organs could do more than just serve as ready options for patients in need: with the right blend of biology and materials science, they might even be able to endow people with superhuman abilities.
That’s what researchers at Princeton University see as the future of tissue engineering, and they believe 3-D printing is the way there. Scientists Create New Ear Using 3D Printing And Living Cell Injections. WASHINGTON -- Printing out body parts?
Cornell University researchers showed it's possible by creating a replacement ear using a 3-D printer and injections of living cells. CRF Receptor Antagonist Astressin-B Reverses and Prevents Alopecia in CRF Over-Expressing Mice. Corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) signaling pathways are involved in the stress response, and there is growing evidence supporting hair growth inhibition of murine hair follicle in vivo upon stress exposure.
We investigated whether the blockade of CRF receptors influences the development of hair loss in CRF over-expressing (OE)-mice that display phenotypes of Cushing's syndrome and chronic stress, including alopecia. New 3D hair follicle model to accelerate cure for baldness. Hair loss is a common disorder that affects many men and women due to aging or medical conditions. Current FDA-approved drugs can minimize further hair loss but are unable to regrow new hair. The Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) has recently engineered a new hair follicle model that could help discover new drugs for hair regeneration1. IBN Executive Director Professor Jackie Y.
FlyingBuddy2: Brain Controls A Quadrotor for the Handicapped (Ubicomp 2012) Bionics. Mind Controlled Bionic Limbs. In the George Lucas classic Star Wars, hero Luke Skywalker’s arm is severed and amputated during a lightsaber fight and consequently fitted with a bionic arm that he can use as if it were his own limb. At the time the script was written, such a remedy was pure science fiction; however, the ability to manufacture bionic arms that have the functionality and even feel of a natural limb is becoming very real, with goals of launching a prototype as soon as 2009.
Brain-Controlled. Deus Ex: The Eyeborg Documentary. Robot Sapiens. U.S. Spies See Superhumans, Instant Cities by 2030. Artificial limbs like these could be only the beginning of man-machine interfaces, the National Intelligence Council predicts. Photo: DoD. First sensory-enhanced artificial hand enables amputee to 'feel' 3 prosthetic hand pre-launch - bebionic. 31, May 2012 RSLSteeper once again attended the Orthophädie + REHA-Technik World Congress & Trade Show in Leipzig Germany, and had a prominent stand at the entrance of Hall 3.
Visitors to the stand were able to see the latest version of the bebionic hand in action and discuss its unique features and functions with RSLSteeper staff. The fully interactive display generated great interest from clinicians, commercial partners, government organisations, members of the public, students and competitors alike. Upper Extremity prosthetic users were also given the opportunity to try the hand for themselves. 'Terminator' arm is world's most advanced prosthetic limb. First sensory-enhanced artificial hand enables amputee to 'feel' New Finger Device Reads Books To The Blind. Researchers from the MIT Media Lab have developed a device shaped like a giant ring that can read to people who are visually impaired. They call this 3-D printed prototype, FingerReader. After slipping the device on, the user just runs an index finger below the printed text in a magazine, on a business card, or on a menu, for example.
A small camera scans the words and the device reads them out loud in real time. Audio cues and a small vibrating motor alerts the user if he or she needs to move to the next line or has veered from the line of text. Eye implants restore 'useful sight' to two blind patients. Eye implant restores vision to blind patients. Two Makers Come Together To Make A Robotic Hand For A Boy In South Africa. 3-D Printer Brings Dexterity To Children With No Fingers : Shots - Health News. A sensational breakthrough: the first bionic hand that can feel - News - Gadgets & Tech. Amputee recovers feeling with robotic arm.
'Terminator' arm is world's most advanced prosthetic limb. Hugh Herr: The new bionics that let us run, climb and dance. New device makes wheelchairs obsolete. [VIDEO] Human Exoskeleton, The ‘Body Extender,’ Is ‘Most Complex Wearable Robot’ Ever Built. Augmented reality used to grant sight to the blind. Bebionic3 Prosthetic Hand - Beyond Convention. 3D Printing. Mind Controller/Brain Computer Interface/Etc | Tech Topics. (1) Timeline Photos. Stem Cells. Science Can Now Turn Human Urine Into Brain Cells. It turns out urine isn't just human waste. Chinese researchers have managed to reprogram kidney cells harvested from urine samples into neural cell progenitors--immature brain cells that can develop into various types of glial cells and neurons. Skin transformed into brain cells. 31 January 2012Last updated at 00:13 By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News Skin cells have been converted directly into cells which develop into the main components of the brain, by researchers studying mice in California.
The experiment, reported in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, skipped the middle "stem cell" stage in the process. The researchers said they were "thrilled" at the potential medical uses. Synthetic Skin From Spider Silk Heals Wounds. Medical Breakthroughs. Repairing Senses. Bleeding and Wounds. Limb & Organ Replacement. One gene lost = one limb regained? Scientists demonstrate mammalian regeneration through a single gene deletion. Brain & Nerve Damage. Canadian-made HIV vaccine approved for human testing.
Doctors Inject HIV Into Dying Girl, Cure Her Leukemia. Philadelphia Doctors Cure Girl of Cancer with HIV. Researchers block replication of AIDS virus. Nanoparticles loaded with bee venom kill HIV. Bee Venom Destroys HIV And Spares Surrounding Cells. Probiotics eliminate autism-like symptoms in mice. Autism. Magnesium and Depression. Magnesium. One Man's Recovery from Depression Using Magnesium [Archive] Depression Treatment: A Cure for Depression using Magnesium? Científicos chilenos patentan molécula que elimina la bacteria que produce las caries. Greatest discovery since penicillin: Scientists work on drug that could cure all viruses - including the flu. Cancer vaccine shrinks tumors, healthy cells escape unscathed. New drug could cure nearly any viral infection. Pig bladder powder and biological scaffold enables leg muscle regeneration for injured soldier - News - Institute of Nanotechnology.