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Image: The Lumee Oxygen Platform, with the oxygen-sensitive biosensor (4) (Photo courtesy of Profusa).

Implantable Platform Continuously Monitors Tissue Oxygen

A new system based on implanted biosensors allows the continuous and long-term monitoring of oxygen levels in subcutaneous tissues in the upper extremity, shoulder, or lower extremity. More...
26 Oct 2016
Image: Clostridium difficile spores (Photo courtesy of TechLab).

CDI Risk Higher in Subsequent Hospital Bed Patients

Hospital patients who followed a prior bed occupant that received antibiotics had an increased risk for contracting Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), according to a new study. More...
26 Oct 2016
Image: The MolecuLight i:X handheld device uses fluorescence imaging to identify bacteria (Photo courtesy of MolecuLight).

Wound Imaging Device Identifies Bacterial Burden

A novel handheld fluorescence-imaging device allows clinicians to quickly, safely, and easily visualize and precisely target bacterial presence and distribution in and around wounds. More...
20 Oct 2016

Therapeutic Hypothermia May Reduce Heart Attack Survival

A new study suggests that use of therapeutic hypothermia (TH) in patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest is associated with a lower likelihood of survival to hospital discharge. More...
19 Oct 2016
Image: The ReCIVA breathalyzer (Photo courtesy of Owlstone Medical).

Pediatric Breathalyzer Identifies Disease by Analyzing Exhalations

A novel breath-testing device aids early stage diagnostics and therapy response in both adults and child asthma patients. More...
19 Oct 2016
Image: The PICO NPWT system and dressing (Photo courtesy of Smith & Nephew).

NPWT Reduces Wound Complication Rates and Length of Stay

A new study suggests that incisional negative pressure wound therapy (iNPWT) dressings can improve predictability of outcomes following hip and knee replacement surgery. More...
18 Oct 2016
Image: Jeanne Calment enrolled into the Guinness Book of World Records (Photo courtesy of nealirc.org).

Human Lifespan May Have Reached Natural Constraints

A new study suggests that improvements in survival tend to decline after age 100, and that the age at death of the world’s oldest person has not increased since the 1990s. More...
18 Oct 2016
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