Category: Technology & Devices
FDA approves new inhaled insulin, but doubts remain
The FDA has approved a new system for taking insulin, potentially offering diabetes sufferers an new alternative to injection. Afrezza allows patients to inhale the medication through a pocket-sized device, the New York Times reports. It’s not the first inhalation […]
New methods to diagnose Parkinson’s
TAIPEI, Taiwan – The Chang Gung Memorial Hospital yesterday released a report of AV-133 PET scans, the most advanced means of analyzing Parkinson’s disease, which were published in an international medical journal. According to the report, the AV-133 PET scans […]
Next in the war against dengue: Bacteria v virus
Singapore is mulling over using the Wolbachia bacteria to help wipe out dengue-spreading mosquitoes. Despite intensive efforts ranging from destroying mosquitoes to eliminating breeding areas, the nation faces a serious dengue problem. So far this year, more than 7,700 people […]
A new malnutrition vaccine for the world’s poor
When we think about the world’s most pressing global health issues, usually diseases or conditions such as HIV/AIDS, malaria or influenza come to mind. But a report just released in the prestigious medical journal, Blood, reveals that anemia is now […]
Goose-Bump sensor, a new technology
Measuring emotional states with a new technology can open up new avenues for the advertising, manufacturing and social media companies. Imagine a world in which a consumer’s real-time physical and emotional response helped to determine his/her experience of music, online […]
Chemotherapy likely to get less painful
The pain pathway is dependent on activation of S1PR1 in the central nervous system. In a major breakthrough that has long term implications for cancer patients, researchers have discovered the pain pathway in chemotherapy and also a potential way to […]
Soon non-surgical treatment for enlarged prostate
There is a good news for elderly gentlemen who are more susceptible to suffer from benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), an age-related enlargement of the prostate as they may not have to go under a knife if a non-invasive process that […]
S’pore scientists develop method to use body’s immune system to fight leukaemia
SINGAPORE – Singapore scientists have discovered a way to allow the human body’s immune system to recognise cancer cells, opening up new possibilities in the field of leukaemia immunotherapy. Leukaemia is characterised by the accumulation of cancer cells originating from […]
Scientists bring new repellent to fight malaria
80 percent of the deaths from malaria occur in only 14 countries of Africa and Asia. In summer rapidly approaches the nearly undetectable siphoning of blood by a mosquito that results a key to transmitter of malaria. The World Health […]
Israeli researchers develop breathalyzer test that can sniff out cancer
A group of Israeli researchers revealed that they have developed a new breathalyzer test that can be used in detecting cancer. The device developed by Prof. Nir Peled of Tel Aviv University’s Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Prof. Hossam Haick (inventor) […]
