An eye doctor in Manhattan named Emil William Chynn has performed a new cosmetic procedure that makes my eyes hurt just thinking about it. Dr. Chynn has performed what is apparently the first implantation of eye jewelry under the surface of a patient’s eye in the US. The jewelry was made of platinum and in […]
Anyone who has prepared for international travel, or reared a baby, knows the hassle of staying on schedule through multiple courses of vaccinations. It’d be way easier if those required boosters came in pill form, but that’s just not how vaccines work. Or it wasn’t, until researchers came up with a tiny implant that stores a vaccine dose released when you take a pill.
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Earlier this week, the genetic testing company 23andMe was forced to stop selling its testing kit following an FDA decision that the kit is a medical device and requires regulatory approval. The decision was largely based on concern over inaccurate results, and led to a warning letter being published by the FDA. In response to […]
With so many articles these days about health and the kind of food we put into our bodies, we’re sure some of you guys are starting to become concerned, if you weren’t concerned already. There are also times when reading the label simply isn’t enough as there could be some ingredients left out, which is what TellSpec is hoping to do for you. Put together by Isabel Hoffman and her friend, Stephen Watson, TellSpec is a small device that could fit into your pocket that you can take with you to scan food items, after which it will report back a reading on your smartphone as in some of the ingredients that goes into it.
This is not for dissecting recipes, but rather a means to identify any chemical ingredients that might not be healthy, as well as identifying things such as gluten or nuts which are allergens for some people. It can also be used to find out if a food produce is truly organic as its manufacturer claims. TellSpec will work alongside a smartphone app that will break down the ingredients. This is done by beam a low-powered laser at the food items, and after a few seconds will spit back the results. As it stands TellSpec is an Indiegogo project that has long surpassed its initial funding goal, but if you’d like to pledge or learn more, hit up its Indiegogo page for the details, or check out the video above.
TellSpec Is A Pocket-sized Device That Will Tell You What’s In Your Food original content from Ubergizmo. 
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DNA analysis company 23andMe has been forced to halt sales of its testing kit, after the FDA decided the saliva kit counted as a medical device and as such lacked the proper regulatory approval. The decision, which affects 23andMe’s flagship “Personal Genome Service” (PGS) testing product, comes becomes the “FDA is concerned about the public […]
Healthcare has been making headlines for the past few weeks—less because of a sudden interest in good health and more because of the government’s recent glitch-tastic bummer of a website launch.
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Something’s not quite right about 23andMe’s DNA analysis kits, and the Food and Drug Administration is on it. The agency ordered 23andMe to stop selling the kits until the Google-backed company can prove that they actually work. Sounds reasonable.
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Stir’s Kinetic Desk, the smart standing desk which not only shuffles electrically between different heights, but tracks your fitness and teases you with twitches when it thinks you need to change, has gone up for order. Priced at $3,890, the first fifty orders will ship out in February 2014, though everybody else will need to […]
Now that tattoos are mainstream and piercings passé, America’s youth have taken to some extreme measures to make a statement. And for Lucy Luckayanko of New York City, that statement comes in the form of a permanent, platinum twinkle implanted smack-dab onto her eyeball.
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It’s not always easy for nurses to find the right vein for an intravenous drip — the target vessels are sometimes hidden below the skin. Evena Medical’s new Eyes-On smart glasses may make those injections a little easier. The Moverio-based eyewear overlays a 3D blood vessel map on the patient, helping the nurse insert even a tricky IV line on the first try. It can also tap into a hospital’s medical records and share imagery with doctors in remote locations. There’s no word on just which hospitals will use Eyes-On when it ships in the first quarter of 2014, but don’t be surprised if it makes your hospital stay a little more bearable in the near future. Check out a video promo for the glasses after the break.
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Source: Evena Medical
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