GlaxoSmithKline is getting ready to use drugs that contain resveratrol, the compound that gives red wine its health benefits, in a number of drugs. The company currently has about 117 drugs in trials that are designed to help fight conditions such as Diabetes and Cancer. There may also, in the future, be anti-aging drugs as well.
The “ELM” ceiling light from Sharp Electronics of Japan features an integral ionizer to clean the air while a pale pink tinted Sakura (Cherry Blossom) LED bulb emits a warm, mood-altering glow.
While the vast majority of Japanese medical device designs are insightful, beneficial and, er, normal, a rare few stand out by virtue of their extreme niche applications and distinctive attributes such as borderline inappropriate cuteness. This isn’t always a bad thing, especially if one of these strange and bizarre medical devices is about to be used on you!
A new invention by Second Sight Medical Products, Inc, which is named the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use. The device will help those with retinitis pigmentosa to regain lost vision for those who suffer from this disease, which impacts vision in stages.
Anyone who has ever had a migraine knows pain — real debilitating pain. Sufferers experience intense sensitivity to light and sound, and often experience extreme nausea and vomiting. Now there is a new treatment that does not need to be taken internally with the risk of side effects. Instead the Cefaly Anti-Migraine device delivers a mild electric shock to the supraorbital nerve.
A look at the new Rex robot, made by Shadow, that is designed to show off the forefront of prosthetics technology to the world. With more than half of the organs in the human body being simulated at this point. He will soon be on TV and then in a London museum for the public to see the advances for themselves.
Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samuel School of Engineering and Applied Science
have developed a new treatment method for cancer; a method that
delivers a cancer killer to the nucleus of a cancer cell without harming
healthy cells, avoiding the risks associated with gene therapy and
chemotherapy.
Vancouver Coastal Health announces the use of the Tru-D SmartUVC to help keep their rooms clean and reduce the risk of infection for patients, by adding UV light to the traditional cleaning mix. The new robot should help in lessening the risk of infections such as norovirus, influenza, and C. difficile.
From Australian National University comes a longitudinal study of more
than 95,000 men that links erectile dysfunction (ED) with heart
disease. Though previous studies have demonstrated the link between ED
and cardiovascular disease (CVD), this is the first study to show how
the severity of ED can indicate the extent of the risk – and that ED is
not just a risk factor for heart disease, but a risk marker.
Researchers have discovered a protein in some of the body’s T-cells that is a powerful repellent of influenza and other viruses. It’s called
IFITM3, and it won’t help the norovirus or the remainder of this
season’s upper-respiratory flus, but if it can be incorporated into a vaccine, it might ward them off in the near
future.
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