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Scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Washington at Tacoma have partnered to develop a compact, portable, and easy to use system for simultaneously detecting a variety of bacteria and viruses that cause disease. The system provides results in about a half an hour, which are nearly as accurate as laboratory equipment, and the technology can be used in the field and at the point-of-care. The technology revolves around a microfluidic chip that contains loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) reagents. Each of the chip’s parallel channels is loaded with reagents designed to react with different nucleic acid sequences. The reagents fluoresce when combined with the right nucleic acid targets and illuminated by a specific frequency of light. The fluorescence is hard to detect using the naked eye, so the chip and a smartphone are placed inside a 3D printed box, aligning the phone’s camera and LED with the chip’s microfluidic channels....

Finding out a friend, family member or co-worker has Parkinson’s disease is devastating, and despite our best intentions, we often say things that are offensive or hurtful. What the patient really wants to hear is that you’re there for them and thinking of them. With that in mind, we’ve compiled a list of things you should say to a person who has been living with Parkinson’s disease: 1. “I’ll do that for you!” The “that” could be anything that you know the patient would find helpful, from fetching groceries to giving them a ride to the hospital to cooking them dinner. Actions speak louder than words and even just one act of kindness can help them out immensely, especially if they’re feeling ill following a treatment session. 2. “What are you thinking about today?” It can be difficult to judge what’s going through the mind of someone who’s living with Parkinson’s. They’ll have good days and bad days, so some days you can be their cheerleader, and on other days, a shoulder to c...

In many areas the wait time to see a dermatologist can span weeks or even months, leaving those with acute or chronic skin conditions frustrated. YoDerm is trying to change that. For a fee of $59, patients can submit skin problems and upload photos through an online platform, receive a consultation from a board-certified dermatologist, and have a prescription sent to their local pharmacy – in less than 24 hours. The idea for YoDerm stemmed from co-founder and CEO Ben Holber’s personal experiences. Growing up, he had chronic acne and was unhappy with the “pretty traditional experience” of scheduling difficulties and months-long waits. This was in stark contrast to his friend Ryan Hambley, now co-founder and Chief Product Officer at YoDerm, whose father was a dermatologist and therefore received constant advice and ongoing care. “We actually met in the sixth grade,” Holber recalls. “So our picture days are longitudinal studies on what quality care in derm can do.” They used those p...

Esaote, the Italian ultrasound manufacturer, has just unveiled its brand new high-end MyLab9 ultrasound system. The device is designed for all sorts of diagnostic imaging procedures and clinical environments. The MyLab9 features non-composite single crystal probe technology and “Ultra-engine” platform that together generate high quality images in a variety of cases from OB/GYN to cardio to lesion detection. The new system includes something called easyMode, a software feature that automatically optimizes scans with minimal input from the user via a small built-in touch screen. Esaote’s i-motion technology helps to produce quality images at high frame rates when imaging moving objects. To best match the main monitor’s brightness to the illumination of the room in which an exam is taking place, a sensor is used to make automatic adjustments. As far as the insides, the MyLab9 relies on a Windows 10 computer sporting an Intel Core i7 processor and a solid state hard drive. “To...

1. Educate Yourself The more you know about Parkinson’s disease, the more you can be prepared for what it has to throw at you. Keep up-to-date with all the latest research about the disease, find out if there are any clinical trials you can participate in, and if you’re on the newest medication. 2. Healthy Lifestyle Try to stay as active as possible — walking, swimming and practicing yoga are great low-intensity exercises that you can take at your own pace. Talk to your medical team about physiotherapy if you are unable to move much on your own. Eating a balanced diet and keeping your weight at a healthy level are also good ways to help self-manage your Parkinson’s. If you’re losing weight because you’re finding it difficult to swallow or have no appetite, talk to your doctor about ways to increase your caloric intake. 3. Hobbies and Socializing If you have hobbies then try to continue with them, or find new pastimes that will help take your mind off Parkinson’s disease and ...

Ascom, a Swiss firm, is releasing a new product designed to improve how clinicians record patient information into electronic medical records (EMR). The Digistat Vitals system relies on the dedicated Ascom Myco smartphone, or certain compatible Android phones, as the interface for data entry. A special app is used at the bedside to save vitals and other clinical data, which is automatically transferred to the in-clinic EMR without having to do any manual data management and avoiding transcription. To speed up visits with patients, the app provides automatic clinical calculators and scoring templates that make it easy to capture the wanted data. Clinics can modify the various templates to meet each facility’s goals and requirements, and to match the types of patients that are seen to the type of data that has to be recorded. Here are some of the features of Digistat Vitals: Export of vitals and scores to EMR via HL7 (optional for import of patient data from EMR) Pre-loaded...

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