http://www.Medtech1.com/ Articles and Logs from Medtech1 en-us 1999-2008 Body1, Inc. All rights reserved. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:00:04 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Body1 Rssmaker 1.0 Health Information editor@body1.com editor@body1.com 40 http://www.Medtech1.com/images/Medtech1_logo.gif http://www.Medtech1.com http://www.Medtech1.com/news/mainstory.cfm/254 Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a metal foam material that may be used in bone implants. Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST 254 http://www.Medtech1.com/forum/index.cfm?forumid=8 Health, Medicine http://www.Medtech1.com/news/mainstory.cfm/253 More than 11,000 Americans suffer spinal cord injuries each year, according to the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Atlanta, Georgia’s Shepherd Center and the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology have teamed up to develop a new wheelchair controlled by the patients tongue, called the Tongue Drive system. Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST 253 http://www.Medtech1.com/forum/index.cfm?forumid=8 Health, Medicine http://www.Medtech1.com/news/mainstory.cfm/252 Touch Bionics, developer of advanced upper-limb bionic technologies, today announced the commercial launch of ProDigits, the world’s first powered bionic finger solution for patients with missing fingers. Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST 252 http://www.Medtech1.com/forum/index.cfm?forumid=8 Health, Medicine http://www.Medtech1.com/news/mainstory.cfm/251 The Minnesota state legislature recently passed a law requiring all medical practices to participate in a public ratings system starting in 2010. Clinics in Minnesota are drawing national attention for their efforts to improve their healthcare services and results through community-based collaborative reporting. If successful, this reporting system may represent a new model for evaluating care across the US. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST 251 http://www.Medtech1.com/forum/index.cfm?forumid=8 Health, Medicine http://www.Medtech1.com/news/mainstory.cfm/250 Considering lung cancer kills more Americans each year than breast, prostate and colorectal cancer combined and has just a 15 percent survival rate, any progress... Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 EST 250 http://www.Medtech1.com/forum/index.cfm?forumid=8 Health, Medicine http://www.Medtech1.com/news/mainstory.cfm/249 Finding out whether that unusual sore in your mouth is cancerous should become a lot faster and easier in the years ahead... Mon, 20 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EST 249 http://www.Medtech1.com/forum/index.cfm?forumid=8 Health, Medicine http://www.Medtech1.com/news/mainstory.cfm/248 For 100 years, doctors have been using surgery to treat varicose veins. Now they're using less invasive methods... Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EST 248 http://www.Medtech1.com/forum/index.cfm?forumid=8 Health, Medicine http://www.Medtech1.com/news/mainstory.cfm/247 It’s been up, down, and around for technology aimed at treating severely depressed patients... Mon, 04 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EST 247 http://www.Medtech1.com/forum/index.cfm?forumid=8 Health, Medicine http://www.Medtech1.com/news/mainstory.cfm/246 Researchers around the country are focusing on a novel method of cancer detection and treatment... Mon, 21 May 2007 00:00:00 EST 246 http://www.Medtech1.com/forum/index.cfm?forumid=8 Health, Medicine http://www.Medtech1.com/news/mainstory.cfm/245 In Part Two, we continue to explore the miracle that are cochlear implants... Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EST 245 http://www.Medtech1.com/forum/index.cfm?forumid=8 Health, Medicine