News tagged with home blood pressure monitors

Knowledge is power in Penn State blood pressure study

When it comes to chronic diseases, knowledge is power, according to Penn State researchers who will test an education program on patients with high blood pressure to help them manage their disease.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 21, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Miniature sensors may advance climate studies

(Phys.org) -- An air sampler the size of an ear plug is expected to cheaply and easily collect atmospheric samples to improve computer climate models.

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists see big 'scientific event' as Pacific whales turn up far from home

When scientists fired a cigar-sized satellite tag into the blubber of a western gray whale off Russia's Sakhalin Island in September, they expected to track her along Asia's Pacific shoreline down to the South China Sea.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 4

Rap music powers rhythmic action of medical sensor

(PhysOrg.com) -- The driving bass rhythm of rap music can be harnessed to power a new type of miniature medical sensor designed to be implanted in the body.

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Danish group develops EEG Smartphone app (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes with Smartphone apps the line between seriousness and gimmick is difficult to discern. Take for example the Smartphone Brain Scanner developed by Jakob Eg Larsen and his colleagues ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

IBM study identifies new generation of connected health devices

Consumers have a growing appetite for health and wellness devices, and this represents a burgeoning market opportunity for device manufacturers that has barely been tapped, according to a study from IBM. The ...

Technology / Other

created Jun 29, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Diabetes becomes a disease of the young

Some people say aiming to look sleek in your swimsuit or wedding duds is the biggest motivator for losing weight. But Mike Durbin's incentive for dropping pounds beats all.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jun 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Withings makes a $129 blood pressure monitor for Apple devices

(PhysOrg.com) -- If you were to open the App Store in iTunes and put in the world health you would find a wealth of apps ready and waiting to help you get healthy. Most of those apps feature advice or information. ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3 | with audio podcast weblog

Wireless 'breadcrumbs' that won’t become toast when baked... or soggy when hosed

When Hansel and Gretel ventured into the forest, they left a trail of breadcrumbs to find their way home. In today's world, cellular phones, Global Positioning System (GPS), WiFi, and Bluetooth are the digital ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Revolution is at hand' for breakthroughs in medicine

Someday soon, thanks to advances in medicine, a surgeon will operate on a patient who is not in the same room, but thousands of miles away.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 27, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 7

New research moves nanomedicine one step closer to reality

A class of engineered nanoparticles -- gold-centered spheres smaller than viruses -- has been shown safe when administered by two alternative routes in a mouse study led by investigators at the Stanford University School ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Apr 20, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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