Meet the Tugs - a team of 27 robots now zooming around the hallways of the new University of California, San Francisco hospital at Mission Bay. They look a bit like R2D2, dragging a platform around behind them. Instead of ...
Robotics
Mar 4, 2016
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A new portable device can quickly find markers of deadly, unpredictable sepsis infection from a single drop of blood.
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 3, 2017
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There is growing alarm that Wall Street actors are increasingly buying up hospitals, nursing homes and other providers to make "outsized returns." These investors have little or no knowledge of health care, many say, and ...
Economics & Business
Aug 10, 2022
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The use of disinfectants to clean and control infections in hospitals should be regulated in the same way that prescribing antibiotics is, according to researchers from the University of Aberdeen.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 11, 2019
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About two years ago, the University of Chicago Medical Center touted a new, ambitious partnership with tech giant Google, one aimed at finding patterns in patients' medical records that might help predict medical issues.
Security
Jun 28, 2019
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Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have developed a wearable, disposable respiration monitor that provides high-fidelity readings on a continuous basis. It's designed to help children with asthma and cystic ...
Engineering
Feb 14, 2019
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Yelp has launched a new feature that adds health care information to its online reviews pages for hospitals, nursing homes and dialysis clinics.
Internet
Aug 7, 2015
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MedStar Health says computer systems at its 10 hospitals are 90 percent back after a cyberattack.
Security
Apr 2, 2016
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Researchers from Cleveland Clinic's Florida Research and Innovation Center (FRIC) found that disruption of a cellular structure, known as the actin cytoskeleton, is a "priming signal" for the body to respond to a virus. These ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 15, 2022
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Google and Apple are not the only big companies harnessing California's sunshine and wind to power their workplaces.
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 19, 2015
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