March 9, 2016 Bionic fingertip lets amputee feel textures Using a bionic fingertip, an amputee for the first time has been able to feel rough and smooth textures in real-time, as though the fingertip were naturally connected to his hand.
March 7, 2016 Smart air quality device and app helps you breathe easier Every room in your house could be exposed to some form of an air pollutant, but now there is a new device and app that says it can help you breathe easier by tracking the air quality around you
March 7, 2016 Now you're talking: human-like robot may one day care for dementia patients With her brown hair, soft skin and expressive face, Nadine is a new brand of human-like robot that could one day, scientists hope, be used as a personal assistant or care provider for the elderly.
February 29, 2016 FDA asks for more studies on Bayer's Essure contraceptive implant The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Monday it had asked German drugmaker Bayer AG to conduct further studies on its implantable sterilization device, Essure, following thousands of complaints and calls for its withdrawal.
February 26, 2016 Bionic backbone helps 19-year-old with severe scoliosis cheer again This English teen thought she might never dance again after finding out she had severe scoliosis, but a miracle bionic backbone has changed her life.
February 24, 2016 More PET scans may not help lung, esophageal cancer survivors Getting expensive radioactive imaging tests to see if a cancer of the lung or esophagus has recurred is not linked to better survival, according to a new study.
February 22, 2016 California man makes DIY wheelchair for girlfriend's disabled dog A Pomeranian in California can walk again after his owner’s boyfriend made him a DIY wheelchair out of PVC pipes and scooter wheels.
February 19, 2016 Hope for paraplegics: Spinal cord stimulation may restore motion, sensation Kent Stephenson, of Mount Pleasant, Texas, was a competitive motocross racer until one day in June 2009, when the motor on his bike locked up while going off the face of an 80-foot tabletop jump.
February 19, 2016 Scientists design mind-controlled prosthetic that can move individual fingers Researchers at Johns Hopkins University say they have achieved a successful proof-of-concept for a prosthetic arm with fingers that a user may control with the mind.
February 18, 2016 Prostate cancer treated more aggressively in the city Urban men with localized prostate cancer may be more likely to get surgery or radiation than their rural peers, a U.S. study suggests.