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October 26, 2015

Immunotherapy now used to treat cancers beyond melanoma

Diagnosed with advanced lung cancer over a year ago, Gabe Tartaglia was loath to undergo the kind of harsh chemotherapy that had devastated his sister before her death three years earlier from pancreatic cancer.

October 26, 2015

Doctors say fitness trackers, health apps can boost care

That phone app keeping track of your exercise and meals might keep you out of the hospital one day.

October 26, 2015

Watch a disabled kitten walk for the first time with a mini wheelchair

A disabled kitten born to a feral mother is walking again thanks to miniature wheelchair made by a Canadian animal rescue volunteer group, and a video that shows the cat walking has begun going viral. 

October 26, 2015

Vibrating clothes could help blind people navigate

Today's prosthetic limbs restore many of the functions of missing limbs, but technology for overcoming blindness remains limited. Now, a team of researchers hopes to change that, by developing high-tech clothing that could help visually impaired people navigate.

October 26, 2015

New colon camera pill gets clearance from FDA

Camera-in-a-pill maker Given Imaging said on Monday it received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for a pill to provide visualization of the colon that has a global market of 3 million procedures a year.

October 26, 2015

Stem cell 'Wild West' takes root amid lack of US regulation

More than 170 clinics across the country are selling experimental stem cell procedures for dozens of diseases and conditions — a mushrooming industry that has flourished despite little evidence of its safety or effectiveness.

October 26, 2015

Researchers successfully erase and restore memories in rat brains

A team of neuroscientists has manipulated brain cells to both erase and then restore a memory, a finding that could help with treatment of brain diseases like Alzheimer's or PTSD.

October 26, 2015

Wearable device provides continuous fetal monitoring

Israeli medical experts have developed a wearable mobile monitor to keep a close watch on pregnant women and their fetuses as they go about their everyday lives.

October 26, 2015

Robot surgeries hot among surgeons but FDA taking a new look

The biggest thing in operating rooms these days is a million-dollar, multi-armed robot named da Vinci, used in nearly 400,000 surgeries nationwide last year - triple the number just four years earlier. But now the high-tech helper is under scrutiny over reports of problems, including several deaths that may be linked with it and the high cost of using the robotic system

October 26, 2015

Florida college forced vaginal probes on students, lawsuit claims

Two women are suing a Central Florida college and three professors after allegedly being forced to undergo internal vaginal probes during peer physical examinations (PPEs), My Fox Alabama reported.