Medical Technology

Thomas Insel will expand Google parent company Alphabet’s medical technology efforts to encompass mental health

DARPA’s claimed breakthrough in sensory prosthetics taps directly into the brain to send and receive signals

The reason why many doctors find EHRs difficult to use might be that the software wasn't properly tested, research suggests

The glowing promise of AR, or augmented reality, promises us vast potential when it's paraded in pop culture. AR in fiction is used for important stuff and it looks cool while doing it. 

The InvisibleEar, created by biomedical communicator Andréa Zariwny, hits that mark of being both cool and useful. 

A new system, based on molecular alerts, could make more donor lungs available

A broader understanding of bacterial social networks might help scientists combat antibiotic resistance

MERS inoculation triggers response in monkeys and camels, raising hopes for future human use

Northwestern University researchers have developed a phone add-on that gives physical feedback

Electronic health data, long touted as a way to inject new life into patient recruitment, will finally be put to the test with clinical trials

Doctors still have more to learn about which patients will get the most benefit from operations and what strategies can make the initial results stick

An expert weighs in on what the promising study results will mean for future outbreaks

A higher diversity of bacteria lives on the eye surface of lens wearers and could explain higher infection rates