http://latestmedicaltechnology.net Sat, 08 Nov 2008 09:34:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Image Source: cartoonstock.com A new tissue typing technology has developed in Sydney to accurately overcome rejection of transplant organs. It is faster, cheaper and more accurate than the current methods. To avoid immunological rejection of organs transferred from a donor ... http://latestmedicaltechnology.net/information/overcome-organ-rejection/ Image Source: gizmodo.de For those who want to lose that bulging belly quickly and easy without hitting the gym. A machine invented by surgeons called “ULTRASHAPE” can “melt away” stubborn tummy fat without surgery. It’s very effective in removing ... http://latestmedicaltechnology.net/information/fabulous-body-with-ultrashape/ Image Source:www.ex-astris-scientia.org Rutherford-Appleton Laboratories have developed one of the World´s largest imagers that could form the heart of future medical scanners. The new technology will allow doctors to produce more sensitive and faster images of the human body at a lower-cost to the healthcare profession. The innovative technology, which has been developed ... http://latestmedicaltechnology.net/information/engineers-have-big-ideas-for-the-latest-in-medical-scanners/ Nutrigenomics is the study of molecular relationships between nutrition and the response of genes. (wikipedia) It focuses on the effects of nutrients to gene development and the overall effect to human health. The aim is to develop a personalized nutrition program based on an individual’s genotype, as certain diseases are ... http://latestmedicaltechnology.net/developmental-stage/nutrigenomics/ Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scans of the brains of Parkinson's patients given an experimental gene therapy to improve muscular control showed that the treatment worked and had lasting results. The study was conducted by researchers from The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and the Weill Cornell Medical Center in the US. ... http://latestmedicaltechnology.net/diagnostics/gene-therapy-normalizes-brain-function-in-parkinsons-patients/ Heart Attack is considered a treacherous disease because one can never know when it will happen to him… But thanks to Australia’s HD Medical Group, ViScope is born to foretell an impending heart attack through the utilization of mechanical audio data. This device can sense the noise that ... http://latestmedicaltechnology.net/diagnostics/viscope-sensing-approaching-heart-attack/ If you are suffering from sleep deprivation, produces a cow-like snoring and maintains a compulsion to be sleepy all throughout the day, it’s not normal. Science calls this disorder Sleep Apnea (apnea means “without breath”) wherein the breathing patterns of a person repeatedly halts and starts when one is sleeping. ... http://latestmedicaltechnology.net/news-and-updates/thornton-adjustable-positioner-your-new-lullabye-to-a-sound-sleep/ A mobile phone sensor system for the senior citizens have been developed by Korea’s Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute. With this new system, family members, doctors and nurses can be quickly informed about the situation of the elderly. Through GPS technology that links the hospital’s computer to the sensor carried ... http://latestmedicaltechnology.net/news-and-updates/etri%e2%80%99s-new-mobile-sensor-system-for-senior-citizens/ If you know anyone who has experienced Angiography, you know that he will never recount the story of the experience without cringing or deep facial expression expressing pain — both the physical and the financial pain, mind you. And now comes Super X-ray that saves one from the angiogram ... http://latestmedicaltechnology.net/news-and-updates/super-x-ray-painless-and-cheaper-angiography/ The latest in high tech prosthetics has just come out: PROPIO Foot which is deemed to restore the zest of life and functionality to amputees. With Propio, artificial legs and hands are fitted using microprocessors so that they will be imbued with “artificial intelligence” — which enables ... http://latestmedicaltechnology.net/news-and-updates/propio-foot-the-new-foot-of-intelligent-prostetics/