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Successful heart transplant after using experimental artificial heart
Posted in Hardware on 4th Jul, 2015
by Alex Muller
A 44-year-old woman has received a successful heart transplant, thanks to an experimental Total Artificial Heart designed for smaller patients.
Miniature heart sensor keeps heart failure patients out of the hospital
Posted in Hardware on 16th Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller
Implanting microchip sensors in patients with advanced heart failure to better monitor symptoms and reduce their chances of returning to the hospital.
People With Dementia At Greater Heart Attack Risk
Posted in Science on 28th May, 2015
by Alex Muller
People with cognitive impairment had around an 8x greater risk of heart failure readmission compared with those who were not suffering from neurodegenerative conditions.
Faster heart rate linked to diabetes risk
Posted in Medicine on 23rd May, 2015
by Alex Muller
In a four-year study of 73,357 Chinese adults, researchers observed that faster heart rates were positively associated with an increased risk of developing diabetes.
In the Future, a Virtual Heart May Test Your Medical Device for You
Posted in Software on 18th May, 2015
by Alex Muller
NSF announced that it would be funneling millions of pounds into a new effort to develop virtual hearts for medical device development and testing.