Eric Rasmussen, MD, VP Humanitarian Systems, AccessAgility, explains the importance of providing, simple, accessible, often open source, technology to isolated populations in support of public health initiatives. Tools…
Dan Barry, MD, PhD, roboticist and former astronaut, talks about current and future applications for medical robots. He envisions a future in which robots capable of perceiving and…
Eythor Bender, CEO of Esko Bionics, describes eLegs. The exoskeleton, currently in trials in the US, is designed to restore the ability to walk to wheelchair-bound patients. The…
Dan Barry, MD, PhD, roboticist and former astronaut, offers a first-person account of space flight from training to lift-off and beyond. Videotaped at FutureMed, in May, 2011, at…
Dan Barry, MD, PhD, roboticist and former astronaut, describes the technology of 3D printing and its implications for personalized therapy in the field of orthopaedics. Videotaped at FutureMed,…
Philip Low, PhD, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Neurovigil, discusses iBrain, the first personal brain monitor. The device makes outpatient clinical trials in neurology possible, and may one…
Lucien Engelen, Director, Radboud REshape & Innovation Center, talks about how social media like Facebook will reshape the interactions between patients and healthcare providers. Videotaped at FutureMed, in…
Lucien Engelen, Director, Radboud REshape & Innovation Center, describes strategies, including the use of consumer electronics, to involve patients in the team that provides their health care. Videotaped…
Shawna Pandya, CMO & Co-founder, CiviGuard discusses the lure of Singularity University and the role of entrepreneurship in medicine. Her team created a company to manage the challenges…
Geetha Rao, PhD, CEO of MyMedFax, Inc., talks about helping physicians manage the large volume of patient health data generated by existing and emerging technologies. Videotaped at FutureMed,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Ten-year survival rates are high when patients with unfavorable localized prostate cancer are treated with external beam radiotherapy boosted with conformal high-dose-rate brachytherapy,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Hospital outcomes in patients with an acute coronary syndrome are no different whether they were previously taking an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or not,…
