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SAN DIEGO, CA– (June 22, 2016) – Reflexion Health, a digital health company dedicated to bringing personalized rehabilitation healthcare into patients’ homes, today announced that it has received $18 million in an insider-led, series B funding round. Reflexion Health will use these funds to complete clinico-economic evaluation of its first FDA cleared product (VERA™), expand its suite…

(CNN) Scientists might have just pinpointed a nonsurgical way for women at a high risk of breast cancer to minimize their chances of developing the devastating disease. About 12% of all women across the United States will develop breast cancer in their lifetime, according to the National Cancer Institute. However, about 65% of women with a…

These days, most expectant parents take for granted that they’ll get a first glimpse of their unborn child through an ultrasound months before the baby actually arrives. For many moms-to-be, it has become a cherished part of the bonding process. But mothers who are visually impaired haven’t been able to share the experience — until…

Cervical spine imaging in the emergency department (ED) represents the largest portion of growth in CT use, according to a presentation at the 2016 annual meeting of the American College of Radiology. Researchers from Georgia and Virginia undertook a study to assess the changing utilization of cervical spine imaging in the ED. Using national aggregate…

According to market research firm Gartner, medical 3D printing is at the forefront of both the progress and mass adoption of 3D printing overall. Evidence of this is popping up worldwide, from the 3D-printed prosthetics being produced by various groups and patient-specific pre-surgical models to the first 3D-printed medication on the market. What has been…

A miniature camera using optical character-recognition technology, mounted onto the eyeglasses of people who are considered legally blind, dramatically improves their ability to read an email, newspaper article, menu or page in a book, a study by researchers with UC Davis Health System has found. Using the device, the study participants were significantly better able…

Researchers have developed the world’s tiniest engine – just a few billionths of a metre in size – which uses light to power itself. The nanoscale engine, developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge, could form the basis of future nano-machines that can navigate in water, sense the environment around them, or even enter…

Neuroimaging has revealed distinguishable maturation patterns in the brains of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), opening the possibility for the development of a pediatric neurological growth chart, according to results of a study published online April 13 in JAMA Psychiatry. For the past 200 years, normative growth charts for pediatric height, weight, head circumference and other physical…

IRVINE, Calif., April 20, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MRI Interventions, Inc. (OTCQB:MRIC) today announced the results of a 10 year study in which Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) leads were implanted in a diagnostic MRI suite.  The study was published in the March, 2016 issue of the Journal of Neurosurgery and outlines a 10 year history…

An obscure medical technique involving zapping a body part with converging beams of sound is finally getting some high-profile attention. Focused ultrasound, as the procedure is known, is used commercially in the United States to treat just a few medical conditions, including uterine fibroids and prostate cancer. Just over two dozen hospitals and clinics across…