Monitoring your blood pressure (BP) and managing your health accordingly can save you from the risk of many bodily disorders. The only way to do this ...
In a world where hypertension affects so many of us, the need for easily accessible, inexpensive, and accurate blood pressure monitoring is more impor...
To make self-monitoring of blood pressure easier and more accessible, researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed a low-cost ...
While it's very important for some people to monitor their blood pressure, individuals living in remote or impoverished regions may not have access to...
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a simple, low-cost way to monitor blood pressure that uses a small attachment with ...
Before my life as a technology journalist, I worked in a university's biomedical engineering research lab. Every now and then, in my current career, I...
Picture this: a patch no larger than a band-aid, clinging to your skin, humming silently as it keeps a keen eye on your body's internal vital signs. Y...
An engineers' group at the University of California San Diego has come up with a stretchable ultrasonic array that streamlines serial, non-invasive, t...
Researchers at the University of California San Diego have invented an adhesive, elastic patch capable of performing ultrasounds--but don't expect any...
A new study found radiation from nail dryers may damage DNA and breed cancer-causing mutations in human cells. For many women, gel manicures are a par...
Scientists at the University of California, San Diego removed large particles from hydrogel, diluting it with water to make it an injectable substance...
A new biomaterial delivered to the heart soon after a heart attack can heal damaged tissue from the inside out. Heart attacks kill cardiac muscle tiss...