Healthcare’s Digital Revolution: Part II

Just as smartphones are replacing books within the personal realm, electronic tablets are quickly taking the place of paper in doctors’ offices, and are doing so on a global scale. Part I of this report discussed how we got here, and took a look  at how the consumer-grade tablet market has entered the...

This Week In Diagnostics

Blood test for bowel cancer A team of Australian scientists report that they identified new genes that show identifiable changes in the blood of people with bowel cancer. The discovery, they say, could have the potential to underpin a new blood test that would signal the early stages of bowel cancer. The...

Alzheimer’s Drug Market Is Forecast to Experience Double-Digit Growth

Valued at almost $6bn in the seven major markets in 2011 (US, Japan, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK), the Alzheimer’s disease drug market is forecast to experience double-digit growth to 2020. The catalysts for this include an aging population, earlier and improved diagnosis, and the...

The Technology Corner: Disruptive Technology for Prostate Cancer, Part II

In this special series we present emerging technologies which hold the promise to significantly improve the prognosis of patients diagnosed with prostate cancer, and cancer in general. Each day we will showcase a new emerging company, providing an eloquently detailed description of the intriguing technology....

Katie McHugh and Leon Marucchi of MPR Associates Discuss The Value of Concurrent Design and DFM

The final interview in our MPR series is with Leon Marucchi, Director of Industrial Design and Katie McHugh, a design engineer at the international consulting firm. Below they discuss concurrent design and design from manufacture and the tremendous value it provides in bringing a device to...

Healthcare’s Digital Revolution: Part I

Just as smartphones are replacing books within the personal realm, electronic tablets are quickly taking the place of paper in doctors’ offices, and are doing so on a global scale. Healthcare is steadily moving in the direction of digitization, and electronic health records (EHRs) and tablets have already...