Technology



Strip Test Enables Home Monitoring of Heart Condition
Heart failure can often be managed with medications and lifestyle changes, but its progression needs to be monitored closely to adjust treatment and prevent emergency room visits. Now scientists have developed a simple paper test strip that could potentially allow patients to monitor themselves for the first time. More...05 Jun 2017

Graphene-Based Sensor Helps Predict Asthma Attacks
Researchers have developed a prototype graphene-based device that detects inflammation in lungs, which could lead to earlier detection of asthma attacks and improve the management of asthma and other respiratory diseases, preventing hospitalizations and deaths. The invention helps pave the way for developing small wearable devices that could indicate when and at what dosage to take medication. More...05 Jun 2017


Simple Urine Test Helps Patients with COPD
An innovative technology could hugely improve the quality of life for people who suffer from the serious lung condition called Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. The urine test, alerts these people that they are about to suffer a life-limiting lung attack. More...31 May 2017

Sensors Developed to Detect Disease Markers in Breath
A small, thin square of an organic plastic that can detect disease markers in breath or toxins in a building's air could soon be the basis of portable, disposable sensor devices. A device that monitors ammonia in breath, a sign of kidney failure, has been demonstrated. More...30 May 2017
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