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New App Detects Newborn Jaundice in Minutes

New App Detects Newborn Jaundice in Minutes 150 150 IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine (JTEHM)

University of Washington develops a smartphone application to detect jaundice in newborns, facilitating quick screening in resource-poor regions. Read more at the University of Washington.

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NIBIB Workshop on POC at HI-POCT Conference

NIBIB Workshop on POC at HI-POCT Conference 150 150 IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine (JTEHM)

Dr. William Heetderks, Associate Director of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), NIH has organized an NIBIB Workshop on Point of Care Technologies and Challenges that will…

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3-D Mammograms: What Does the Science Tell Us?

Author(s)3: Atam Dhawan
3-D Mammograms: What Does the Science Tell Us? 150 150 IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine (JTEHM)

Screening mammography for breast cancer detection has been criticized for its high false positive rate. Recent advances in tomosynthesis provide 3-D breast images that bring another dimension to mammograms but with…

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Postdoctoral Research Associate Position Available

Postdoctoral Research Associate Position Available 150 150 IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine (JTEHM)

Postdoctoral Research Associate Pharmacokinetics Research Laboratory College of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island Pharmacokinetics Research Laboratory within the Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Rhode Island invites applications…

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UCSF Team Wins $26 Million Grant to Build Brain Implant

UCSF Team Wins $26 Million Grant to Build Brain Implant 150 150 IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine (JTEHM)

A team led by UCSF neuroscientists has won federal funding to build an implantable brain device that would record and analyze live electrical signals, then alter them to retrain the…

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Almost 1M families used video consultations with physicians last year

Almost 1M families used video consultations with physicians last year 150 150 IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine (JTEHM)

The number of households using video consultations with physicians will grow, from 900,000 in 2013 to 22.6 million in 2018, according to a report from Parks Associates. Parks Associates previously released other…

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Hospitals are Paying More Attention Than Ever to Radiation Dose from Medical Imaging in the Wake of new EU Legislation

Hospitals are Paying More Attention Than Ever to Radiation Dose from Medical Imaging in the Wake of new EU Legislation 150 150 IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine (JTEHM)

From March 6-10, Vienna, Austria will once again play host to the annual European Congress of Radiology (ECR). This year a recently published European Directive, laying out guidelines for member states on…

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National Science Foundation BRAIN Workshop Report e-Published on IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

National Science Foundation BRAIN Workshop Report e-Published on IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 150 150 IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine (JTEHM)

Report Outlines Expert Panel’s Conclusion That Three Grand Challenges Must Be Met In Order to Map the Human Brain, Which is the Goal of the Obama Administration’s BRAIN Initiative The…

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F.D.A. to Regulate Some Health Apps

F.D.A. to Regulate Some Health Apps 150 150 IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine (JTEHM)

The Food and Drug Administration said Monday that it would regulate only a small portion of the rapidly expanding universe of mobile health applications, software programs that run on smartphones…

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