Optometrists, ophthalmologists and their patients will benefit from new, high-tech tools to detect glaucoma at its earliest stages.

This "robotic boot" has a motor that works with calf muscles to give the wearer an extra push with every personalized step.

Using a miniature camera and a customized deep neural network, researchers have developed a first-of-its-kind wristband that tracks posture.

A highly efficient LED that is deadly to microbes and viruses but safe for people has been engineered by three RIKEN physicists.

By continuously monitoring a patient’s gait speed, the system can assess the condition’s severity between visits to the doctor’s office.

As a child, Maria Valero witnessed her diabetic father prick his finger several times a day to draw blood and check his glucose levels.

Researchers created embryos from stem cells that form a brain, a beating heart, and the foundations of all the other organs of the body.

Heart disease — the leading cause of death in the U.S. — is so deadly in part because the heart, unlike other organs, cannot repair itself.

Researchers at KTH report that they are closing in on a way to replace batteries for wearables and low-power applications in the IoT.

A new study suggests that a wearable sensor may be able to monitor the body’s health by detecting the gases released from a person’s skin.

A more recent therapy that is being explored is electrical field stimulation; which accelerates wound healing with limited side effects.

Blood clots in patients with medical issues, such as mechanical heart valves or other heart conditions, can lead to a stroke or heart attack

Researchers have developed a new injectable therapy that harnesses “dancing molecules” to reverse paralysis and repair spinal cord tissue.

Many people, especially the elderly, suffer from abnormal sleep. In particular, the deep sleep phases become shorter and shallower with age.

Machines can beat the world’s best chess player, but they cannot handle a chess piece as well as an infant due to a lack of robot dexterity.

A patient suffering from a debilitating neurodegenerative disease was able to get up and walk again after being bedridden for over a year.

Drawing on the Japanese art of kirigami to contour to the human body to better detect electrocardiographic signals.

Having trouble hearing? Just turn up your shirt. That’s the idea behind a new “acoustic fabric” developed by engineers at MIT.

Researchers modify red blood cells to transport viral agents which safely trigger the immune system to protect the body against SARS-CoV-2.

This study represents one of the first times AI and robotics have been used to formulate highly sensitive therapeutic proteins.