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A chest X-Ray showing a pacemaker.

Need a pacemaker? Would you buy used?

Health & Medicine

Pacemakers cost thousands of dollars in the US. That’s a price that many patients can’t afford in the developing world. So researchers and a non-profit organization are working to reuse pacemakers after their owners die.

English scientist studies implications of adding senses to human repertoire

Environment

Bespoke ‘fairings’ designed to give prosthetic limbs a bit more personality

Arts, Culture & Media

VIDEO: Rare cancer linked to breast implant in thousands of women

Health & Medicine
The World

Becoming the Bionic Man

Arts, Culture & Media

Unapproved Hip Replacement Caused Pain Worldwide

In 2009, the Food and Drug Administration rejected an artificial hip manufactured by Johnson & Johnson. However, the company continued to sell the hip replacement in Europe and marketed a related model stateside. More than 90,000 patients worldwide used these faulty devices, and resulted in painful corrective surgery for many. In the wake of an […]

The World

Emerging Science Note

Scientists in Wisconsin want to turn your nose into a generator. Harnessing the air current created by breath might create enough electrical current to power a small medical device – like a pace maker.

The World

Clinics ‘should offer to remove PIP breast implants’

Global Politics

The British government has done an urgent review of the risk of faulty PIP breast implants that 40,000 British women have received.

The World

Becoming the Bionic Man

Business, Economics and Jobs

Charlie is the protagonist of Machine Man, a new novel by Max Barry. But his story has a real parallel in Hugh Herr, a leading bionics developer at MIT.

Innovative Design Turns Insulin Pump Into Fashion Accessory

All month we’ve been talking about innovation –  speaking to innovative people and discussing innovative ideas. Now  we hear from   a woman who has designed a product for diabetics that not only solves a problem but is changing attitudes too.  Jessica Floeh  is the creator of Hanky Pancreas, a line of insulin pump accessories –  scarves, neck pieces and other […]