Health

Catalia Health uses a personal robot assistant, Mabu, to help patients managing chronic diseases.

Robots help patients manage chronic illness at home

Move over, Alexa and Siri. Talking Mabu robot provides one-to-one support while relaying information to doctors.

October 10, 2019

X-ray images at top left show the drug-delivery capsule in the intestine, before and after the arms expand. At right, the arms are unfolded to reveal the microneedles.

New capsule can orally deliver drugs that usually have to be injected

Coated pill carries microneedles that deliver insulin and other drugs to the lining of the small intestine.

October 7, 2019

An integrated artificial gut platform developed at Lincoln Laboratory allows researchers to accurately emulate the colon, opening the way to precise testing of the human microbiome.

Artificial gut aims to expose the elusive microbiome

Testing platform will allow the research community to explore the human microbiome in new ways.

October 3, 2019

Solve Challenge Finals took place in New York City

MIT Solve selects 2019 cohort of tech entrepreneurs

At Solve Challenge Finals in New York, judges selected 32 innovators, and Solve announces $1.5 million in prize funding.

October 1, 2019

Even relatively small differences in the duration, timing, and consistency of students' sleep may have significant effects on course test results, a new MIT study shows.

Study: Better sleep habits lead to better college grades

Data on MIT students underscore the importance of getting enough sleep; bedtime also matters.

October 1, 2019

An airman performs the final set of checks during transportation isolation system (TIS) training while practicing patient care in a containment unit. Engineered and implemented after the 2014 Ebola virus outbreak, the TIS is an enclosure the U.S. Defense Department can use to safely transport patients with highly contagious diseases.

Uninfected patients key to improving Ebola response

New methodology may be used to respond to other endemic diseases.

September 16, 2019

Researchers from MIT and elsewhere have developed a system that detects pain in patients by analyzing brain activity from a wearable neuroimaging device, which could help doctors diagnose and treat pain in unconscious and noncommunicative patients.

Detecting patients’ pain levels via their brain signals

System could help with diagnosing and treating noncommunicative patients.

September 12, 2019

A new experiment conducted by MIT researchers in Kenya shows that a digital program used on mobile phones helps patients successfully finish their TB treatments.

A tech intervention to tame tuberculosis

An interactive program using mobile phones helps more patients conclude treatment successfully.

September 4, 2019

MIT researchers have collected and preserved samples of nearly 8,000 strains of bacteria found in the human digestive tract.

A comprehensive catalogue of human digestive tract bacteria

Researchers identify nearly 8,000 strains of bacteria, while also clarifying their genetic and metabolic context.

September 2, 2019

“The human body is so sensitive to environmental and social conditions,” says Mariana Arcaya. “We should be aiming for cities that are supportive of human health for everyone.”

Health, wealth, and cities

MIT associate professor of urban studies Mariana Arcaya examines health disparities within metro areas.

August 27, 2019

Muslim pilgrims gathered to perform Hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

Study: Climate change could pose danger for Muslim pilgrimage

When the Hajj comes in summertime, in some years it may not be safe for participants to remain outdoors.

August 22, 2019

A wind turbine on the coast of Lake Erie in Cleveland, Ohio

Shift to renewable electricity a win-win at statewide level

MIT research finds health savings from cleaner air exceed policy costs.

August 14, 2019

A new MIT-developed model automates a critical step in using AI for medical decision making, where experts usually identify important features in massive patient datasets by hand. The model was able to automatically identify voicing patterns of people with vocal cord nodules (shown here) and, in turn, use those features to predict which people do and don’t have the disorder.

Automating artificial intelligence for medical decision-making

Model replaces the laborious process of annotating massive patient datasets by hand.

August 5, 2019

The Grossman lab studies the mobile genetic element ICEBs1, which is shown here being transferred from red donor cells to green recipient cells that display fluorescent dots after transfer.

A new way to block unwanted genetic transfer

Researchers identify a strategy to prevent mobile genetic elements from breaching the bacterial cell wall.

August 5, 2019

A model developed at MIT predicts the cognitive decline of patients at risk for Alzheimer’s disease by forecasting their cognition test scores up to two years in the future, which could help zero in on the right patients to select for clinical trials.

Model predicts cognitive decline due to Alzheimer’s, up to two years out

Researchers hope the system can zero in on the right patients to enroll in clinical trials, to speed discovery of drug treatments.

August 1, 2019

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