New discovery wirelessly powers internal medical devices

Jennifer Hicks posted an interesting article on forbes.com about a new discovery to power implantable medical chips and devices which are intended to treat illness or relieve pain without drugs. Engineers at Stanford University have been working to rid these medical...

Google Glass, an emerging healthcare technology

The general public has been swooning over Google Glass since the introduction of the Explorer program last year, in which people could apply to be “the first to make, tinker, create, shape, and share through Glass.” A significant amount of these applications came from...

Closing the gap in the US drug import system

Alexander Gaffney of raps.org posted an interesting article regarding the current standing of the drug import system. Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act), FDA may prohibit the import of any drug that has not been approved in the United...