By Sola Ogundipe  What if a person who needs a pacemaker no longer had to undergo surgery to have one implanted? Imagine having no wires threaded into the heart, no pulse generator implanted under the skin and, potentially, no repeat procedures to deal with implanted hardware? Instead, there is a small patch sitting on the […]

By Sola Ogundipe A drug already transforming the treatment of obesity and diabetes may have another, unexpected effect: slowing some aspects of ageing. Researchers have found that semaglutide, the active ingredient in popular weight-loss medicines such as Ozempic and Wegovy, extended the lifespan of elderly female mice and improved several measures associated with healthy ageing. […]

By Folashade Ajayi, Co-Founder, CareStrong For many people, an Automated External Defibrillator, or AED, looks intimidating. It is often portrayed in films as a sophisticated medical device operated by doctors in emergency rooms while alarms sound in the background. The reality is very different. An AED was designed for ordinary people.To understand why it matters, […]

Researchers have found that semaglutide, the active ingredient in popular weight-loss medicines such as Ozempic and Wegovy, extended the lifespan

Researchers have developed an experimental wearable pacemaker that uses focused ultrasound to stimulate the heart without placing a device