Bionic limbs represent one of the most diverse forms of healthcare innovation. New materials, technologies and prosthetics have shown remarkable progress in the past few years. No more so than at Touch Bionics, in Scotland, which specialises in the production...

Today's Wall Street Journal carries an interesting report, which describes how a number of web sites are trying to make healthcare pricing more transparent. Similar to other consumer price comparison pages, these sites 'give consumers a rough...

A future looking post from the IEEE Spectrum web site explores whether Augmented Reality and a new generation of electronically enabled contect lenses could transform eye sight for both the visually impaired and normally sighted. If that all sounds too...

ECRI Institute, an independent non-profit that researches the best approaches to improve patient care and offers procurement support to more than 2,000 U.S. hospitals, reports a significant increase in requests by its members for medical technology acquisition...

Human Genome Sciences Inc ( HGSI.O ) reported data on Tuesday showing its experimental lupus drug works faster than previously thought and significantly reduced the risk of disease flare-ups. The company, which released its findings at the annual American...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's incoming center-right government is at odds over how to deal with Germany's health-care system, whose funding is under increasing strain. The pro-business Free Democratic Party, Ms. Merkel's partner in a new...