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A series of interviews with life-sciences executives finds them desperate to bring Zoom meetings to an end.
A few simple pointers can help you spot a quality mask from a dud.
During a pandemic, what would MacGyver do? He'd cobble together masks and ventilators from the things around him. Now health-care workers are doing the same. But there are risks.
Designers, engineers, makers and doctors worldwide have used 3D printing to produce products such as face shields, face masks, ventilator components, hands-free door openers and nasal swabs.
In under 10 days, engineers from UCL and Mercedes F1 reverse-engineered a product, produced a new design, tested it, got regulatory approval and started production.
It's not as simple as churning out more products, though that's a good starting point.
How an implant is designed, tested, regulated and discussed with patients tends to disadvantage women. It's time that changed.
Health insurance costs are rising and the price of prostheses such as hip replacements are partly to blame. But there is a way to rein in costs – and give patients more choice and better devices.
The proposed Australian ban of some types of breast implants is too little, too late. It also reveals regulatory failures that need to be fixed if Australian consumers are to be protected.
Every year, thousands of medical devices and drugs are recalled in the US. But the decision to recall a flawed product is often left up to the manufacturer.
Unlike condoms, which need to be used every time with sex, or the pill, which must be taken every day, LARC doesn’t require any action after placement in the body and is immediately reversible.
Who should be legally responsible when 3D printed devices fail? Proposed changes to the Therapeutic Goods Administration's regulatory framework have the potential to settle that question.
Australia's Therapeutic Goods Administration must learn to deal with software rather than simply bits of metal and plastic.
Pacemakers are Internet of Things devices for the human body, but they're still not particularly secure.
One day doctors could instantly diagnose your illness with a handheld device.
Regulatory bodies approved some medical devices to treat pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence before having data to prove their safety and efficacy.
Consumers can't always be confident claims for complementary medicines stack up. Here's how to foster truth in advertising.
Flexible, easy to make, inexpensive, stretchable and simple to coat with nanomaterials, threads are also very commonly used by doctors already.
If your health practitioner has used a syringe, pacemaker, dental filling or joint implant to treat you, you've encountered a product from the medical technology industry.
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Assistant Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor of Law, Bond University
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Ken Harvey is a Friend of The Conversation.
Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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Professor of Medicine, Monash University
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ARC Future Fellow, Australian National University
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Professor of Bioethics & Medicine, Sydney Health Ethics, Haematologist/BMT Physician, Royal North Shore Hospital and Director, Praxis Australia, University of Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow, Bioethics, University of Sydney
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Hannah Dahlen is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University
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Honorary Associate, Department of History, University of Sydney
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Adjunct Fellow, Computer Science and Software Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology
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Stephen Duckett is a Friend of The Conversation.
Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute
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Clinical Associate Professor, Discipline of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Neonatology, University of Sydney
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Postdoctoral research associate, University of Oxford
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW
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Associate lecturer, University of Adelaide
