Drawing inspiration from our gut protection mechanisms, Stanford researchers have engineered a new type of sensor that measured reactions for up to a week after being implanted in living rats.

About The Study: Although the global age-standardized burden rates of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) more than halved over the last 3 decades, SAH remained one of the most common cardiovascular and neurological causes of death and disabilities in the world, with increasing absolute case numbers. These findings suggest evidence for the potential health benefits of proactive public health planning and resource allocation toward the prevention of SAH. Nontraumatic SAH represents the third most common stroke type after ischemic stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage, accounting for 5% to 10% of all strokes.

Getting old is a fact of life and the changes in the way we walk can lead to nasty falls. Is there a way to predict who is at risk? Researchers in Journal of Experimental Biology show that testing how different the width of each step is, starting in your twenties can give doctors insight into those most at risk of falls in later life, saving billions for healthcare systems and potentially saving lives.