Researchers at the University of Louisville told Wired.co.uk that within a 10 years they will build a human heart using bioprinting techniques.

Demystifying meditation with science, researchers at the Scripps Translational Science Institute (STSI) have teamed with The Chopra Foundation and The Chopra Center for Wellbeing in a novel study of the ancient practice that uses wireless health sensors to collect physiological data from meditators.

Researchers at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory in the U.K. are developing urine-powered EcoBots that run on microbial fuel cells modeled after the heart. They described their technology in the Nov. 8 issue of Bioinspiration and Biomemetics. Here is a demonstration of the fuel cell converting urine into electricity to charge a mobile phone.

“The future of medicine is increasingly in the hands of those who are effective users of clinical data.”

This is a tale of making cardiac care better. Better for patients, better for the caregivers providing it, and better for a hospital morphing and migrating to thrive in the new world of accountable care.

Novartis today announced the winners of its Mobile Health (mHealth) Challenge, a competition for developers and mobile technology start-ups to participate in creating mobile solutions that can positively impact the lives of caregivers and their loved ones with heart failure. The intensive two-day Challenge brought individuals and teams together to compete for cash prizes totaling $40,000.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are building a registry to track sudden deaths in young people with heart-related conditions and epilepsy.

An overview of coronary artery anatomy will be reviewed in a live, interactive format that simulates clinical practice.