The monthly poll for October 09 asked the question,

"Would you get a microchip implant for monitoring your health?"

The results are 67% of people who responded said yes, 28% chose no way I'm never getting an implant and 4.8% said I'll wait until it develops a bit more. Although only 21 people voted this month its still an interesting result.

I personally thought a higher percentage would say no way, but then again people who visit this site are probably into that type of thing in the first place.

Clinicians and researchers at Mayo Clinic have been testing a new device that can monitor patients with heart problems at home in hopes of keeping them healthier and out of the hospital longer. A monitoring device is strapped on the chest and measures things like heart rate, blood pressure, breathing and activity.

The information is collected and sent to a software program where trained technicians can analyze the data. The program can even ask questions back to the patient like "Do you feel any symptoms?". The information gathered can then be used to suggest seeing a doctor or to adjust medications.

It's currently only used by congestive heart failure patients but in the future it could be used by more people as a constant health monitoring tool.

Source: Mayo Clinic channel on Youtube

Celling Technologies has now launched its latest method for the isolation of adult stem cells. The Res-Q device was developed by ThermoGenesis Corporation to provide an easy to use, point-of-care system to compliment their MXP system currently being marketed in the United States and several international markets.

The Res-Q device is the second point-of-care cell processing system by Celling that utilizes a functionally closed system to eliminate sterility issues while providing consistent, reliable adult stem cell concentrations within minutes.

Read more: The Res-Q System for Adult Stem Cell Therapy

The Fitbit has just been launched. It accurately tracks calories burned, steps taken, distance traveled and even sleep quality. The Fitbit contains a 3D motion sensor similar to the one found in the Nintendo Wii. It works by tracking your movement in three dimensions and converts this data into useful information about your daily activities.

The main improvement over the Nike + Ipod sensor is its wireless capacity. Anytime you walk past the included wireless base station, data from your Fitbit is automatically uploaded to Fitbit.com. The Web site's detailed data includes a food budget, calories burned, steps taken, and daily trends.

Read more: The Fitbit Tracks All Your Activities

In the U.S., Juvéderm™ injectable gel is indicated for injection into the mid to deep dermis for correction of moderate to severe facial wrinkles and folds such as nasolabial folds.

The key ingredient of Juvéderm is hyaluronic acid which is a naturally occurring, biodegradable complex sugar found in the human body and in all living animals. Among other things, hyaluronic acid hydrates the skin and adds volume, contributing to the overall appearance of the skin.

As we age, the ability of cells to produce hyaluronic acid diminishes, often resulting in facial wrinkles and folds as the skin loses volume. Juvéderm is administered in small doses by intradermal injection directly into wrinkles and folds, such as nasolabial folds, temporarily filling and augmenting the treated area.

Read more: Juvéderm Injectable Gel

Heartware is an Australian company that manufactures a Ventricular Assist System. It's designed to help patient's with weakened hearts by removing blood from the left side of the heart and pumping the blood into the aorta.

A miniaturized centrifugal pump called the HVADTM is designed to rest inside the chest and can generate up to 10 liters per minute of blood flow. Two small motor stators inside the pump housing cause an impeller within the device to rotate, pumping blood through the system.

Read more: Heartware Ventricular Assist System

In the entire branch of dentistry having a Dental Implant is the most difficult form of dental surgery. It is generally carried out only by an orthodontist who holds a MDS degree (Master of dental surgery).

Dental Implant is a procedure of implanting an artificial tooth into the gums. The implant is a permanent solution for teeth loss and is considered as an advanced dental cosmetic treatment. There was a time when Dental Implants were considered as an exceptionally risky procedure but today the situation has changed. Nowadays, different advanced technologies are deployed for different forms of dental treatments and orthodontic procedures. This has invariably increased the quality of treatment and has provided for guaranteed and quicker results. Nevertheless, these procedures have become highly expensive compared to the olden times. A new age Dental Implant is more durable and more secure. With the high level of success rates exhibited by this complex procedure more and more people are opting for dental implants in order to fix their missing, chipped or broken dentures.

Read more: Getting a Safe and Painless Dental Implant

The Verichip™ is the first human-implantable RFID chip and personal health record, cleared for medical use by the United States FDA. The $200 chip is about the size of a grain of rice and inserted just under the skin in the back of your right arm. The VeriMed™ Health Link system, incorporates the RFID microchip (the VeriChip), a handheld scanner and and an online, electronic, personal health record.

Recent advances mean the chips are now also able to read bio markers such as glucose levels. This enables diabetics to get live readings of their glucose levels without having to prick their fingers.

In September 2009 Verichip gained the exclusive rights from their development partner RECEPTORS LLC to use "artificial receptors” technology to develop a virus triage detection system for the H1N1 virus also known as swine flu. This technology can also be applied to detect other viruses and biological threats such as Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).

Read more: VeriChip and VeriMed Health Link System - Implantable Microchip