Dr. Paul Abramson is a medical doctor with a private practice in San Francisco who blogs on The Quantified Doctor about creating better medical care through self-tracking. Dr. Abramson was recently interviewed on NPR Morning Edition about the role of wearable technology and health apps in the doctor’s office. Listen to the story and find out more at Sure You Can Track Your Health Data, But Can Your Doctor Use It? by Amy Standen.

Check out this video of Stanford scientists presenting some of the projects that are underway to help introduce noninvasive neural stimulation for new medical applications:

Staph infections are often localized in the body, yet can be very difficult to treat, both invasively and using antibiotics.

Researchers from Tufts University’s School of Engineering have developed a possible “wi-fi” drug delivery method to treat bacterial infections. Made from silk and magnesium, the remotely controlled implants can dissolve in the body after use.

For more information and access to the recently published work, see:

Silk-based resorbable electronic devices for remotely controlled therapy and in vivo infection abatement. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. November 24, 2014; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1407743111