Baby born with HIV cured with aggressive drug treatment
Deborah Persaud of Johns Hopkins University presented the results at a conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections. For the very first time, a baby born with HIV has reported to have been...
View ArticleNew protein discovery could change biotech forever
The quest started with trying to make better yogurt. Bacteria that uses a tiny molecular machine to kill attacking viruses could change the way that scientists edit the DNA of plants, animals and...
View ArticleThe startling rise in disability in the US: 14 million Americans can’t work
Every month, 14 million Americans get a disability check. The number of Americans who are on disability has skyrocketed in the past thirty years. Medical advances have allowed many more people to...
View ArticleThe smartphone physical: Medical checkups of the future
The smartphone-enabled checkup will actually improve doctor-patient relationships. Can you imagine a comprehensive, clinically relevant well-patient checkup using only smartphone-based devices? The...
View ArticleWhen will your doctor start wearing Google Glass?
Google Glass holds a lot of promise in the medical field. Google Glass uses augmented reality and voice activation to project data into our field of vision. The technology Google Glass is using is...
View ArticleDoctor’s save baby’s life with a 3D printed trachea splint
3D printed trachea splint The life of a baby in Michigan was saved by the insertion of a 3-D printed trachea at two months old. The baby was diagnosed with tracheobronchomalacia, a condition in which...
View ArticleColonoscopies explain why the U.S. leads the world in healthcare expenditures
A recent colonoscopy for Deirdre Yapalater’s at a surgical center near her home on Long Island went smoothly: she was whisked from pre-op to an operating room where a gastroenterologist, assisted by an...
View ArticleGiant holograms offer medical students more memorable classes
The project’s creators say their “holograms” are more memorable than two dimensional slides. Two London-based junior doctors have pioneered a system which uses an illusionary effect to help medical...
View ArticleThe next frontier in cybercrime? Your body
Advances in healthcare mean that in-body devices to treat chronic conditions, or even just make you perform better as a human being, are not as far away as you might imagine. Some of these innovations...
View Article12 world changing predictions for 2014
The world will look very different a year from now. It is never easy forecasting the future. We are living in a world in which the pace of innovation and scientific discovery makes reality seem more...
View ArticleNew pills that cure us with bacteria instead of drugs
Certain bacteria are clearly good for us. Scientists connect another medical condition to atypical gut bacteria populations almost every day it seems. Researchers have claimed that gut bacteria play a...
View ArticleHow wearables will redefine the doctor-patient relationship
Embedded tracking technologies are being used to remotely monitor individual health and performance. Personal wearable devices are painting a more intimate picture of your health and overall fitness...
View ArticleTop 5 emerging medical technologies to watch in 2014
Robotic check-ups Medical technology companies are focusing more than ever on products that deliver cheaper, faster, more efficient patient care. They are also making inroads with U.S. Food & Drug...
View ArticleNew hydrogel regrows bone tissue exactly where you need it
Hydrogel When you have seriously damaged bones you want to regrow them quickly, but you also have to carefully manage that growth to produce the right shape. A gel has been created by Rice University...
View ArticleUC Irvine School of Medicine to add Google Glass to its curriculum
Dr. Warren Wiechmann, UC Irvine School of Medicine The University of California at Irvine (UCI) School of Medicine announced that it is integrating the already-iconic wearable into its four-year...
View Article3D printing and microrobots make headway on building tissue which will enable...
Artificial blood vessels. 3D bioprinting has made new headway recently in fabricating blood vessels. Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital have developed a method for 3D printing biological...
View ArticleImprint Energy is developing flexible, printed batteries for wearable devices
Ultrathin zinc-polymer battery. Imprint Energy is developing flexible, rechargeable batteries that can be printed cheaply on commonly used industrial screen printers. The California startup has been...
View ArticleScientists develop new blood test that could detect any type of cancer
The simple test can diagnose cancer and pre-cancerous conditions from the blood of patients. British scientists have developed a revolutionary new blood test that could detect any type of cancer. It is...
View ArticleSweat sensors may bring medical diagnostics to wearables
Sweat contains a trove of medical information. Sweat leaves unsightly blotches on our clothes, drips down our faces, and makes us stink. It cools us when we overheat, but most of the time we think of...
View ArticleNine times when it makes sense not to pay off debt
You really shouldn’t rush out and take on debt, but there are times when it actually makes sense not to pay it off. All debt is not alike. Some of the worst kinds, such as unsecured credit card debt,...
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