This special gel capsule, which fits over a regular pill, has a sensor to notify doctors when a patient has swallowed a dose of medicine.
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Instead of killing bacteria, can we just ‘turn off’ it’s ability to cause infection
Researchers could have an answer to antibiotic resistance, and it involves using epigenetics to reprogram bacteria.
Heading North: American doctors are heading to Canada
For Peter Cram, an American internist who spent most of his career practicing in Iowa City, Iowa, moving to Toronto in 2014 was an easy decision.
He says he is among a handful of American doctors who went north to practice in Canada’s single-payer system. Now he doesn’t worry about whether his patients can afford treatment. “Everyone gets a basic level of care,” he says, which lets him focus on their medical needs instead of their finances.
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A 20 second laser procedure that turns brown eyes blue
Considering that blue eyes feature quite significantly in pop culture, it is surprising that only 17% of the world’s population actually have them.
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Japan is embracing nursing-care robots
Around 5,000 nursing-care homes across the country are testing robots.
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An organism that regenerates could allow us to heal humans
The gecko’s remarkable ability to regenerate its tail in the space of a month could help scientists figure out how to heal spine injuries in humans, and it’s all down to the regenerative ability of stem cells.
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Heavy metal found in meteoroids kills cancer cells
Iridium—the world’s second densest metal—can kill cancer cells by filling them with a deadly version of oxygen, while leaving healthy tissue unharmed.
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Breakthrough: Scientists reverse aging in human cells
Seniors may soon be able to live disease-free for their entire lives.
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US just approved a digital pill that knows whether or not you took it
Modern medicine can completely change someone’s life for the better, but only if they’re actually taking their prescriptions like they’re supposed to. Ensuring that a patient is actually taking their meds has, up to now, relied on the word of the patient, but the honor system is about to go the way of the dodo thanks to a new “digital pill” technology that can actually track whether or not you’re sticking to the doctor’s orders.
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This library of street drugs predicts mass overdoses
Meet the scientists building a library of designer drugs.
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This handheld 3D body scanning device could replace the MRI — using the motion-sensing technology from a Nintendo Wii
Why can’t handheld ultrasound devices come with the same motion-sensing technology inside a video game controller?
