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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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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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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Young people’s blood could help treat Alzheimer’s
It sounds more like science fiction than real world science, but researchers at Stanford University announced the first results of a novel study in which they infused blood from young donors into a small number of people with mild to moderate forms of Alzheimer’s disease in the hopes of improving the disease’s symptoms.
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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?
Researchers create a fast-sealing surgical ‘glue’ for closing wounds
It’s elastic enough to keep a wound sealed on an inflated lung.
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Edible sensor can measure your gut from within
It clings to your intestinal wall to track abnormalities and help diagnose disorders.
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Company uses patient’s own cells to put and end to baldness, aging skin and tendon degeneration
Hollywood has made movies about it. Industries have made billions from it. And if the volume of scripture is any indication, the Almighty God must have placed great value on his creation of the head of human hair. After all, He gave Samson—the strongest man of whom the Bible tells—his immense strength through his hair and declared a woman’s hair “a glory unto” her in the 11th chapter of 1 Chorinthians.
Meet the nocebo effect, the placebo effect’s evil twin that makes you feel pain
A fascinating new study finds patients report worse side effects when a drug costs more money.
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Scanning the future, radiologists see their jobs at risk
These days, a radiologist at UCSF will go through anywhere from 20 to 100 scans a day, and each scan can have thousands of images to review.
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Robots will take over these three medical niches first
We’re no stranger to robotics in the medical field. Robot-assisted surgery is becoming more and more common. Many training programs are starting to include robotic and virtual reality scenarios to provide hands-on training for students without putting patients at risk.
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