Huge changes in medicine and healthcare fueled by technology are heading our way. Continue reading… “Top 11 tech innovations that could change medicine”
Experts: online human breast milk comes with serious health risks
British experts have recently warned the growing online craze among some fitness communities, fetishists and chronic disease sufferers for buying and drinking human breast milk poses serious health risks. Continue reading… “Experts: online human breast milk comes with serious health risks”
Ambulance drones on the rise
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos caused quite a stir in December 2013, with the announcement of his company’s plans to offer 30-minute product deliveries via unmanned aerial vehicles (more commonly referred to as “drones”). Continue reading… “Ambulance drones on the rise”
Using genome sequencing to improve patient care
According to one speaker at Advances in Genome Biology, a conference for genomic scientists held earlier this year, the use of genome sequencing to improve patient care is no longer a far-off goal — it’s happening today. Continue reading… “Using genome sequencing to improve patient care”
Preserving memories forever?
It is the stuff of urban legends about Walt Disney, sci-fi cartoons and B-movies; the science of cryonics – preserving living (or dead) beings in low temperatures until they can be resuscitated. Continue reading… “Preserving memories forever?”
New crazy device that promises perfect vision for the rest of your life
Having invented a device that lets you see “three times better than 20/20 vision” without wearing any contacts or glasses at all — for an entire lifetime, an optometrist from British Columbia believes he’s created the holy grail of corrective lenses. Continue reading… “New crazy device that promises perfect vision for the rest of your life”
Turning blood into neural cells
McMaster University scientists, discovered, simply by having people roll up their sleeve and provide a blood sample, how to make adult sensory neurons from human patients. Continue reading… “Turning blood into neural cells”
Teenager designs system that can keeps you safe from germs on planes
Plane are generally disgusting germ-filled places. Who knows what is on that tray table, and what kind of germs that person with a hacking cough in the seat next to you will spread? Continue reading… “Teenager designs system that can keeps you safe from germs on planes”
95 percent of parents of overweight children think they look ‘just right’
After researchers looked at data on how parents perceive their overweight young children, they learned that 94.9 percent believe the kids’ size to be “just right.” Continue reading… “95 percent of parents of overweight children think they look ‘just right’”
Delivering drugs straight into the brain
A team of Canadian scientists has found a way to inject the drugs directly into the brain, breaking the barrier of the human body that keeps the nervous and circulatory systems apart by using “carrier” antibodies. Continue reading… “Delivering drugs straight into the brain”
Improved point-of-care medicine in remote areas with smarter, cheaper technologies
Scientists from Stanford University School of Medicine have developed new paper and flexible polymer substrates with special sensing devices for rapid and accurate detection of pathogens such as HIV, various bacteria, and CD4+ T lymphocytes. Continue reading… “Improved point-of-care medicine in remote areas with smarter, cheaper technologies”
Here’s what to know before starting a digital detox
From endlessly scanning social media sites to incessantly checking emails, we don’t always have the healthiest relationship with technology, we tote around serious digital baggage day after day that wreaks havoc on our minds and bodies. Continue reading… “Here’s what to know before starting a digital detox”
