Use Facebook & Live Longer
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Pop quiz: Is Facebook good or bad for your health?
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Smartphone Cancer Detection
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Researchers from Washington State University have just developed alow-cost, portable laboratory on a smartphone that can analyze several samples at once to catch a cancer biomarker, producing lab quality results.
Read MoreVR Lets Paraplegics Walk Again
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Eight people who have spent years paralyzed from spinal cord injuries have regained partial sensation and muscle control in their lower limbs after training with brain-controlled robotics, according to a study published in Scientific Reports.
Read MoreSocial Media & Violence
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Brutal and often gruesome images of terror strikes in Dallas or Orlando or points further east spool through our newsfeed interspersed among shots of our sister's picnic and our cousins' puppies.
Read MoreVideo Games Boost Motor Skills
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In yet another indication that video games aren't quite the evil time sink a generation of parents were led to believe.
Read MoreNanotech Tattoo Restores Nerves
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Scientists have developed a new temporary "electronic tattoo" that can measure the activity of muscle and nerve cells.
Read MoreHealth Benefits of Pokémon GO!
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In the very short time that Pokémon GO has been available, it has become a gaming and pop culture phenomenon.
Read MoreDo not use smartphones at night
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Just when you thought checking your smartphone while lying in bed at night was perfectly harmless, doctors have issued a warning regarding their use.
Read MorePartnering with AI Against Breast Cancer
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A research team from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and Harvard Medical School (HMS) recently developed AI methods aimed at training computers to interpret pathology images.
Read MoreScanning for Life Readings: A Real Tricorder
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The tricorder, that marvel of medical sensor technology, has just found its prototype in UCSD's “chem-phys patch.”
Read MoreNew Technology Speeds Diagnoses for First Responders
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Oftentimes, medicine's ability to deliver an accurate diagnosis quickly can mean the difference between life and death.
Read MoreWhy You Shouldn’t Get Your Medical Advice on TV
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Medical dramas are a very popular TV genre, which have been around for over 60 years. Typically a medical case is used as the backbone of the episode.
Read MoreSocial Media is Depressing Our Teens
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Read MoreNanobots To The Rescue
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These nanotech vehicles are almost 800 times finer than a human hair, the “ideal size for targeting tumors.” They are delivered with chemotherapy drugs, and contain folate molecules that seek out and bind to cancer cells.
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TeleHealth Visits May Be An Option Post Surgery
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New study of US veterans suggests that people may soon be able to forgo in-person doctors' visits after surgery by opting instead for talking with their surgeons by phone or video. Researchers said that most patients preferred the virtual visits and the doctors didn't miss any infections that popped up after surgery
Read MoreNew Mobile App to Help With Motion Sickness
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According to researchers from Imperial College London: "We are confident that within five to ten years people will be able to walk into the chemist and buy an anti-seasickness device. It may be something like a machine that is used for back pain.”
Read MoreDiabetes: First Disease Tackled by Google Life Sciences
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Based on statistics from the American Diabetes Association, there are approximately 30 million children and adults who are suffering from diabetes in the U.S. alone and over 1.5 million Americans diagnosed each year.
Read MoreNew Smartphone App For Doctor's Stethoscope
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A team of researchers and engineers have developed a new application for smartphones that could allow doctors using their mobiles to monitor patients' hearts. The i-Stethoscope uses sensors built-in the phone to check a person's heart. Data can be collected and shared with ease. But according to doctors, there are still some things the app cannot do, since it cannot substitute for the doctor-patient relationship. Eko Devices, the Berkeley, California-based company that developed the smartphone app, has received FDA 510(k) clearance for the companion smartphone app and for its smartphone-enabled stethoscope, called Eko Core.
Read MoreDigital Health Innovation: Handheld Device for Rapid Assessment of Vital Signs
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A small trial of a portable device that can rapidly read a patient's vital signs shows it performs well compared with standard hospital monitors. The hand-held, battery-powered device - called MouthLab - is the invention of biomedical engineers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD. The device, which picks up vital signs from the patient's lips and fingertips, could replace the cumbersome and restrictive equipment currently used in hospitals.
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