Health & Medicine
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Article written by guest writer Rin Mitchell What’s the Latest Development? Mental and vocal monologues are essential in learning and performing better in life. Researchers have identified that talking to yourself is insanely great for the brain. The better you are at self-talk the better off ... Read More
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Article written by guest writer Rin Mitchell What’s the Latest Development? A recent Center for Disease Control (CDC) report reveals states across the U.S. are not investing enough to get a firm grasp on tobacco-related illnesses. The billions of dollars collected from taxes on cigarettes and ... Read More
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Article written by guest writer Rin Mitchell What’s the Latest Development? Researchers from the University of Edinburgh have found that people with a well-integrated wiring of myelinated nerve fibers (white matter) in the brain will be sharper well into old age—when mental decline could ... Read More
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Article written by guest writer Rin Mitchell What’s the Latest Development? The use of aspirin could help to reduce reoccurring blood clots in patients that suffer from venous thromboembolism (VTE), which are potentially life threatening blood clots in the veins. Doctors normally prescribe an ... Read More
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Article written by guest writer Rin Mitchell What’s the Latest Development? Researchers at the Center for Reproductive Health at the University of Edinburgh are testing a gene, which has been linked to infertility in men, to see how it could work as a contraceptive. The gene called Katnal1 is ... Read More
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What's the Latest Development? A little-known book on the virtues of laziness, written in 2006 by a medical doctor named Ray Bennett, is receiving some renewed attention for its serious discussion of purposeful mediocrity. In The Underachiever's Manifesto, Bennett demonstrates the power and ... Read More
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What's the Latest Development? Microscopic superconducting particles known as quantum dots could one day be taken in pill form or injected by doctors to aid in medical procedures like electronic medical imaging, according to a new study which confirms the futuristic tool's relative safety. After ... Read More
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What's the Latest Development? A new device developed at MIT can inject drugs into the body without using a needle, improving patient compliance and cutting down on the large number of accidental pricks doctors and nurses give themselves every year. The technology uses a jet-injection system ... Read More
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What's the Latest Development? After Derek Amato sustained brain damage by hitting his head on the bottom of a swimming pool, he began playing classical piano compositions without a single lesson. He is one of just 30 people worldwide with acquired savant syndrome. In 2003, scientists began to ... Read More
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What's the Latest Development? Scientists have identified a gene which helps determine to what extent exercise improves learning and memory function. Scientists have long known that exercise gets the blood flowing, pumping more oxygen into the brain, but Dartmouth's David Bucci wants to know ... Read More
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What's the Latest Development? A recent study of combat veterans' brains suggests a link between the effects of sustaining blasts from roadside bombs, in places like Iraq and Afghanistan, and the consequences of severe head injury that can result from sports like boxing and football. In the ... Read More
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Article written by guest writer Rin Mitchell What’s the Latest Development? The ApoE4 is a gene that sets off a series of events in the brain, which results in the toxic build up in brain tissue. People who carry two replicas of the gene are more susceptible to Alzheimer's disease than others ... Read More
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Article written by guest writer Rin Mitchell What’s the Latest Development? Doctors have been clueless about the long-term side effects chemotherapy can have on cancer survivors. When cancer is discovered, the main goal is to provide the necessary treatment to rid the patient of the disease ... Read More
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Article written by guest writer Rin Mitchell What’s the Latest Development? An ultrasensitive biosensor that can detect cancer before the disease can be discovered with imaging or other methods. The Flexure-FET biosensor, which was developed by University of Purdue researchers, will make ... Read More
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Article written by guest writer Rin Mitchell What’s the Latest Development? Participation in leisure activities such as reading a book, attending cultural events and socializing with friends play an active role in weight management. According to a study conducted by the International Social ... Read More
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Article written by guest writer Rin Mitchell What’s the Latest Development? Tiny, wearable gadgets that monitor and record the data of the body’s weight, heart rate, activity levels and other vital signs can change the game in health care. Sonny Vu, co-founder of the medical-device company ... Read More
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What’s the big idea? There is no shortage of online tools to help us research restaurants, track up-to-the-minute news and even plan out our zombie escape routes, yet there are very few tools that can help us research, track and plan our own happiness. One of the few that does exist is Happstr, an ... Read More
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Living PlanIT is a company that aims to build the new, sustainable cities of the future. They are teaming up with different partners to help them develop and implement new infrastructure ideas, including buildings that use 50% less energy and 80% less water. Their test city, PlanIT Valley in ... Read More
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Cheetah is a four-legged robot that has attained the highest land speeds yet of any robot with legs. The Cheetah, developed by Boston Dynamics, mimics the movements of the real animal and uses hydraulic pumps and a boom to get it running. A free-running version is slated for tests later this ... Read More
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Medic Mobile integrates technologies to connect and train health systems. The company uses technologies such as FrontlineSMS, OpenMRS, Ushahidi, Google Apps, and HealthMap to allow healthcare workers to communicate with each other using only $15 phones. Their SIM apps allow large groups of ... Read More
