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Health Technology: is defined by the World Health Organization as the "application of organized knowledge and skills in the form of devices, medicines, vaccines, procedures and systems developed to solve a health problem and improve quality of lives".
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APR 08, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
The stethoscope – the most used and recognized symbol of medicine – is getting a modern, digital makeover. W ...APR 07, 2016Health & Medicine
Transplanting pig hearts into baboons might sound outlandish and like a science fiction novel, but this form on xenotran ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 07, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers in Germany recently received a two million Euro subsidy from the German Federal Ministry of Research (BMBF) ...APR 07, 2016Health & Medicine
How much medication should you be prescribed? Everyone is born with a different body, so how much and what kind of medic ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetAPR 04, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Moving away from the design of massive pharmaceutical plants, MIT researchers developed a small, transportable machine t ...APR 04, 2016Genetics & Genomics
DNA, the diverse combination of just four nucleotide letters that writes our genetic code, can do more than just form a ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 01, 2016Cancer
A big issue in developing treatments for cancer is how to target the cytotoxic drugs to the tumor. Thankfully, a group f ...Written By: Cassidy ReichAPR 01, 2016Microbiology
A team of researchers announced in the journal Science that they’ve determined the structure of the Zika virus and ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 31, 2016Health & Medicine
A painful inflammatory disease has been plaguing a Flemish family for more than three generations, and for the first tim ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 30, 2016Cancer
In what sounds like a top-secret military operation, scientists have developed a triple-stage “cluster bomb” ...MAR 29, 2016Neuroscience
Parkinson’s Disease, (PD), is a neurodegenerative disease that affects the muscles in the body. It’s progres ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 28, 2016Health & Medicine
As a long-time contact lens wearer, I am intimately familiar with the discomfort of dry contact lenses. You would think ...Written By: Cassidy ReichMAR 28, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recently added another invention to the emerging world of ...MAR 26, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Mount Sinai Hospital recently became the first US health care center to use a specialized technology called M1 LUMI bead ...MAR 25, 2016Space & Astronomy
Ever since NASA’s great announcement last year, where the space agency publicized its interest in sending mankind ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 25, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have many tools at their disposal for looking at preserved tissue under a microscope in incredible detail, or ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 24, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
For patients with diabetes, managing their blood sugar levels requires constant care and vigilance. To make regulating t ...MAR 22, 2016Neuroscience
When a person suffers a traumatic experience, whether it’s in a war or as a victim of a crime or accident, it can ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 22, 2016Cardiology
Fitness tracker users who receive an encouraging text from their doctor may significantly increase their physical a ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 21, 2016Cardiology
Noninvasive CT scans are far better at finding clogged arteries that can trigger a heart attack than the exercise stress ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 20, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In the quest to understand more about aging and how to slow down this process, scientists from Concordia University in Q ...MAR 18, 2016Health & Medicine
Scientists have developed a brain implant that can turn the patient’s immune system against Alzheimer’s dise ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetMAR 18, 2016Microbiology
University of Houston researchers developed a new, photothermal technique to kill bacteria. The technique uses gold disk ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAR 18, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In the past several months, researchers have been focusing on easier point-of-care tests that offer early detection of d ...
APR 08, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
The stethoscope – the most used and recognized symbol of medicine – is getting a modern, digital makeover. W
...
APR 07, 2016
Health & Medicine
Transplanting pig hearts into baboons might sound outlandish and like a science fiction novel, but this form on xenotran
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 07, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers in Germany recently received a two million Euro subsidy from the German Federal Ministry of Research (BMBF)
...
APR 07, 2016
Health & Medicine
How much medication should you be prescribed? Everyone is born with a different body, so how much and what kind of medic
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
APR 04, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Moving away from the design of massive pharmaceutical plants, MIT researchers developed a small, transportable machine t
...
APR 04, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
DNA, the diverse combination of just four nucleotide letters that writes our genetic code, can do more than just form a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 01, 2016
Cancer
A big issue in developing treatments for cancer is how to target the cytotoxic drugs to the tumor. Thankfully, a group f
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
APR 01, 2016
Microbiology
A team of researchers announced in the journal Science that they’ve determined the structure of the Zika virus and
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 31, 2016
Health & Medicine
A painful inflammatory disease has been plaguing a Flemish family for more than three generations, and for the first tim
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 30, 2016
Cancer
In what sounds like a top-secret military operation, scientists have developed a triple-stage “cluster bomb”
...
MAR 29, 2016
Neuroscience
Parkinson’s Disease, (PD), is a neurodegenerative disease that affects the muscles in the body. It’s progres
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 28, 2016
Health & Medicine
As a long-time contact lens wearer, I am intimately familiar with the discomfort of dry contact lenses. You would think
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
MAR 28, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recently added another invention to the emerging world of
...
MAR 26, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Mount Sinai Hospital recently became the first US health care center to use a specialized technology called M1 LUMI bead
...
MAR 25, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Ever since NASA’s great announcement last year, where the space agency publicized its interest in sending mankind
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 25, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have many tools at their disposal for looking at preserved tissue under a microscope in incredible detail, or
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 24, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
For patients with diabetes, managing their blood sugar levels requires constant care and vigilance. To make regulating t
...
MAR 22, 2016
Neuroscience
When a person suffers a traumatic experience, whether it’s in a war or as a victim of a crime or accident, it can
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 22, 2016
Cardiology
Fitness tracker users who receive an encouraging text from their doctor may significantly increase their physical a
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 21, 2016
Cardiology
Noninvasive CT scans are far better at finding clogged arteries that can trigger a heart attack than the exercise stress
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 20, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In the quest to understand more about aging and how to slow down this process, scientists from Concordia University in Q
...
MAR 18, 2016
Health & Medicine
Scientists have developed a brain implant that can turn the patient’s immune system against Alzheimer’s dise
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
MAR 18, 2016
Microbiology
University of Houston researchers developed a new, photothermal technique to kill bacteria. The technique uses gold disk
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAR 18, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In the past several months, researchers have been focusing on easier point-of-care tests that offer early detection of d
...