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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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JAN 06, 2016Health & Medicine
Bullying is not about disliking or excluding someone. In fact, even if someone slaps another person, it wouldn’t n ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetJAN 04, 2016Neuroscience
As anyone who has survived a stroke can attest, recovery is often very difficult. Depending on the area of the brain, th ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 30, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
An effective treatment for Type 1 diabetes is to transplant new pancreatic islet cells into the patient. While this ther ...DEC 18, 2015Cardiology
Whether a person is especially at risk for cardiovascular disease or just exceptionally proactive about their health, a ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 14, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
The bacterium Mycobacterium leprae is the causative agent of a disease known as leprosy. The bacterium itself is rod-sha ...Written By: Sarah HertrichDEC 11, 2015Space & Astronomy
Friday morning at approximately 4:49 A.M. Eastern time, three astronauts aboard the International Space Station boarded ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 10, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
A new study, led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), shows how different pharmaceutical drugs hit ei ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)DEC 10, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Genetically engineered animals are in the spotlight yet again as the US government recently approved transgenic drug-pro ...DEC 09, 2015Plants & Animals
In vitro fertilization is a process where scientists join a sperm and and egg outside of the female’s body in a co ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 06, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
In April of this year the FDA approved its first ever 3D printed pills. Progressing even farther, a team of researchers ...DEC 05, 2015Cardiology
The results of a new study published online this week in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Heart Failur ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 03, 2015Health & Medicine
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is an extremely rare genetic disease that causes bone to grow in abnormal ar ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 28, 2015Health & Medicine
A group of German and Israeli scientists have successfully grown human liver cells in the laboratory that did not lose t ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetNOV 22, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
The embattled Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos are in hot water again as new research reports that the one-drop blood testi ...NOV 20, 2015Plants & Animals
The problem of over-fishing our waters for salmon has been met with a scientific solution – that of genetically mo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 18, 2015Technology
American Sign Language, or ASL, as it’s called, is the third most widely used language in the world, after English ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 17, 2015Microbiology
Tuberculosis has been infecting humans for several millennia, making it one of the most horribly successful diseases in ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)NOV 17, 2015Neuroscience
While it’s well known that exercise has many health benefits for the cardiovascular system, muscles and bone stren ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 11, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Prenatal testing has been in practice for decades, helping doctors prepare women for the births of their babies. But unt ...NOV 10, 2015Microbiology
Glutathione is an extremely important antioxidant, the king of all detoxifying agents that prevents oxidative stress in ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 04, 2015Microbiology
When spore-forming bacteria, such as Bacillus or Clostridium, enter a state of starvation, they transform into a state o ...Written By: Sarah HertrichOCT 22, 2015Technology
Anyone who has watched the Back to the Future science fiction movies in the 80’s knows that the movies may have ov ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 22, 2015Neuroscience
While any surgery that aims to remove cancerous tumors is risky, there is an increased amount of risk and caution when i ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 19, 2015Space & Astronomy
Just last week, U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly broke a U.S. record by having spent more than 383 cumulative days in space, w ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
JAN 06, 2016
Health & Medicine
Bullying is not about disliking or excluding someone. In fact, even if someone slaps another person, it wouldn’t n
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
JAN 04, 2016
Neuroscience
As anyone who has survived a stroke can attest, recovery is often very difficult. Depending on the area of the brain, th
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 30, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
An effective treatment for Type 1 diabetes is to transplant new pancreatic islet cells into the patient. While this ther
...
DEC 18, 2015
Cardiology
Whether a person is especially at risk for cardiovascular disease or just exceptionally proactive about their health, a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 14, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
The bacterium Mycobacterium leprae is the causative agent of a disease known as leprosy. The bacterium itself is rod-sha
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
DEC 11, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Friday morning at approximately 4:49 A.M. Eastern time, three astronauts aboard the International Space Station boarded
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 10, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
A new study, led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), shows how different pharmaceutical drugs hit ei
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
DEC 10, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Genetically engineered animals are in the spotlight yet again as the US government recently approved transgenic drug-pro
...
DEC 09, 2015
Plants & Animals
In vitro fertilization is a process where scientists join a sperm and and egg outside of the female’s body in a co
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 06, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
In April of this year the FDA approved its first ever 3D printed pills. Progressing even farther, a team of researchers
...
DEC 05, 2015
Cardiology
The results of a new study published online this week in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Heart Failur
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 03, 2015
Health & Medicine
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is an extremely rare genetic disease that causes bone to grow in abnormal ar
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 28, 2015
Health & Medicine
A group of German and Israeli scientists have successfully grown human liver cells in the laboratory that did not lose t
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
NOV 22, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
The embattled Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos are in hot water again as new research reports that the one-drop blood testi
...
NOV 20, 2015
Plants & Animals
The problem of over-fishing our waters for salmon has been met with a scientific solution – that of genetically mo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 18, 2015
Technology
American Sign Language, or ASL, as it’s called, is the third most widely used language in the world, after English
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 17, 2015
Microbiology
Tuberculosis has been infecting humans for several millennia, making it one of the most horribly successful diseases in
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
NOV 17, 2015
Neuroscience
While it’s well known that exercise has many health benefits for the cardiovascular system, muscles and bone stren
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 11, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Prenatal testing has been in practice for decades, helping doctors prepare women for the births of their babies. But unt
...
NOV 10, 2015
Microbiology
Glutathione is an extremely important antioxidant, the king of all detoxifying agents that prevents oxidative stress in
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 04, 2015
Microbiology
When spore-forming bacteria, such as Bacillus or Clostridium, enter a state of starvation, they transform into a state o
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
OCT 22, 2015
Technology
Anyone who has watched the Back to the Future science fiction movies in the 80’s knows that the movies may have ov
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 22, 2015
Neuroscience
While any surgery that aims to remove cancerous tumors is risky, there is an increased amount of risk and caution when i
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 19, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Just last week, U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly broke a U.S. record by having spent more than 383 cumulative days in space, w
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard