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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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JUN 09, 2015Earth & The Environment
Often, when the idea of total conversion to clean energy for the US is proposed, the chorus in return is: that's just no ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopJUN 05, 2015Neuroscience
How well do people really remember faces, and can technology actually prove that they do? What implications can these co ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 01, 2015Neuroscience
There are a few essential ways to understand the neural workings of the human brain. One is to painstakingly map the cir ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 29, 2015Neuroscience
One of the bigger questions in the field of neuroscience has been whether the amnesia that results from Alzheimer's or t ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 27, 2015Health & Medicine
The mass adoption of a fad known as E-cigarettes (electronic cigarettes) has been raining down on the smoker's populatio ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 22, 2015Health & Medicine
Vision is by far one of the most important senses that we use every day. While many of us don't have 20/20 vision, a sim ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 22, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A group of scientists at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, have a achieved what they describe as a real ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 21, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Composed of lymph vessels, lymph nodes and organs, the lymphatic system absorbs excess fluid and returns it to the blood ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 21, 2015Health & Medicine
"Run! Duck! Cover... Oops, what was I doing again?" If you are an avid action gamer you may want to think twice about sp ...Written By: Kareem HeslopMAY 20, 2015Health & Medicine
The 3D Printing industry is an emerging market that is finding tons of uses in the real world. Whether it's creating sma ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 15, 2015Neuroscience
How well can robots mimic humans to help the latter complete their everyday tasks in an unobtrusive way? What is the ide ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 14, 2015Neuroscience
Memory is one of the more complex functions of the human brain. Leaving alone the debate about the accuracy of memory an ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 11, 2015Technology
Much has been said about the human capacity to bond. John Bowlby's attachment theory is based on our primal need to bond ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 10, 2015Neuroscience
You'd be justified in having some skepticism about a study citing the benefits of chocolate that is sponsored by Hershey ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 30, 2015Microbiology
This must be the year (or decade) of the microbe.Microbiologists must be feeling pretty smug these days. It seems that m ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 29, 2015Chemistry & Physics
What to do when a patient needs a blood transfusion but you don't have their blood type in the blood bank? It's a proble ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 29, 2015Neuroscience
Some experiences get seared into memory so completely that we never forget them. Think survival-level events, or the ext ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 28, 2015Neuroscience
Researchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have shown for the first time that a common neurotransmit ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 28, 2015Earth & The Environment
The following content is from disinfo.com "Paul Stamets Holds the Patent That Could Put Monsanto Out of Business."
...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 28, 2015Neuroscience
A team of UBC researchers has made a significant discovery uncovering the cause of brain swelling after trauma to the he ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 28, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Yale researchers successfully corrected the most common mutation in the gene that causes cystic fibrosis, a lethal genet ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 28, 2015Health & Medicine
Making the decision to move from co-testing to primary Human papillomavirus (HPV) screening was one thing. Implementing ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 27, 2015Neuroscience
Researchers have identified how proteins that play a key role in Alzheimer's disease are linked in a pathway that contro ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 23, 2015Health & Medicine
"Listen to your heart," sang Swedish pop group Roxette in the late Eighties. But not everyone is able to tune into their ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
JUN 09, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Often, when the idea of total conversion to clean energy for the US is proposed, the chorus in return is: that's just no
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
JUN 05, 2015
Neuroscience
How well do people really remember faces, and can technology actually prove that they do? What implications can these co
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 01, 2015
Neuroscience
There are a few essential ways to understand the neural workings of the human brain. One is to painstakingly map the cir
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 29, 2015
Neuroscience
One of the bigger questions in the field of neuroscience has been whether the amnesia that results from Alzheimer's or t
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 27, 2015
Health & Medicine
The mass adoption of a fad known as E-cigarettes (electronic cigarettes) has been raining down on the smoker's populatio
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 22, 2015
Health & Medicine
Vision is by far one of the most important senses that we use every day. While many of us don't have 20/20 vision, a sim
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 22, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A group of scientists at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, have a achieved what they describe as a real
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 21, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Composed of lymph vessels, lymph nodes and organs, the lymphatic system absorbs excess fluid and returns it to the blood
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 21, 2015
Health & Medicine
"Run! Duck! Cover... Oops, what was I doing again?" If you are an avid action gamer you may want to think twice about sp
...
Written By:
Kareem Heslop
MAY 20, 2015
Health & Medicine
The 3D Printing industry is an emerging market that is finding tons of uses in the real world. Whether it's creating sma
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 15, 2015
Neuroscience
How well can robots mimic humans to help the latter complete their everyday tasks in an unobtrusive way? What is the ide
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 14, 2015
Neuroscience
Memory is one of the more complex functions of the human brain. Leaving alone the debate about the accuracy of memory an
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 11, 2015
Technology
Much has been said about the human capacity to bond. John Bowlby's attachment theory is based on our primal need to bond
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 10, 2015
Neuroscience
You'd be justified in having some skepticism about a study citing the benefits of chocolate that is sponsored by Hershey
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 30, 2015
Microbiology
This must be the year (or decade) of the microbe.Microbiologists must be feeling pretty smug these days. It seems that m
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 29, 2015
Chemistry & Physics
What to do when a patient needs a blood transfusion but you don't have their blood type in the blood bank? It's a proble
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 29, 2015
Neuroscience
Some experiences get seared into memory so completely that we never forget them. Think survival-level events, or the ext
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 28, 2015
Neuroscience
Researchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have shown for the first time that a common neurotransmit
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 28, 2015
Earth & The Environment
The following content is from disinfo.com "Paul Stamets Holds the Patent That Could Put Monsanto Out of Business."
...
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 28, 2015
Neuroscience
A team of UBC researchers has made a significant discovery uncovering the cause of brain swelling after trauma to the he
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 28, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Yale researchers successfully corrected the most common mutation in the gene that causes cystic fibrosis, a lethal genet
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 28, 2015
Health & Medicine
Making the decision to move from co-testing to primary Human papillomavirus (HPV) screening was one thing. Implementing
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 27, 2015
Neuroscience
Researchers have identified how proteins that play a key role in Alzheimer's disease are linked in a pathway that contro
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 23, 2015
Health & Medicine
"Listen to your heart," sang Swedish pop group Roxette in the late Eighties. But not everyone is able to tune into their
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider