Health

Scientists have grown full organs inside animals for the first time

Researchers have had success growing organs in controlled lab environments, but repeating that feat inside a complex, messy animal body? That’s...
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Healthsense has raises $10 million to help monitor patients

Healthsense, the fastest growing provider of technology-enabled care solutions for the senior care continuum, announced today that it has closed on...
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Chinese hackers have stolen patient information from US hospitals

In April and June, one of the largest hospital networks in the US was hacked. Community Health Systems says that cyber...
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Apple is looking for more healthcare partners ahead of HealthKit launch

When Apple announced HealthKit in June as its first big step into the health and fitness space, the company emphasized the...
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TelePharm has raised $2.5 million to expand its virtual pharmacy service

Two Iowa heavyweight investors have backed an Iowa City startup that provides virtual pharmacy services. TelePharm CEO Roby Miller told The...
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CareDox has raised $3.1 million to make it easier to share medical records

CareDox, a New York startup focused on cloud-based storage solutions for health records, is in the midst of raising about $3.1...
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3D Printed Toothbrush

#Video: In theory, this 3D printed tooth brush does the job in 6 seconds

Oral hygiene is important, but it’s not normally associated with high tech gadgets. Even the mechanical toothbrush has been around for...
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Galaxy Note Commercial

#Video: Samsung’s inadvertent metaphor about class differences

Surely they didn’t mean for it to come across the way it did. In essence, a rich man with tech gadgets...
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Silk Road vs Street Drug Prices Infographic

#Infographic: Silk Road versus street drug prices

Silk Road had a huge impact on the Bitcoin world when the careless creator of the online drug black market was...
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Larry Page

Calico may be the best investment Google has ever made

There seems to be a lot of negative sentiment coming from multiple directions. Tech blogs, Wall Street analysts, and conspiracy theorists...
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Legal Arena

3 of the hottest tech innovations being used for the public sector

The advent of global and communications technologies has been at the forefront of business and consumer industries for years, allowing us...
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Synthetic Marijuana

Synthetic drugs may be a bigger concern than traditional narcotics

The war on drugs has had its share of ups and downs. On one hand, there seems to be a lightening...
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Internet Addiction

Internet addiction is real and you’re probably experiencing it right now

If you’re reading this now on and you don’t believe that internet addiction isn’t real, chances are you’re in denial. That...
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Interactive Wall

Hospitalized children can play in a virtual playground with interactive walls

At the Royal London Children’s Hospital, the children who must be there are treated to amazing technology to make their stay...
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China Spy Plane Optometry Chart

Strange designs in China are optometry charts for spy planes

How can you tell if your spy planes and satellites need corrective eye wear? You have them read an optometry chart,...
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5 ways the smartphone is changing healthcare

The US Department of Health and Human Services calls it “mHealth.” The m stands for mobile and the term defines and...
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Touching “Magic Arms” video shows some of the potential of 3D printers

We’ve seen some of the amazing things that 3D printers can do, but most of them are more for folly and...
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IBM developing staph-killing “ninja polymers” that attacks physically rather than chemically

One of the biggest risks with drugs such as antibiotics that chemically attack bacteria and other harmful organisms is that a...
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