Author: Lia Steakley
Department of Energy lab develops new software for evaluating and responding to pandemics
Scientists at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have created software to help public health officials analyze disease outbreaks and model different response …
Researchers develop device to sort blood cells with magnetic nanoparticles
A team led by Yale University scientists has developed a technique to separate healthy and diseased blood cells using magnetizable liquids, according to a study …
Experimental bone marrow treatment appears to reverse sickle cell disease
An experimental bone marrow transplant treatment effectively reversed sickle cell disease in 9 of 10 adults, according to a National Institutes of Health study published …
Brain implant designed for patients with difficult-to-treat epilepsy
MIT's Technology Review has taken a look at a brain implant designed by Mountain View-based Neuropace to prevent the onset of seizures using electrical stimulation. …
Researchers find link between fitness and cognition
Cardiovascular health in teenagers is associated with higher scores on intelligence tests, and more education and income as adults, according to a study in the …
Video: Kaiser Family Foundation town hall with U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator
If you missed last week's live webcast of the Kaiser Family Foundation's town hall event with U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Eric Goosby, an archived version …
Living Stories launches with three pages on health-care reform and medicine
In an effort to redefine journalism on the Web, the New York Times and the Washington Post have joined forces with Google to create a …
Gains in life expectancy could be outweighed by increasing obesity rates
Failure to address the growing obesity epidemic in America could result in an erosion of the steady gain in life expectancy and quality of life …
Slate takes on the battle against bacteria
In the midst of alarming stories and studies on the rise of drug-resistant bacteria, an article posted today on Slate discusses how developing strategies to …
Can you catch loneliness?
The New York Times' Well Blog has an interesting post about a 10-year study of 5,100 people showing that negative emotions can spread to others, …
Study shows smart phones speed up diagnosis
Need to review a CT scan from remote? There's an app for that. A study performed at the University of Virginia indicates that CT scans …
New implant technologies designed to treat cancer
According to Scientific American, two teams of researchers are making progress developing alternatives to surgically removing tumors: One team of researchers has been able to …
Study on fruit flies offers new insights into ADHD
Evidence of a primitive emotion-like behavior in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster has been uncovered by researchers at the California Technical Institute, according to a …
Interactive chart illustrates the cost of chronic health conditions
GE has built a fascinating interactive chart that attempts to illustrate the costs of chronic health conditions. In developing the chart, the GE combined the …
Brain scan used in court in potential fMRI first
In what may be a first, fMRI scans of a defendant's brain activity have been used as evidence in the sentencing phase of an Illinois …