Following on the heals of federal health officials releasing standards for electronic medical records, The Health Care Blog has published an interesting article discussing principles …
Category: Innovation
Super Mario Bacteria: image of Mario made with BioBricks
The things people are doing with bacteria these days. A team of nanobiologists have hewn the image of Mario, perhaps the greatest videogame protagonist ever, …
U.S. researchers use bacteria to power simple machines
In October, I wrote that researchers at the University of Rome had coaxed E. coli into pushing the teeth of a tiny crankshaft. Now researchers …
Six reasons to get a Twitter account
Lee Aase, the social media manager at the Mayo Clinic (link to Twitter given the subject of this post), has posted six sensible reasons for …
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 …
Mobile phone 'alcohol tracker' released in the UK
According to this BBC story, the United Kingdom's National Health Service has released a mobile phone application to help revelers monitor their holiday eggnog consumption: …
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 …
Will social robots be the caregivers of the future?
Social robots capable of directly engaging with patients and encouraging both their physical and cognitive rehabilitation could be the caregivers of the future, writes Jerome …
Is social media an antidote to medical myths?
If you didn't see this 33 Charts post on why physicians should tweet, blog and use other social media, it's worth a read. In his …
Using E. coli as an engine
First they conscripted E. coli into computations; now scientists have coaxed the bacteria into pushing on the teeth of a tiny crankshaft. The Physics arXiv …
Monitoring patient wellness from a distance
More and more studies are proving telemedicine is effective in helping patients modify their lifestyle to manage health conditions. Telephone counseling combined with home-based blood …
Tools to track health decisions grow in popularity
A new startup called Keas aims to help individuals take control of their health. Users complete a personal health survey and are provided with online …
The blind can see
Via the New York Times, here's a story that gadget-lovers and medical professionals alike can appreciate: With the help of a tiny camera and an …
A pill that polices patients
Wireless technology is increasingly becoming a popular solution to streamline health-care practices, but one company is taking the integration of wireless services a step further. …
Switching drugs on and off with magnetism
Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston have devised a technique that aims to deliver medication to patients on an as-needed basis for an extended period of …