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Is Nanotechnology the Key to Happiness?
Nanotechnology has been called a great many things--the great leveler, the panacea to all that ails the world, the technology that will allow us to solve all of our problems from world hunger to pollution. But this month, at nanotechnow.com, Tihamer Toth-Fejel makes the rather provocative claim that the "exponential... (read the rest)
When You Can't Get a PDR, Grab an iPhone!
One in ten doctors recommends...an iPhone! Yes, you heard that right. One in ten doctors agrees that the iPhone is a good health tool. For what? The PDR. Recommending drugs. Or at least preventing drug interactions. Or both. Read it here from the WSJ: "When Apple first started promoting applications... (read the rest)
Harvard Prof to Lead Effort to Get Doctors to Use Computers
With no small task on his hands, the Obama admininistration has tapped Harvard professor David Blumenthal to be the national coordinator for health IT, says the Boston Globe. Blumenthal will be responsible for watching over the $20 billion dollars in the economic stimulus package allocated for health information technology and... (read the rest)
Cotton Candy IS Good for You!
New research suggests that cotton candy may help re-grow human tissue such as bone, skin, or muscle, says MSNBC. The technique is actually a bit to complicated for me to explain, but it sounds a bit like if one poured candy apple solution over cotton candy to create a complicated... (read the rest)
Health Privacy Exists No Matter Who You Are
According to a recent New York Times article, "health privacy isn't an issue when you are a legend." The article, discussing the recent health disclosures, rumormongering, and volatile stock prices at Apple, due to Steve Jobs' health claims that privacy isn't a luxury that Mr. Jobs can have when he... (read the rest)
Google Goggles Prevent "Sleep Mailing"
Sleep researchers have discovered that in addition to other activities known to be part of sleepwalkers' acts emailing is now part of that, says the New York Times. In order to prevent email mishaps attributed to late night mailing, Google has developed so-called "Mail Goggles" to prevent inappropriate mails from... (read the rest)
My Doctor's Always on Call--Via Mobile
A company called BPL Mobile has launched a new service called, "Doctors on Call", a 9 am to 9 PM service that will allow patients to speak to remote doctor about their medical conditions. This Bangalore-based service is said to diagnose patients into three, highly specific, categories: "Acute", "Chronic" and... (read the rest)
Future of Healthcare is Technology
Based on reports from CNet.com, one small part of O'Reilly's Web 2.0 Meeting in San Francisco this week was about the next phase in healthcare--as they call it Health 2.0. The essentials--lots of people, even more data, and big, bad technology. At the center of it all are innovative ideas... (read the rest)
Earbuds Killed the Radio Star
How many times have you told someone or been told that the tunes blaring in your MP3 player of choice are just too darn loud and that "you're going to hurt your hearing"? Well, it turns out the scolders were right. EU scientists have learned, according to multiple international news... (read the rest)
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