A system of sensors added to defibrillator implants might make it possible to predict heart […]
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Implant predicts heart failure a month before it happens
Posted by Matthew Solovey-Penn State on November 23rd, 2016
Posted in Biology, Health, Science General 
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No Comments »Bacteria with ‘thermostats’ could bring drugs to your gut
Posted by Whitney Clavin-Caltech/JPL/NASA on November 15th, 2016
To fight cancer and other diseases of the gut, we could one day rely on […]
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Posted by Peter Rüegg-ETH Zurich on September 19th, 2016
What’s the fairest way to allocate scarce medical resources? Ethicists, doctors, and patients often disagree. […]
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Posted by Jennifer Langston-Washington on September 9th, 2016
A new screening tool called HemaApp uses a smartphone camera to estimate hemoglobin concentrations and screen […]
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Posted by Phil Sneiderman-JHU on July 29th, 2016
A low-cost, low-tech device may soon help combat medics quickly and accurately open an airway […]
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