Air Force Tests Method for Using Light to Heal Battlefield Injuries
In the near future, wounds may be treated with a flash of light. A process called photochemical tissue bonding can replace conventional stitches, staples and glues in…
View ArticleNew Method Could Print Out Prescription Pills to Order
A new printing method could deposit medicines onto the surface of pills, making large, chalky-tasting tablets -- and your grandma's weekly-labeled pill box -- a thing of the…
View ArticleEEG Scans May Be Key to Communication for Vegetative Patients
Brain-wave scanners might make it possible to communicate with people who are considered brain-dead, according to a new study reported in the Economist. A couple of recent…
View ArticleCommon Webcams Could Be Used to Continuously Monitor Your Vital Signs
That first early-morning look in the mirror may soon tell you a lot more about your state of being beyond the simple fact that you look like you could use another hour of…
View ArticleAn Israeli Biocomputer Can Now Detect Multiple Signs of Disease from Inside...
Wouldn't it be easier to deal with disease if our bodies just fixed themselves? That's asking quite a bit from our physiologies, but Israeli researchers are working on tiny…
View ArticleA Wirelessly Controlled Pharmacy Dispenses Drugs From Within Your Abdomen
In the future, implantable computerized dispensaries will replace trips to the pharmacy or doctor’s office, automatically leaching drugs into the blood from medical devices…
View ArticleFuture of Medicine
March 2012 is our Future of Medicine issue. Here are the stories: ### No PulseHow doctors reinvented the human heart by Dan Baum * ### By the Numbers: Flu Season,…
View ArticleNo Pulse: How Doctors Reinvented The Human Heart
Meeko the calf stood nuzzling a pile of hay. He didn't seem to have much appetite, and he looked a little bored. Every now and then, he glanced up, as though wondering why so…
View ArticleVideo: The Doctors Who Made the No-Pulse Heart
Heart Stop Beating is a three-minute documentary film about the no-pulse, continuous-flow artificial heart, which Dan Baum writes about in our Future of Medicine issue. It…
View ArticleThe Test Olympians Use to Improve Their Performance--On the Inside
To help prepare for track meets, competitive 5K races and especially the Olympics, Boston-based runner Ruben Sanca runs 116 miles per week, takes vitamins and mostly watches…
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