Medical Breakthroughs

Donald Sadoway, a materials chemistry researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology created a prototype liquid battery that could eventually “store enough electricity to allow cities to run on solar power at night,” according ...  

(ChinaPost.com.tw) - Taiwan's premier technology institutes, including Taiwan Textile Research Institute (TTRI) and the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), recently held an exhibition displaying all the technological breakthroughs they made over the last decade.  

London, Nov 20 (ANI): A new study has poured cold water on the theory that drinking lots of water gives you a glowing complexion. In fact, according to researchers, a balanced diet and lots of sunscreen can prove helpful in keeping skin healthy. In the Food For Skin report, experts at the British Nutrition Foundation have highlighted [...]  

Photo: Getty Images It's a fact of life that nanoparticles are everywhere: from sunscreen to underwear to performance wear - they are an invisible part of everyday life. Nanotechnology has made some promising inroads, but could these undetectable bits of material be harmful to our health? Recent studies however have raised serious concerns about the health impacts of nanoparticles in a plethora of con...Read the full story on TreeHugger  

(TrendHunter.com) Our world is consistently inflicted with deadly epidemics, whether it’s Cancer, SARS or the Swine Flu. And while we can’t quite beat these diseases, at least we’re closer than we were before. With today’s…  

PRWEB ) December 10, 2009 -- Earthcam, the international webcam technology experts, today announced an innovative 2010 Product Line filled with new engineering solutions for projects ranging from majo...  

IGNIS Innovation Inc., a world leader in the design and development of thin film transistor circuits and driver algorithms for AMOLED, will demonstrate important breakthroughs in the field of AMOLED image compensation technology at its booth at the FPD International Exhibition in Pacifico Yokohama from 28th ~ 30th October 2009. read more  

Washington TimesWill obsession with abortion fight kill health care reform?Detroit Free PressThe price of such complacency is manifest, they say, in the health care reform bill adopted earlier this month by the US House. ...Reader's view: Abortion isn't health careDuluth News Tribune (registration)Basic reproductive health should be in reform billPatriot-NewsAbortion in Health Plan Tests a Pennsylvania SenatorNew York TimesSioux Falls Argus...  

CBC.caDallas County health official calls for easing of rules on who can get swine ...Dallas Morning NewsA top Dallas County health official called Saturday for the federal government to begin allowing wider ...Free H1N1 vaccine to be distributed at schoolsBaltimore SunHealth director reaches out to blacksDurham Herald SunHealth department to host meeting on H1N1Huntington Herald DispatchState Gazette -Jacksonville Daily Progress -Omaha World...  

eFitnessNowWomen's health recommendations disputedElmira Star-GazetteAll women should be outraged and speak up about these views on health care, views that even the American Cancer Society is questioning. ...Local residents weigh in on mammogram recommendationsShreveport TimesNew federal guidelines have physicians debating merits of mammogramsPress & Sun-BulletinCold numbers by themselves aren't enoughMilwaukee Journal SentinelZanesville Times...  

New health care systems employ incentives for savings, qualityDallas Morning NewsSystems in which health care providers have a financial incentive to contain costs and improve quality by coordinating care for a defined patient population ...Baylor prescribes shared payments, coordinated care to unite health care ...Dallas Morning Newsall 4 news articles »  

Times LIVEState health department to observe World AIDS DayHattiesburg AmericanThe Mississippi State Department of Health, STD/HIV Office in collaboration with community partners will observe World AIDS Day on Tuesday in Jackson. ...AIDS continues to take its toll on the SouthAccess North GeorgiaCommunity briefs: County offering rapid HIV testingKansas City StarHIV infections rebounding in ChinaWIVBKansas.com -Lincoln Journal Star...  

Dallas summit will bring together health care buyers, sellersDallas Morning NewsWhen leaders from the Dallas medical, insurance and business communities meet Monday to talk health care, it will be a first. Until now, medical sellers ...and more »  

China Tries to Fix Health Care SystemFOXNewsJIZHUANGCUN, China — Unable to rely on China's broken health care system, the Ji family was desperate. Doctors had taken 15-year-old Ji Xiaoyan off a ...and more »  

Loudoun County health calendarWashington PostDISABILITY RESOURCE CENTER, technological help through the state Department for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing and with loans from the state Technology ...