Every time a year near the end of the U.S. "time" magazine will be named the "twenty-five best inventions", the standard magazine founded in 1923 are surprisingly consistent, is to make the world a better and more intelligent, more ...
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John Lewis has announced its Locally Made initiative which will enhance its support of local UK suppliers and manufacturers. The project will see the retailer bring together locally-designed and made products from across the country in a ...
A blue glowing device the size of a peppercorn can activate neurons of the brain, spinal cord or limbs in mice and is powered wirelessly using the mouse's own body to transfer energy. Developed by a Stanford Bio-X team, the device is the ...
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The running shoes worn by Roger Bannister when he broke the 4-minute mile in 1954 were sold at auction on Thursday for $409,344, according to Christie’s auction house. Christie’s expected the shoes to fetch between $47,000 and ...
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Drinking coffee may be associated with a lower risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore. The study, published in February 2015 and to be presented at ...
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Posted in Mobile Health by Chris Newmarker on January 30, 2015 Why would two women who visit the doctor with identical early symptoms of multiple sclerosis have vastly different outcomes 10 years later? That’s what pharmaceutical ...
The EnterMedics Maestro Rechargeable System weight loss treatment device is effective although scientists are unclear why. The FDA has approved the first weight-loss device since 2007, giving obese adults an alternative to dieting and ...
The FDA won’t let 23andMe sell its Personal Genomic Service tests to consumers in the United States, but that hasn’t stopped the company from selling its customers’ anonymous information to other companies for research. ...
We’re just a week into 2015, but already you’ve probably seen umpteen articles about the Back to the Future II tech we have and haven’t got yet. To save you unnecessarily visiting Buzzfeed or whatever, here’s the ...
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Google has lengthened its leap into medtech by acquiring Lift Labs, a San Francisco startup that makes a spoon to help prevent patients with movement disorders from spilling their food. The Internet giant will fold Lift Labs into Google ...
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NeuroPace (Mountain View, CA) will team with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop new neurostimulation treatments for epilepsy patients with memory deficits. The project may ultimately benefit patients with other ...
Big Tobacco, almost unbelievably, is lending a hand in the creation of a potential breakthrough drug, a new class of drugs that could dull grave psychiatric disorders, improve attention of ADHD afflicted children, repel Alzheimer's onset, ...
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Not all cigarettes are the same. Some brands have higher cigarette tar than others. The Consumer Council in China recently cited laboratory tests that found some brands of tobacco have tar levels that are 15 times higher than others. ...
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Reusable transport packaging systems manufacturer Rehrig Pacific has chosen iApp Platform from InSync Software to implement all RFID and GPS-enabled supply chain services for various verticals. Rehrig Pacific IT operations director Rob ...
A team of UCA researchers led by Professor Esther Berrocoso and in joint collaboration with the mental health research groups of the Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM) have carried out a ...