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News: Science
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Oct 01 2009
In 30 or 40 years, we'll have microscopic machines traveling through our bodies, repairing damaged cells and organs, effectively wiping out diseases. The nanotechnology will also be used to back up ...
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Sep 28 2009
University researchers have used nanomaterials to develop a microchip they say has enough sensitivity to detect early stage cancer when it is most treatable. Scientists at the University of Toronto ...
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Sep 25 2009
Health care is suddenly an information technology hotbed, thanks to the $787 billion federal stimulus package. President Obama wants hospitals and doctors' offices to computerize medical information ...
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Sep 25 2009
Operating IT budgets rising. Tech job postings multiplying. Billions of dollars lining up for investment. Eager vendors swarming like bees to a hive. No one has quite figured out, for example, ...
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Sep 21 2009
Adam Bosworth is asking you to take your health into your own hands (or at least into your computer). The former head of Google Health, Bosworth is now working on a new start-up, Keas Inc., which is ...
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Sep 18 2009
eHealth adoption may be a slow process, but efforts to digitize radiology departments at hospitals across Canada are nearly complete. Agfa HealthCare replaced film at 51 sites across the RUIS of ...
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Aug 03 2009
Researchers at MIT have killed ovarian tumors in mice using nanoparticles that deliver killer genes to the cancer cells. The findings, according to MIT, could lead to a new treatment for ovarian ...
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Jul 14 2009
In a children's hospital, dispensing medicine is more complicated than putting pills in a bottle. Youthful patients come in a wide variety of ages and sizes, which means their dosages must be ...
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Jul 02 2009
Roughly 30 per cent of family physicians in Ontario utilize electronic medical records (EMRs), according to OntarioMD Inc., a subsidiary of the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) funded by the ...
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Jul 01 2009
With the current population increase outgrowing the local healthcare resources, lawmakers and doctors in the Philippines are calling for the immediate adoption of international telehealth standards ...
