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Safe Sun Behavior Uncommon In Preadolescent Children
Thursday, January 26th, 2012

According to a new study in the journal Pediatrics, only 25% of children will be appropriately shielded from the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays this summer, down by 50% from survey done eight years ago.
Memories are Made of This: Differences in Working Memory with Age are Linked to Memory Strategies Used
Monday, January 23rd, 2012

Recent research published in the journal Memory suggests that older adults perform less well on working memory tasks as they do not forget information that is no longer relevant.
NIH establishes National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Friday, January 20th, 2012

New center to speed movement of discoveries from lab to patients.
Bath Salts Case Underscores Dangers of Legal Drugs
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012

According to a case study report in the medical journal Orthopedics, a New Orleans woman recently lost an arm to flesh-eating bacteria after injecting a drug called "bath salts."

A Pill-Sized MRI Powered Robotic Endoscope
Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

Researchers from Tel Aviv University in Israel and Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston are working on a robotic endoscope that can be steered through the GI tract.
Ion Proton Sequencer for Genome Sequencing
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

Life Technologies Ion Proton Sequencer is designed to sequence the entire human genome in a day for $1,000.
Electronic Contact Lenses for Blood Glucose Monitoring
Monday, January 09th, 2012

Researchers from the University of Washington and Microsoft Research Connections are working together to develop a contact lens that monitors blood glucose levels.
Scanadu Medical Tricorder
Friday, January 06th, 2012

Medical tech startup Scanadu has created a scanner called the Medical Tricorder, which measures key vital signs, reads simple samples and sends all information directly to your smartphone.