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Mana = “Mother Administered Nutritive Aid”

Nov 21 2012 07:10 PM | eds in Health

Just 3 servings of MANA a day can save the life of a starving child. . . . A fortified peanut paste that’s been carefully formulated . . . to provide all of a child’s basic nutritional needs. Source: mananutrition

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$150.- Personal Health Meter In 2013

Nov 30 2012 02:00 AM | eds in Health

Walter De Brouwer wants to change the way healthcare works in the world. Scanadu is developing a real life Tricorder similiar to those from Star Trek. De Brouwer is also the founder of Starlab, specializing in Blue Sky research. Scanadu's Scout t...

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Health Benefits Of Apples

Nov 30 2012 05:10 PM | eds in Health

Apple's antioxidant property prevents the damage to cells and tissues. . . . The fiber content, while less than in most other fruits, . . . helps regulate bowel movements and . . . may thus reduce the risk of colon cancer. They may also help wit...

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Health: Water

Dec 02 2012 01:40 PM | eds in Health

Problem: . . . More than 3.5 million people will die this year, . . . from water related problems. Green Answer: Gravity Assisted Power Feltenberger Pendulum Pump and . . . Aquathin filtration system.

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'tis The Season For Healthy Hot Cocoa

Dec 03 2012 03:55 PM | eds in Health

1) Antioxidant concentration in hot cocoa is almost, . . . 2X as strong as red wine . . . 3X as strong as green tea and . . . 5X as strong as black tea. 2) More antioxidants are released when it's heated up. 3) Antioxidant gallic acid is used to t...

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Health: This Will Change Everything!

Dec 07 2012 03:00 PM | eds in Health

"Scout," a hand-held medical diagnostic system, . . . from Walter De Brouwer's company, Scanadu.

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Tire Patch For People

Dec 08 2012 02:20 AM | eds in Health

Unexpected and uncontrollable bleeding during surgery . . . poses a significant challenge to surgeons, and . . . in some surgical procedures . . . can raise the patient's mortality rate to 20%. J&J's EVARREST™ Fibrin Sealant Patch Approved...

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New York City Disaster Apartments For Homeless

Dec 10 2012 05:10 PM | eds in Health

If another Sandy hits, . . . some New Yorkers may be living inside, . . . stackable apartments that offer all the amenities of home, . . . FEMA shipping containers. Source: the-perfect-disaster-apartments

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Health: This Will Change Everything Also!

Dec 12 2012 01:35 AM | eds in Health

TIME: between work, family, friends and trying to squeeze in some occasional fun, . . . finding the time and energy to get healthy can be challenging. . . . There always feels like there is never enough time and . . . so it's easy to skip the gy...

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Health: "basis" And "scout"

Dec 12 2012 01:45 AM | eds in Health

Two New ways to help you be Healthy, . . . but which one is best for you? With millions of Baby-Boomers World-Wide, retiring daily, , , , these typs devices may be the answer to control Health Care Costs.

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Non-Invasive Surgery

Dec 24 2012 12:45 AM | eds in Health

Sonic "invisible scalpel" With a new technique that uses tightly-focused sound waves for micro-surgery, . . . University of Michigan engineering researchers . . . drilled a 150-micrometer hole in a confetti-sized artificial kidney stone. Sou...

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All Icu Core Vital Signs Captured In A Wrist Watch

Dec 26 2012 04:00 PM | eds in Health

The ViSi Mobile System is able to measure and display all core vital signs . . . . . . Blood Pressure, . . . . . . Heart Rate / Pulse Rate, . . . . . . 3-lead or 5-lead ECG, . . . . . . SpO, . . . . . . Respiration Rate, . . . . . . Skin Temperature ....

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Blood Testing Done Instantly And Cheap

Jan 01 2013 01:15 AM | eds in Health

Scientists from Houston’s Methodist Hospital Research Institute and . . . MD Anderson Cancer Center, create volumetric bar-chart chip (V-chip) . . . blood test, that cost about US$10. V-chip is an inexpensive credit card-sized device, . . . tha...

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Health: Type 1 & 2 Diabetics

Jan 10 2013 04:55 PM | eds in Health

Associate Professor Mike Lawrence from the . . . Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Melbourne, Australia, . . . explains how the research team captured the intricate way . . . in which insulin uses the insulin receptor to bind to the surface of cell...

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New Diabetics Drug

Jan 12 2013 02:50 AM | eds in Health

Canagliflozin, is part of a new group of drugs, . . . that causes blood sugar to be excreted in the urine. The drug improved participants’ blood-sugar levels, . . . led to weight loss and . . . reductions in blood pressure. The drug would be taken onc...

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Puremadi Filters Clean Water

Feb 12 2013 05:15 PM | eds in Health

The filter resembles a flower pot, and is used to both . . . mechanically remove particulate matter from the water, and to . . . kill microbes within it. The devices are made by the villagers, . . . starting with a mixture of locally-sourced . . . . ....

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Video Doctor Visit

Feb 18 2013 09:20 PM | eds in Health



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Promising New Cancer Treatment

Mar 21 2013 10:50 PM | eds in Health

A clinical trial has proved to send some cancer patients' Leukemia into remission.

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Idoctor

Apr 06 2013 11:55 PM | eds in Health

Could a smartphone be the future of medicine? http://www.youtube.c...p?v=r13uYs7jglg

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Look Forward To A Really Hot Summer

Apr 08 2013 08:00 PM | eds in Health

WeatherBug, is forecasting a summer similar to 2012, . . . which was the 3rd-hottest summer on record. Temperatures will be particularly high in the . . . Great Plains region into the Rockies, and . . . in Western Texas and parts of the Southeast. Mo...

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What Makes People Happy?

Apr 23 2013 12:55 AM | eds in Health

Psychologist Dr Mathew White provides an insight into research . . . that finds people report improved wellbeing when ? ? ?

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Carbon Maps

May 14 2013 01:05 PM | eds in Health

Making sense of climate change, . . . by changing area sizes, based on data. Source: Maps

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Health: Tricorder

May 23 2013 02:20 AM | eds in Health

Scanadu's SCOUT Monitors Vitals Signs A demo of an updated version of the Scanadu SCOUT, . . . will soon be in the hands of real users. Design changes which are coming and . . . the Scanadu's 30 day Indiegogo campaign.

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Health: Inhalable Drug Delivery Lung Cancer Tre...

May 24 2013 05:45 PM | eds in Health

American Cancer Society estimates, lung cancer will account for . . . 27% of all US cancer deaths in 2013 With intravenous delivery, the drugs tend to accumulate in the . . . liver, kidney and spleen, and . . . 23% reach the lungs. With Inhalation...

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Iphone Biosensor

May 27 2013 05:30 PM | eds in Health

A portable iPhone cradle made up of about . . . US$200 worth of electronics is claimed to be as accurate of a biosensor as a . . . US$50,000 spectrophotometer that remains stuck in a lab. Source: iphone

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