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Star Trek-style hand-held gadget for biomedical analysis may soon become reality

New medical devices | January 24, 2012 Allie MendozaJanuary 24, 2012
Star Trek-style hand-held medical scanners similar to the tricoder featured in the television series may soon become a reality. These portable...
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Medical miracle from Obama's bailout, iPhones to function as portable labs

October 24, 2011 Electronic Medical Records | October 24, 2011 Mary Holman
You know the drill. You're at the doctor's office for your annual exam, and he or she is busy entering data into a computer.Or you're...
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Combining breast cancer genetic and routine mammogram tests enhance patient survival

| January 13, 2010 Ruben DagdaJanuary 13, 2010
Breast cancer is a serious health-related concern in the Western Pennsylvania region. There is a high incidence of breast cancer in Pennsylvania,...
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Whole body vibration therapy, a revolutionary technique that efficiently treats Parkinson's disease

| January 3, 2010 Ruben DagdaJanuary 03, 2010
A novel non-traditional physicaltherapy method is available for advanced Parkinson's disease (PD) patients that do not respond well to...
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New line of "pharmacy robots" serving in many US hospital pharmacies- over 30 million doses served!

| December 22, 2009 Ruben DagdaDecember 22, 2009
The future of automation in the health care industry is gaining momentum in the market and familiarity in many hospital pharmacies around North...
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Should Pittsburgh pharmacies purchase robots to prepare your IV antibiotics and chemo drugs?

| November 28, 2009 Ruben DagdaNovember 28, 2009
It appears that Japan may not be the only country in the world filling its streets with robots that collect garbage from garbage dumps, assigning...
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Mellon scientists developed cyborg brain chips that allow human brain waves to control computers

| November 23, 2009 Ruben DagdaNovember 23, 2009
It may sound as this news was taken directly out of a science fiction movie script but the reality is that brain computer interfaces (BCI) are one...
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IBM scientists have unveiled a new lab-on-a-chip device for screening infections and biomarkers

| November 21, 2009 Ruben DagdaNovember 21, 2009
In this new age of nanotechnology, the possibility for developing an easy-to-use medical without the need to visit the family doctor or...
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Neurosurgeons can now perform a virtual non-invasive brain biopsy in real-time

| November 16, 2009 Ruben DagdaNovember 16, 2009
Brain cancer is a devastating disease with a relatively poor prognosis which accounts for about 1.5% of all cancers of the world population. Prior...
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New promising treatments partially restore vision in blind people

| November 1, 2009 Ruben DagdaNovember 01, 2009
As more than two million Americans suffer from eye related diseases, three studies summarized in this Examiner related article show that these...
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