Darrell Proctor is a publishing industry veteran with more than 30 years' experience writing about business, technology and sports. He spent more than a decade at the St. Petersburg Times and later the Rocky Mountain News, where he authored the Mile High Tech blog and was noted for his reviews of consumer electronics and technology. Questions for Darrell? Drop him a line at techexaminer@gmail.com.

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Tapeworm technology - a parasite helps drug researchers

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August 20, 12:21 PM

by Darrell Proctor, Business Examiner

Studying tapeworms can help medical researchers.

So a guy in Chicago says he had a 9-foot tapeworm? Scientists want to talk to him.

He could become a great medical research project.

It seems researchers have been studying tapeworms in their search for new drugs. Why? Because certain tapeworm species suppress the body's "flushing" mechanism with biochemicals, those same biochemicals could perhaps be used to help medicines stay in a person's system longer.

Don't think medical science doesn't want to capitalize on the buzz generated by the Chicago man's story. It's exactly the kind of thing that the medical community can jump on to get out its message about drug research.

And it can help folks learn how to avoid becoming the victim of such parasites.

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Fountain of youth? Cell regeneration explored

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August 16, 5:33 PM

It's called bio-regenerative scalar technology. And it's part of a system designed to help humans recharge their bodies in much the same way we recharge our cell phones.The technology will be featured as part of a segment of Pulse on America, an educational... Read More
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Survey ranks "most wired" hospitals

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July 17, 7:57 AM

Health networks for years have struggled with moving patients' records and doctors' files into the digital age.Some groups have made it a priority, though, and that's reflected in the 2008 Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study in the July... Read More
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Cancer treatments get boost from new technology

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July 4, 7:39 PM

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have developed a test that can help cancer patients by making their treatments more productive.The test uses a microchip scanner that can detect small amounts of tumor cells in a patient's blood. That can... Read More
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Heart Surgery? Doctors Looking To Videogame Technology

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ScienceDaily reports that surgeons are borrowing "stereo glasses" from the videogame industry to perform delicate heart surgery. It's all with the help of a "real-time stereoscopic visualization system."This is good stuff,... Read More
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Kaiser, Microsoft Team On Medical Records Program

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June 9, 10:07 PM

Having your medical records available online has been the subject of much debate among those concerned with Internet security.But as someone whose former medical provider allowed e-mail access to personal physicians, and access to a medical history that... Read More
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A New Way To Ease Drug Costs

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Many folks may not think of medical breakthroughs when they think of technology. But high-tech is a big part of the pharmaceutical world.Case in point - The Economic Times reports that "technology that identifies and monitors changes in crystal... Read More
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Diabetes And Technology - A Medical Breakthrough

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May 23, 11:21 AM

Diabetes - particularly Type 1 - has been in the news a lot lately, particularly around Denver after the diagnosis for Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler. Researchers are trying to improve treatments and they're doing it with the help of technology. The... Read More
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Fitness For The Brain

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April 28, 11:18 AM

Those of us who are growing older (which, of course, means ALL OF US), are prone to joking about our loss of brain cells as we age.But how to give the brain a workout when spending time doing the mundane tasks of the average workday?Check out... Read More
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Medical Technology Project Is Saving Children Worldwide

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April 28, 11:01 AM

Technology can be many things, but above all it should make our lives easier and in many cases more meaningful.Frank Brady realized that a while back. In June, his Medical Missions for Children charity will likely treat its 30,000th child. Computerworld... Read More
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