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Technology is the making, modification, usage, applied activity or behavior, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems, methods of organization or environmental rearrangements in order to solve a problem, improve a preexisting solution to a problem, achieve a goal or perform a specific function.
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More than 75 percent of American adults have some form of gum disease – but the condition is completely preventable.
Peer Blumenschein, CEO of Emmi-Tech, Inc., recently spoke with Fox News Health about a new technology that is changing the way we brush our teeth – the Emmi-Dent Ultrasonic Toothbrush."[It's] a new device in the United States," Blumenschein said, "…and it's the first toothbrush which runs 100 percent on ultrasound, so the ultrasound cleans. You do not have to brush – so it's a 'no brushing' toothbrush."The toothbrush – modeled after the average dental teeth cleaning - uses devices with ultrasonic power to break down tartar. But unlike conventional cleanings, the Emmi-Dent brush utilizes microwaves with significantly less power."[It's] just enough to kill the bacteria in your mouth – in your gums, on the teeth – so that you don't destroy the teeth or the enamel and basically don't harm your oral system," Blumenschein said.According to Blumenschein, the Emmi-Dent brush is...Brain cancer is a growth of abnormal cells in the brain. The National Cancer Institute estimates that brain and other nervous system cancers will account for 13,700 ...
Kava, an herb from the Pacific islands whose roots yield relaxing compounds, has been sold in the U.S. for a long time. In 1900 kava extract appeared in the Sears Ro...
The American Psychiatric Association (from which I resigned in protest, some time ago) is at it again—making up, then retracting, new diagnoses that their committees...
Botox could be used to help treat people who suffer from chronic migraines, a report in London found Friday.The injections, most commonly known as an anti-wrinkle tr...
Babies conceived through certain fertility treatment techniques are about one-third more likely to have a birth defect than babies conceived without any extra help f...
Facebook announced plans Tuesday to encourage its 161 million members to add their organ donor status to their Timelines.With more than 114,000 people waiting for he...
For most people, dealing with needles isn't easy – especially when it comes to facial injections. It is estimated that more than 10 percent of Americans suffer from ...
About 15 million premature babies are born every year — more than 1 in 10 of the world's births and a bigger problem than previously believed, according to the first...
Midwives and doctors are longtime rivals in the politics governing where women should give birth: Home or hospital.But that tension, typically played out privately b...
It revolutionized the way we watch movies, and now, it's revolutionizing the way doctors treat illnesses. Three-dimension is the new frontier of medicine, according ...
For new mom Linda Fanelli, dealing with hyperhidrosis, or excessive sweating, was a daily struggle."I was truthfully very tired of caking on deodorant, getting it al...
Much has been said about the fact that former Vice President Dick Cheney , who just had a heart transplant at 71 years of age, is among the oldest recipients. But in...
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), drinking water with low levels of arsenic – 10 parts per billion – has been deemed nontoxic and okay for...
When a new patient comes into Dr. Shawn Jones' office in Paducah, Kentucky complaining of pain and asks for a specific drug without talking about other symptoms, Jon...
Between laptops, smart phones and iPods, America's youth is more connected today than any other generation. However, experts worry they lack the ability to really c...
In the first procedure of its kind, skin cells taken from patients suffering from heart failure were "reprogrammed" and changed into heart muscle cells. Not only we...
Given the rapid drop in price of whole genome sequencing — a technology that allows doctors to get information on your entire DNA — one day relatively soon you may g...
Take a look around your office and you may be able to spot which employee is the most stressed, simply by looking at the type of computers your office mates are usin...
The rate of food-borne illness in the United States dropped by nearly a quarter since the late 1990s, according to a new report.Researchers at the Centers for Diseas...
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