July 26, 2019 These tattoos could help track chronic diseases like diabetes The dye includes sensors to change colors in the presence of the biomarker being measured.
July 3, 2019 Tech titan calls for health care overhaul: 'Our medical system is stuck in dark ages' Futurist Vivek Wadhwa made the declaration in an email to colleagues and friends the day after he lost his wife to a rare form of cancer called cholangiocarcinoma.
June 17, 2019 Scientists develop new laser that can find and destroy cancer cells in the blood Cancer cells can spread to other parts of the body through the blood.
April 9, 2019 New VA spinal injury center helps veterans heal A new medical center in Colorado is offering veterans with spinal cord injuries an opportunity for top-of-the-line care without having to leave the state.
March 10, 2019 Family upset after 'robot' doctor informs patient he doesn't have long to live A California man's family is upset after a robot was delivered to his hospital room, telling the man he didn't have long to live.
February 5, 2019 5-year-old quadruple amputee gearing up for half-marathon after losing limbs to meningitis A 5-year-old girl who lost all four limbs to meningitis before age 1 is gearing up for her first half-marathon, where she’ll be aided around the course by her team members before hopefully finishing the final stretch on her prosthetic legs.
January 1, 2019 Dr. Marc Siegel: Miracles await -- 2019 will be a year of amazing strides in medical innovation Remember when Dr. McCoy on “Star Trek” was able to make diagnoses with a tricorder and perform brain surgery by simply putting a futuristic band around a patient’s head? That kind of medicine seemed like pure fantasy at the time.
November 26, 2018 Spinal-cord stimulators help some patients, injure others Desperate for relief after years of agony, Jim Taft listened intently as his pain management doctor described a medical device that could change his life.
October 19, 2018 Sketchy genetic engineering practices could spell the end of the world as we know it Powerful new gene-editing tools are making possible scenarios once considered science fiction. They are unprecedented developments ranging from utopian to dystopian.
