Medicine Stories for 2010

Nintendo Warns 3D Games Can Ruin Children's Eyes 229
London Neighborhood Tops Both "Healthy" and Binge Drinking Lists 3
Placebos Work -- Even Without Deception 430
Using Kinect For a Touch-Free Interface In Surgery 53
Free Radicals May Not Be Cause of Aging 371
Browsing the Body 107
Researchers Use Wireless To Study How Flu Spreads 64
A Bionic Leg That Rewires Stroke Victims' Brains 36
Judge Declares Federal Healthcare Plan (Partly) Unconstitutional 1505
Italian Hospital Asks Doctors Not To Snort Cocaine At Work 2
High-Tech War Games Help Save Lives 142
Diabetic Men May Be Able To Grow Their Own Insulin-Producing Cells 148
Small Fujitsu Device Harvests Both Solar and Thermal Energy 36
Team Use Stem Cells to Restore Mobility in Paralyzed Monkey 196
One Night Stands May Be Genetic 240
Medical Researcher Rediscovers Integration 473
Being Too Clean Can Make People Sick 333
Aging Reversed In Mice 554
FedEx Misplaces Radioactive Rods 165
BEAR Robot Designed To Rescue Wounded Soldiers 104
Spine Implant Helps Paralyzed People Exercise 39
New Imaging Method Reveals Brain Connections 95
Dissecting the Neural Circuitry of Fear 123
Australian State Govt. To Fund iPads For Doctors 97
US Army Develops Tooth Cleaning Gum 160
Twinkie Diet Helps Nutrition Professor Lose 27 Pounds 35
Pee On Your Phone STD Test 208
Scientists Turn Skin Into Blood 229
Americans Less Healthy, But Outlive Brits 521
Skin-Tight Bodysuits Could Protect Astronauts From Bone Loss 158
Chip Allows Blind People To See 231
Man Dies of Caffeine Overdose 5
Miniature Human Livers Grown In Lab 154
Breakthrough Portends Cure For the Common Cold 180
Immune System Killer Mechanism Identified 88
Stopping Malaria By Immunizing Mosquitoes 100
You Have Taste Receptors In Your Lungs 223
The Future of the Most Important Human Brain 252
Flexible, Stretchable, Implantable LED Arrays Created 147
Austria's 'Bionic Man' Dies In Car Crash 200
Researchers Find 70-Year-Olds Are Getting Smarter 115
Woman Develops Peanut Allergy After Lung Transplant 146
The Effect of Internal Bacteria On the Human Body 227
Tablets Are Game-Changers For Special Needs Kids 174
Meta-Research Debunks Medical Study Findings 261
iPhone Opens Up Bluetooth For Data 129
Research Shows How Deaf Cats' Brains Re-Purpose Auditory Centers 100
eLEGS Exoskeleton Allows Paraplegics To Walk 56
Visible Light 'X-Ray' Sees Through Solid Objects 122
15-Year-Old Boy Fitted With Robotic Heart 241
Neurosurgeons Use MRI-Guided Lasers To Destroy Tumors 70
Non-Embryonic Stem Cells Developed From Skin Cells 175
Animal Farms Are Pumping Up Superbugs 551
2010 Ig Nobel Winners Announced 111
Scientists Stack Up New Genes For Height 66
Doctors Save Premature Baby Using Sandwich Bag 246
Rewiring a Damaged Brain 92
NASA Data Reveals China's Industrial Air Pollution 133
Scientists Find New Target For Alzhiemer's 107
Senate Nominee Claims Scientists Have Created Mice With Human Brains 11
Deleting Certain Gene Makes Mice Smarter 259
High Fructose Corn Syrup To Get a Makeover 646
Two Research Groups Create 'Electric Skin' 52
Using Wisdom Teeth To Make Stem Cells 82
Family To Receive $1.5M+ In Vaccine-Autism Award 594
World's First Transcontinental Anesthesia 83
Translating Brain Waves Into Words 72
White House Correspondent Tweets His Heart Attack 77
Simon Singh Talks With Wired About His Libel Battle 239
White House Fingers PlayStation As Obesity Culprit 477
Ancient Nubians Drank Antibiotic-Laced Beer 249
NIH Orders Halt To Embryonic Stem Cell Research 593
Scientists Unveil Structure of Adenovirus 20
Sit Longer, Die Sooner 341
Possible Treatment For Ebola 157
Nuns Donate Their Brains to Alzheimer's Research 148
Look-Alike Tubes Lead To Hospital Deaths 520
"Granny Pods" Keep Elderly Close, At Safe Distance 0
Anti-Depressants Used Against StarCraft Addiction 258
Researchers Zero In On Protein That Destroys HIV 216
What Happens To a Football Player's Neurons? 176
Autism Diagnosed With a Fifteen Minute Brain Scan 190
A Million Kids Misdiagnosed with ADHD? 711
Rare Sharing of Data Led To Results In Alzheimer's Research 159
Man Takes Up Internal Farming 136
Medical Students Open To Learning With Video Games 46
The Brain's Secret For Sleeping Like a Log 259
Spinal-Fluid Test Confirmed To Predict Alzheimer's 138
Gene Mutation Caused 2009 H1N1 Virus Spread 158
Regenerating Muscle Cells With Newt-Inspired Tech 88
Dog Eats Man's Toe and Saves His Life 207
Man Sick of Waiting In ER Sews His Own Gashed Leg 5
Human Tests of Mind-Controlled Artificial Arm To Begin 119
'I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up!' v2.0 155
Man Wants to Donate His Heart Before He Dies 456
How a Key Enzyme Repairs Sun-Damaged DNA 97
GPUs Helping To Lower CT Scan Radiation 77
SFLC Wants To Avoid Death by Code 247
Industrial Marijuana Farming Approved In Oakland 690
Vaccine Patch Removes Needle Pain 250
Rat Lung Successfully Regenerated and Transplanted 59
Feds To Help Train 50,000 Health IT Workers 212
First 'Malaria-Proof' Mosquito Created 261
Telemedicine Comes Into Its Own 50
Infants Ingest 77 Times the Safe Level of Dioxin 343
Arctic Bacteria Used To Make Cool Vaccines 74
Antidepressants In the Water Are Making Shrimp Suicidal 182
Familial DNA Testing Nabs Alleged Serial Killer 258
China Censors HIV/AIDS Awareness Documentary 120
Antibody Discovered To Boost HIV Vaccines 144
Implantable Eye Telescope Finally FDA Approved 112
Doctor Invents 'Zero Gravity' Radiation Suit 83
Mobile Medical Lab — the $10 Phone Microscope 54
'Forest Bathing' Considered Healthful 252
Parasite Correlated With World Cup Success 366
World's Tiniest Radiometer To Power Medical Scanner 37
Poor Vision? There's an App For That 146
Microsoft's Health-y Patent Appetite 85
What Bilski Means For Biotech Patents 47
Consumer Guide To Stem Cell Clinics 40
Three Ground-Breaking Miniature Biosensors 18
3D Displays May Be Hazardous To Young Children 386
Stem Cells Curing Burn-Induced Blindness 54
Researchers Create Lung On a Chip 45
Bionic Cat Gets World's First Implant Paws 225
Rats Breathe Air From Lungs Grown In the Lab 112
1000 Genomes Project Releases Pilot Genome Data 55
What US Health Care Needs 584
Stem Cell Tourist Dies From Treatment In Thailand 451
X-ray Pin-Up Calendar 3
X Prize Foundation Wants AI Physician On Every Smartphone 245
Doctors Reverse With Drugs Autism-Linked Fragile X Syndrome In Mice 63
Smart Underwear Designed For Military 169
Stem Cell Tourists Take Costa Rica Off the Agenda 206
Studies Prove BPA Can Cross Placenta To Fetuses 234
Artificial Cornea To Reach Patients This Year 94
Inventor Sues Because His Invention Is Being Used As a Sex Toy 15
Urine Test For Autism 228
New Gadget Tells You When To Take a Break 50
India Attempts To Derail ACTA 162
Caffeine Addicts Get No Additional Perk, Only a Return To Baseline 506
Breakthrough In Stem Cell Culturing 57
Acupuncture May Trigger a Natural Painkiller 215
New Ebola Drug 100% Effective In Monkeys 129
Glaxo Open Sources Malaria Drug Search Data 80
Cutting Umbilical Cord Early Eliminates Stem Cells 139
Scientist Infects Self With Computer Virus 393
Stem Cell Patent Halts Hospital's Collection 223
Sweden Gets Norway's Worst Doctor 9
Cheap Incubator Backpack Could Reduce Infant Deaths 76
Foldit Player May Have Created a Useful Protein 144
Researchers Restore Youthful Memory In Aging Mice 145
Doctors Seeing a Rise In "Google-itis" 368
Using Augmented Reality To Treat Cockroach Phobia 126
10-Year Cell Phone / Cancer Study Is Inconclusive 248
Chemical Cocktail Can Keep a Heart Viable 10 Days, Outside the Body 97
Cheap Cancer Drug Finally Tested In Humans 363
Nutritionist Claims His Pre-Packaged Meals Are Dangerous 35
Genetic Testing Coming To a Drugstore Near You 110
Ultrasound As a Male Contraceptive 599
"Serious Games" Industry Gains Traction 92
Bio-Detector Scans For 3,000 Viruses and Bacteria 103
iPhone App Helps To Cure Vertigo 57
Air Force Treating Wounds With Lasers and Nanotech 92
Robot With Knives Used In Robotics Injury Study 132
Crowdsourcing HIV Research 52
Salad Spinner Made Into Life-Saving Centrifuge 87
Should the Gov't Pay For Injured Man's Wii? 222
Kid Health Experts Attack Video Game Summer Camp 123
UK Docs Perform First Remote-Control Heart Surgery 142
FDA Approves Vaccine For Prostate Cancer 194
How To Grow a Head 355
The World's First Full Face Transplant 193
Biggest Study On Cellphone Health Effects Launched in Europe 109
Ultrathin Silk-Based Brain Implants 98
Anti-Cancer Agent Stops Metastasis In Its Tracks 269
NYC OB/GYN Sells Sex Toys 2
Fighting Parkinson's Disease With Rap 6
Research Suggests Brain Has a 2-Task Limit for Multitasking 257
UK Scientists Create a Three-Parent Embryo 201
Woman Claims Wii Fit Caused Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome 380
American Lung Association Pushes For Ban On Electronic Cigarettes 790
British Chiropractors Drop Case Against Simon Singh 182
Testing the Safety of Tasers On Meth-Addled Sheep 253
Girl Claims Price Scanner Gave Her Tourette's Syndrome 558
DNA Cancer Codes Cracked By International Effort 106
Handling Money Brings Pain Relief 103
Do You Have a Secret Immunity To 3D Movies? 495
A New "Medical Lab On a Chip" For Every Home? 56
Wake Forest Researchers Swap Skin Grafts For Cell Spraying 123
Look At Sick People To Give Your Immune System a Boost 271
Young Men Who Smoke Have Lower IQs 561
Science Attempts To Explain Heaven 692
The Short Arm of the Law 336
PARC Builds iPod-Sized HIV Detector 93
Gonorrhea As the Next Superbug 456
Company Invents Electronic Underpants 110
Man Sues Neighbor Claiming Wi-Fi Made Him Sick 574
US District Judge Rules Gene Patents Invalid 263
Could Colorblindness Cure Be Morally Wrong? 981
Facebook Leads To Increase In STDs in Britain 270
First Anti-Cancer Nanoparticle Trial On Humans a Success 260
Child Receives Trachea Grown From Own Stem Cells 103
High Fructose Corn Syrup Causes Bigger Weight Gain In Rats 542
RNA-Loaded Nanoparticles Fight Cancer 69
House Passes Massive Medical Insurance Bill, 219-212 2424
Flaw In Emergency Response System May Have Killed Hundreds 437
Medical Professionals Aren't Leaping For E-Medicine 98
Hospitals Ban Visitors From Sitting On Beds and Bringing Flowers 9
The State of Robotic Surgery 72
Japanese Turning To "Therapeutic Ringtones" 75
Blind Soldier Uses Tongue To "See" 107
Golden Nanocages To Put the Heat On Cancer Cells 97
In Israel, Potential Organ Donors Could Jump the Queue 582
Pharma Marketing Faces a Character-Count Conundrum 176
Why Are Digital Hearing Aids So Expensive? 727
Hunting Disease Origins By Whole-Genome Sequencing 124
Court Rules Against Vaccine-Autism Claims Again 416
N.Y. Health Insurers To Offer Virtual Doc Visits 74
Study Shows TV Makes Kids Fat, Computers Don't 276
Doctors Skirt FDA To Heal Patients With Stem Cells 394
AIDS Virus Can Hide In Bone Marrow 118
Lessons of a $618,616 Death 651
A Balanced Look At Cellphone Radiation 171
A Public Funded "Microsoft Shop?" 490
The Computer That Can Read Your Mind 145
Printing Replacement Body Parts 101
Federal Deadline Hobbling eHealth IT Rollout 99
Newborns' Blood Used To Build Secret DNA Database 263
New Wave of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria 404
US Government Poisoned Alcohol During Prohibition 630
Woman Live-Tweets Her Abortion 160
AIDS-Like Virus New Threat To Koala 120
NHS Should Stop Funding Homeopathy, Says Parliamentary Committee 507
Pediatricians Call For Choke-Proof Hot Dogs 11
Health Insurance When Leaving the Corporate World? 1197
The Blind Shall See Again, But When? 226
Swiss Prostitutes Trained To Use Defibrillators 9
Woman Seeks Husband For Health Insurance 5
Brain Surgery Linked To Sensation of Spirituality 380
Hearts Actually Can Break 136
Plasma Jets Could Replace Dental Drills 131
Studies Find Harm From Cellular and Wi-Fi Signals 474
The New National Health Plan Is Texting 191
Routine DNA Tests For Newborns Mean Looming Privacy Problems 268
"Vegetative State" Patients Can Communicate 347
Heavy Internet Use Linked To Depression 360
The Lancet Recants Study Linking Autism To Vaccine 590
Girl Without Vagina Gets Pregnant Via Oral Sex and Stabbing 22
New Hearing Aid Uses Your Tooth To Transmit Sound 93

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