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Medicine Stories for 2011

Does 'Supersizing' Supershrink Your Brain? 283
Copyright Claim Sets Back Cognitive Impairment Testing 116
How Doctors Die 646
IBM Granted Your-Paychecks-Are-What-You-Eat Patent 455
Linux-Powered Christmas Display Puts Rudolph To Shame 68
US Asks Scientists To Censor Reports To Prevent Terrorism 273
HIV Vaccine Approval For Human Trials 365
The Painkiller That Saves Money But Costs Lives 385
NIH Restricts Use of Chimpanzees in Labs 119
Retina Implant Company Seeks FDA Trial Approval 46
Computer Virus Forces Hospital To Divert Ambulances 213
Microsoft and GE Partner On Healthcare 157
17-Year-Old Wins $100K For Creating Cancer Killing Nanoparticle 255
IBM Watson To Battle Patent Trolls 93
Supreme Court Legitimizing Medical Patents? 251
Vaccine Developed Against Ebola 100
Osteoporosis Drug Makes Lengthy Space Trips More Tolerable 42
Proteins Build "Cages" Around Bacteria 73
Toxic Montana Lake's Extremophiles Might Be a Medical Treasure Trove 133
Repurposing Anti-Spam Tools For Detecting Mutations In HIV 67
Gene Therapy Approach 'Completely' Protects Mice From HIV Infection 190
FCC OKs On-Body Medical Networks 41
Patent Expires On Best Selling Drug of All Time 491
Fighting Mosquitoes With GM Mosquitoes 521
'Alternative Medicine' Clinic Attempts To Silence Critics 515
Study Hints That Wi-Fi Near Testes Could Decrease Male Fertility 307
Paper On Super Flu Strain May Be Banned From Publication 754
Muslim Medical Students Boycott Darwin Lectures 1319
In Australia, Immunize Or Lose Benefits 680
Bionic Implants and Spectrum Clash 98
DARPA Requests Replacement To Antibiotics 193
Recycled Medical Records Used As Scrap Paper At Elementary School 119
In the EU, Water Doesn't (Officially) Prevent Dehydration 815
Of Mice and Cancer 109
Drug-Resistant Superbugs Sweeping Across Europe 433
The $443 Million Smallpox Vaccine That Nobody Needs 290
One Tenth of China's Farmland Polluted With Heavy Metals 412
Why Do So Many College Science Majors Drop Out? 841
Oxford Professor Taken To Task For Linking Internet Use To Autism 247
Google Maps, Disease Risk, and Migration 34
3D Printed Bone Models Cut Cost of Surgery Operations 88
Light Barrier Repels Mosquitoes 135
New Algorithm Could Substantially Speed Up MRI Scans 115
Human Blood Protein (HSA) From GMO Rice 89
Re-evaluating the Benefits of Cancer Screening 253
Ohio Emergency Responders Stage Mock Zombie Invasion 219
Stanford's Open Source Human Motion Software 15
HPV Vaccine Recommended For Boys 569
Manufacturing Dreams 114
Ask Slashdot: Radiation Detection For Tokyo Resident? 371
Study Finds No Link Between Mobile Phones and Cancer (Again) 150
Proposed Mercury Ban Threatens Vaccines 383
New Vaccine Halves Malaria Risk 147
Doctors Recommend Against TV For Kids Under 2 210
Can the Hottest Peppers In the World Kill You? 337
What Happens When the Average Lifespan is 150 Years? 904
DNA Sequenced of Woman Who Lived To 115 175
Scientists Recover Black Death RNA From Exhumed Victims 105
Stroke Victim Stranded At South Pole Base 264
Man With Quadriplegia Controls Robot Arm With Mind 70
Human "Cloning" Makes Embryonic Stem Cells 111
3 Share Nobel Prize In Medicine For Immune System Work 75
Ask Slashdot: How to Exploit Post-Cataract Ultraviolet Vision? 350
Panasonic To Unveil New Helper Robots 41
HIV Vaccine Trial Shows 90% Immune Response 386
Healthcare Law Appealed To Supreme Court 1019
MRI Magnets Cause Nystagmus 120
Developer Seeks FDA Approval For Therapeutic Game 48
Rite Aid Drug Stores Offer Virtual Doc Visits 138
Irish Man's Death Ruled Spontaneous Combustion 224
AIDS Vaccine Breakthrough 417
EPA Bans CFC-Based Asthma Inhalers 394
UK's NHS Will Drop Delayed E-Records Project 86
Brain Power Boosted With Electrical Stimulation 153
New Transistor Could Let Chips Interface With Living Systems 72
Gene Therapy May Thwart HIV 171
Wealthy Americans Turning To Europe For Medical Treatment 519
Gamers Piece Together Retrovirus Enzyme Structure 149
Seagulls Spreading Resistant Bacteria On Beaches 94
Artificial Blood Vessels Created On a 3D Printer 33
Bejeweled Yields Cognitive Benefit In Older Adults 82
Medical Billing Codes For Injury Via Turtle Among Thousands Created by New Law 380
Training an Immune System To Kill Cancer 209
"Wi-Fi Refugees" Shelter in West Virginia Mountains 627
IBM's Watson To Help Diagnose, Treat Cancer 150
Is There a Hearing Aid Price Bubble? 698
Smartphones Can't Cure Acne, FTC Rules 205
Biological 'Logic Circuit' Destroys Cancer Cells 98
Portable Microscope Uses Holograms Instead of Lens 64
Measles Resurgent Due To Fear of Vaccination 668
Scientists Sequence Black Death Bacteria 265
Joining Blood Vessels Without Sutures 54
Delivering Medicine By UAV 87
Deus Ex Eyeborg Documentary Shows Today's Cyborgs 54
Adrenaline May Damage DNA 173
The Least Amount of Exercise Needed To Extend Life 249
Could Assortative Mating Explain Autism? 286
Does Religion Influence Epidemics? 547
After Rick Perry's Stem Cell Treatment, Misplaced Enthusiasm? 340
25,000 Danish Hospital Staff Moving To LibreOffice 247
Sequencing the Weed Genome 315
Study Shows Dogs Can Sniff Out Lung Cancer 78
Virtual Lab Rat Saves Human Lives 69
Drug Companies Lose Special Protection On Facebook 181
Artificial Skin Made From Spider Silk 49
Human Brain Is Sensitive To Light In Ears 130
Cancer Cured By HIV 521
World's First Cybernetic Athlete To Compete 199
Video Game-Like Programs Could Treat Schizophrenia 31
Why Some People Don't Have Fingerprints 159
Probing Insulin Pumps For Vulnerabilities 81
TN BlueCross Encrypts All Data After 57 Disks Stolen 140
Another Cell Phone-Cancer Study Emerges 212
New Type Of Artificial Lung Created 103
X-rays For Stargazing Turn Into Cancer Treatment 59
FDA To Scrutinize Mobile Medical Apps 142
New Blood Test Can Detect Alzheimers 102
Personal DNA Sequencing Machine One Step Closer 65
iPhones Can Read Tattoo Ink For Medical Info 55
Mass Psychosis In the USA? 542
Scientists Derive Gelatin From Human Tissue 123
Internet Use Found To Affect Memory 207
New Virus Jumps From Monkeys To Lab Workers 160
Spanish Surgeon Performs First Synthetic Organ Transplant 91
Bionic Eyeglasses May Boost Impaired Vision 43
Realistic Robot Designed For Dental Students 59
NHS Moving To Cloud For Security 69
Bionic Body Parts For the Disabled 25
Magnetic Nanoparticles Fry Tumors 111
LSD Alleviates 'Suicide Headaches' 272
Data-Mining Ban Struck Down By US Supreme Court 176
Soldier Re-Grows Leg Muscle After Experimental Procedure 141
High Tech Elder Care May Be Mixed Blessing 96
Electronic Health Records Now In All US Military Hospitals 86
Infertile Daughter To Receive Uterus From Mother 358
New Imaging Technique Helps Explain Unconsciousness 78
Researchers Design Memory-Strengthening Implant 72
Terry Pratchett Considers Assisted Suicide 838
Federally-Mandated Medical Coding Gums Up IT Ops 254
Research Suggests Tobacco Companies Add Weight Loss Drugs 281
Just Months After Jeopardy!, Watson Wows Doctors 291
Physical Pain and Emotional Pain Use Same Brain Networks 154
New Superbug Strain Found In Cows and People 144
Jack Kevorkian Dead at 83 184
Researcher Claims Magnets Can Affect Blood Viscosity 175
World Health Organization Says Mobile Phones May Cause Cancer 354
Note To Cheaters: Next Time Hire the Brains 349
Man's Dentures Stop Bullet 1
FDA Sued To Stop Antibiotic Abuse On Factory Farms 298
Drug Helps Overwrite Bad Memories 0
The Man Who Tastes Sounds 2
Using Fractal Interconnects To Improve Electronic Eyes 73
Smart Pajamas Monitor Patients With Sleep Disorder 42
Human Astrocytes Developed From Stem Cells 92
Implant Restores Paralyzed Man's Leg Movement 65
Video Game Playing Increases Food Intake In Teens 99
CDC Warns of Zombie Apocalypse 300
Man Demonstrates His New Bionic Hand 124
US Preserves Smallpox For Defense 248
The Challenges of Tapping Blood Flow For Power 143
Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Persistent Bacteria Go Down 166
Invent the Medical Tricorder, Win $10,000,000 167
16-Year-Old Discovers Potential Treatment For Cystic Fibrosis 236
Google Expected to Settle Over Drug Ads, to the Tune of $500M 138
Students Invent Revolutionary Solar Sterilizer 98
Doctors Are Creating Too Many Patients 566
The World's Smallest Video Camera 78
Police Dress Up As Doctors To Test Citizens 4
Yes, an Armadillo Can Give You Leprosy 151
Semengate Strikes the American College of Surgeons 10
Bionic Leg Undergoing Clinical Trials 86
Synthetic Skin Could Replace Animal Subjects' 68
Physical Rehab Device Built From Wii Balance Boards 30
Is Sugar Toxic? 1017
Ask Slashdot: Do I Give IT a Login On Our Dept. Server? 1307
Medicines Lose Effectiveness In Space 116
Temporary Brain Changes Lead to Accelerated Learning 140
Doctor Makes Paper Airplane With Surgical Robot 1
Bringing Open Source To Biomedicine 60
New Medical Camera the Size of a Grain of Salt 132
Merck's Drug Propecia Linked To Sexual Dysfunction 235
Sex After a Field Trip Yields Scientific Discovery 143
Patent Troll Going After Alzheimer's Researchers 116
Arizona Governor Proposes Flab Tax 978
Students Create Thought-Controlled Prosthetic Arm 50
California Healthcare Provider Wants Illness-Predicting Algorithm 341
Mobile Phone May Rot Your Bones 220
Brain-Computer Interface Still Going After 1,000 Days 77
Kinect Used To Help the Visually Impaired 29
A Handy Radiation Dose Chart From XKCD 392
Is Daylight Saving Time Bad For You? 333
Brazilian Spider Bite May Become the Next Viagra 144
Smartphone Device Detects Cancer In an Hour 69
Kidney Printer 147
Device Addresses Healthcare Language Barrier 159
First Ever HIPAA Fine Is $4.3M 197
Scientists Aim To 'Print' Human Skin 77
Americans Trust Docs, But Not Computerized Records 162
Virus Shuts Down Australian Ambulance Dispatch Service 222
Dead People Scientists Won't Let Rest 57
Cancer Resembles Life 1 Billion Years Ago 223
Stabbing Victim Saved by Fast Food 4
Oxford University Tests Universal Flu Vaccine 218
Swedish Patients Get Pans And Spoons To Call Help 13
Research Finds That Electric Fields Help Neurons Fire 287
Bill Gates Says Anti-Vaccine Effort Kills Children 832
Algorithm Contest Aims To Predict Health Problems 138
JASON Proposes a 'Library of Congress' For Pathogens 42
Study Finds Super Bowl Loss May be Deadly 7
SnowWorld VR Game Reduces Pain For Burn Patients 64
Engineer Designs His Own Heart Valve Implant 151
Self-Control In Kids Predicts Future Success 245
Woman's Voice Restored After Larynx Transplant 246
Bad Science Writer Talks About the Placebo Effect *NSFW* 131
New Study Links Video Games and Mental Problems 306
Microsoft Seeks Do-Let-The-Bed-Bugs-Bite Patent 176
Airborne Prions Prove Lethal In Mouse Studies 116
Goodbye Bifocals — Electronic Glasses Change Focus 166
Boston Ambulances Revamped For Patients Up To 850 Pounds 2
Autism-Vax Doc Scandal Was Pharma Business Scam 541
Hospital Wireless Networks May Be Regulated Medical Devices 185
Pot Grower's Privacy Challenged 477
Famous British Autism Study an 'Elaborate Fraud' 813
Do Sleepy Surgeons Have a Right To Operate? 332

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