Medicine Stories for 2015

Dog With 3D-Printed Legs Gets an Upgrade 36
Posture Affects Standing, and Not Just the Physical Kind 77
Emergency Room Visits From Distracted Walking Skyrocket 142
Allegations of Data Manipulation At Theranos 97
Star Wars Fans and Video Game Geeks 'More Likely To Be Narcissists,' Study Finds 182
Contradicting Previous Study, Cancer Risk Has Strong Environmental Component 54
Study: Happiness Won't Extend Your Life After All 108
1 in 3 Patients Will Have Their Healthcare Records Compromised 68
Disease-Resistant Pigs Latest Win For Gene Editing Technology 125
MIT Researchers Develop Triple Helix MicroRNA Cancer Treatment 29
Prolonged Sitting and Poor Sleep Can Work Together To Shorten Your Life 115
Researchers Are Developing Cure for Human Pain 151
Google Proposes 'Needle-less' System For Drawing Blood 91
Graphene Shows Promise For Super Strong Dental Fillings 75
Take a Visual Tour of CyberKnife Radiosurgery 36
Scientists Working To Extend Lifespan of Pets 209
Why Electronic Health Records Aren't More Usable 117
Mother Blames Wi-Fi Allergy For Daughter's Suicide 503
The Brains of Men and Women Aren't Really That Different, Study Finds 163
Xbox Kinect Technology Helps Create Higher-Quality X-Rays 14
Swallow the Doctor: The Present and Future of Robots Inside Us 31
Hospitals Can 3D Print a Patient's Vasculature For Aneurysm Pre-Op Practice 21
Gene Drive Turns Mosquitoes Into Malaria Fighters 69
Ransomware Expected To Hit 'Lifesaving' Medical Devices In 2016 108
Telemedicine: The State of Telepresence In Healthcare 34
A Post-Antibiotic Future Is Looming 137
Scientists Grow Working Vocal Cord Tissue In the Lab 25
AMA Calls For Ban On Direct-To-Consumer Advertising of Prescription Drugs 305
DoJ Going After Makers of Dietary Supplement 161
Microsoft To Provide New Encryption Algorithm For the Healthcare Sector 85
Experimental Drug Targeting Alzheimer's Disease Shows Anti-Aging Effects 101
Neurons Can Be Changed From One Type To Another, Communication Paths Rewired 31
UK May Blacklist Homeopathy 287
It's Way Too Easy To Hack the Hospital 116
DNA Data From California Newborn Blood Samples Stored, Sold To 3rd Parties 187
Stanford Creates Tricorder-Like Devices For Detecting Cancer and Explosives 34
The Neuroscientist Who Tested a Brain Implant On Himself 58
Controversial Company Offers a New Way To Make a Baby 80
New vs. Old: a Comparison of 23andMe's Health Reports and the Raw Data 96
Why New Antibiotics Never Come To Market 345
3D Printed Objects Found Toxic To Fish Embryos 108
Google Wants To Monitor Your Mental Health 105
Chinese Hackers Targeted Insurer To Learn About US Healthcare 157
FDA Approves Drug That Uses Herpes Virus To Fight Cancer 76
The Popular Over-The-Counter Cold Medicine That Science Says Doesn't Work 310
Drug Firm Offers $1 Version of $750 Daraprim Pill 168
3D Printing Soft Body Parts: a Hard Problem That Just Got Easier 19
Google Snapping Up Top Biomedical Talent 76
3D-Printed Teeth Can Kill 99% of Dental Bacteria 120
Experts Chime In To Explain Fukushima Thryoid Cancer Concerns 130
Nurses Use Makerspace To Invent Custom Health Care Solutions 50
First Cancer Case Confirmed From Fukushima Cleanup 138
Why Aren't There Better Cybersecurity Regulations For Medical Devices? 99
UK's Largest Online Pharmacy Sold Patients' Personal Data To Fraudsters 58
Disruptive Bloodwork Startup May Offer Mostly Vaporware 174
Maybe You Don't Need 8 Hours of Sleep After All 315
In 26 Hours, Sick Newborns Go From Genome Scan To Diagnosis 92
The Life-Saving Gifts of the World's Most Venomous Animal 49
The Top Secret Chinese Military Project That Led To a Nobel Prize 73
Study Finds Higher Rates of Premature Birth Near Fracking Sites 131
Researchers Say Fukushima Child Cancer Rates 20-50x Higher Than Expected 143
The Mutant Genes Behind the Black Death 132
DNA Vaccine Sterilizes Mice, Could Lead To One-Shot Birth Control For Cats, Dogs 153
3 Scientists Share Nobel For Parastic Disease Breakthroughs 36
Legionnaires' Bacteria Reemerges In Previously Disinfected Cooling Towers 118
The Decline of 'Big Soda': Is Drinking Soda the New Smoking? 570
Researchers: Thousands of Medical Devices Are Vulnerable To Hacking 29
Dormant Virus Wakes Up In Some Patients With Lou Gehrig's Disease 47
Doctors On Edge As Healthcare Gears Up For 70,000 Ways To Classify Ailments 232
Rare "Healthy" Smokers Lungs Explained 175
Paralyzed Man Uses Own Brainwaves To Walk Again -- No Exoskeleton Required 35
Fukushima: 1,600 Dead From Evacuation Stress 178
An AI Hunts the Wild Animals Carrying Ebola 45
The New Technique That Finds All Known Human Viruses In Your Blood 111
Stem Cell-Derived Brain Mimics Predict Chemical Toxicity 16
Coke Discloses Millions in Grants for Health Research and Programs 133
Another Pharma Company Recaptures a Generic Medication 372
The Ethical Issues Surrounding OSU's Lab-Grown Brains 190
Re-Analysis of Medical Study Reverses Conclusions -- Paxil Unsafe For Teenagers 133
More Time Outside Tied To Less Nearsightedness In Children 60
Researchers Switch Neurons Off and On Using Noninvasive Ultrasound 37
Damaged Spinal Cord "Rewires" Itself With Help of Electrical Stimulation 30
UK Labour Party's Support For Homeopathy Grows 414
Man Receives a Prosthetic Hand That Allows Him To Feel 45
Big Pharma Hands Out Fitbits To Collect Better Personal Data 70
Cancer Patient Receives 3D-Printed Titanium Sternum and Ribs 38
Finding Hope In Cryonics, Despite Glacial Progress 87
UK Researchers Developing Influenza-Resistant Birds 54
Genes and Ancient Remedies May Help Fight Antibiotic Resistance 30
Miami Installs Free Public Sunscreen Dispensers In Fight Against Cancer 210
What Is Open Source Pharma (and Why Should You Care)? 165
Dirty Farm Air May Ward Off Asthma In Children 112
In New Study, HIV Prevention Pill Truvada Is 100% Effective 226
Pentagon Halts Work at Labs For Dangerous Pathogens After Anthrax Scare 50
Another Neurodegenerative Disease Linked To a Prion 53
Completely Paralyzed Man Walks In Robotic Exoskeleton 23
Brain-Eating Amoeba Scoffs At Chlorine In Water Pipes 151
60,000 Antelope Died In 4 Days, and No One Knows Why 206
UK Health Clinic Accidentally Publishes HIV Status of 800 Patients 65
Can Living In Total Darkness For 5 Days "Reset" the Visual System? 155
Hacking Medical Mannequins 35
Lack of Sleep Puts You At Higher Risk For Colds, First Experimental Study Finds 86
Sensor Predicts Which Donated Lungs Will Fail After Transplant 21
Neurologist and Author Oliver Sacks Dead at 82 31
Magnet-Steered Nano-Fish Could Deliver Drugs and Sweep Body Toxins 37
French Woman Gets €800/month For Electromagnetic-Field 'Disability' 456
Study: More Than Half of Psychological Results Can't Be Reproduced 257
Most Healthcare Managers Admit Their IT Systems Have Been Compromised 122
UNC Scientists Open Source Their Genomic Research 10
US Scientists Successfully 'Switch Off' Cancer Cells 52
'Gynepunks' DIY Gynecology For Underserved Women 59
Is a Universal Flu Vaccine On the Horizon? 96
Interviews: Dr. Tarek Loubani Answers Your Questions 10
Mobile Phone Data Can Track the Spread of Infectious Diseases 21
New Blood-Cleansing Device Removes Pathogens, Toxins From Blood 60
MIT Researchers Discover "Metabolic Master Switch" To Control Obesity 381
Intel's Collaborative Cancer Cloud, an Open Platform For Genome-Based Treatments 16
Interviews: Ask Dr. Tarek Loubani About Creating Ultra-Low Cost Medical Devices 54
Implanted Optogenetic Light Switch Lets Scientists Flip Neurons On and Off 26
Breathing Beijing's Air Is the Equivalent of Smoking Almost 40 Cigarettes a Day 182
WearDuino Uses Arduinos to Make Wearable Medical Sensors (Video) 14
Could a Digital Pen Change How We Diagnose Brain Function? 23
Registered Clinical Trials Make Positive Findings Vanish 118
Health Watchdog To Bring Legal Action Against Soylent Over Lead, Cadmium Levels 135
The Lingering Effects of Ebola 19
Cheap, 3D-Printed Stethoscope Challenges Top-of-the-Line Model 179
Clinical Trials Begin For Russia's First Medical Exoskeleton 26
Brain Scan Predicts the Success of Social Anxiety Disorder Treatment 39
IBM Drops $1 Billion On Medical Images For Watson 53
Dr. Frances Kelsey, Who Saved American Babies From Thalidomide, Dies At 101 278
USC Vs. UC San Diego In Fight Over Alzheimer's Research 120
FDA Approves First 3D-Printed Drug Tablet 64
Unicode Consortium Looks At Symbols For Allergies 194
Non-Invasive Spinal Cord Stimulation Gets Paralyzed Legs Moving Again 26
DoD Ditches Open Source Medical Records System In $4.3B Contract 186
Death Toll at 4 In NYC Legionnaire's Outbreak 13
One In Four Indiana Residents' E-Record Data Exposed in Hack 60
Ebola Vaccine 100% Successful In Guinea Trial 118
NY Judge Rules Research Chimps Are Not 'Legal Persons' 172
The Biohacking Movement and Open Source Insulin 66
James Jude, MD Co-inventor of CPR, Dies At 87 43
8-Year-Old Makes History As First Pediatric Dual Hand Transplant Recipient 59
Beyond Safety: Is Robotic Surgery Sustainable? 54
Interviews: Dr. Temple Grandin Answers Your Questions 36
Eye Drops Could Dissolve Cataracts 70
Malaria Vaccine Passes Key Regulatory Hurdle 34
Giving Doctors Grades Has Backfired 245
How Drug Companies Seek To Exploit Rare DNA Mutations 93
Tallying the Mistakes and Malfunctions of Robot Surgeons 64
The Mystery of Acupuncture Partly Explained In Rat Study 159
Study: Living Near Fracking Correlates With Increased Hospital Visits 132
Scientology Group Urged Veto of Mental Health Bill 265
Chinese Girl Receives Full Skull Reconstruction Via 3D Printing 99
What Happens When Your Own Limb Is Almost Good Enough? 34
MUMPS, the Programming Language For Healthcare 166
The Cure Culture: Our Obsession With Cures That Are 'Just Around the Corner' 204
Twitter Yanks Ads UK Activists Say Could Trigger Seizures 63
Robot Performs Prostate Surgery Inside an MRI 64
Most Doctors Work While Sick, Despite Knowing It's Bad For Patients 191
Scientists Show Human Aging Rates Vary Widely 285
How Bad User Interfaces Can Ruin Lives 288
Ask Slashdot: Have You Tried a Standing Desk? 340
Common Medications Sway Moral Judgment 132
The Epidemic May be Over, But Liberia Has New Ebola Cases 11
Depression: The Secret Struggle Startup Founders Won't Talk About 184
Creating Bacterial "Fight Clubs" To Discover New Drugs 30
Pass the Doritos, Scientists Develop Computer Game Targeted At Healthy Choices 81
Despite Regulatory Nod, Cheap Ebola Test Still Undeployed 25
Students Win Prize For Color-Changing Condoms That Detect STDs 171
Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies 591
High-Fat, High-Sugar Diet Can Lead To Cognitive Decline 244
NHS To Give Volunteers "Synthetic Blood" Made In a Laboratory Within Two Years 57
Is the End of Government Acceptance of Homeopathy In Sight? 668
The Science of Incivility 108
Triggering a Mouse's Happy Memories With Lasers Gives It the Will To Struggle On 66
Researchers Claim a Few Cat Videos Per Day Helps Keep the Doctor Away 59
FDA Bans Trans Fat 851
CDC: Americans Getting Heavier, Average Woman Weighs As Much As 1960s Man 409
Monitoring Brain Activity With Mesh Electronics 31
UW Researchers Prototype Sonar-Based Contactless Sleep Monitoring 40
Why Our Brains Can't Process the Gravest Threats To Humanity 637
Man With the "Golden Arm" Has Saved Lives of 2 Million Babies 97
Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist Criticizes Role of Women In Labs 412
Computer Modeling Failed During the Ebola Outbreak 193
Robotic Assistive Devices For Independent Living 17
Report: Evidence of Healthcare Breaches Lurks On Infected Medical Devices 42
South Korea Tracks Mobile Phones Over MERS Outbreak 20
Chinese Doctor Performs Head Transplants On Mice 203
Rare 9-way Kidney Swap a Success 130
New Test Could Reveal Every Virus That's Ever Infected You 74
Diphtheria Returns To Spain For Lack of Vaccination 254
How Biostamps Can Replace Clunky Biomedical Sensors 43
Tiny Fantastic Voyage Inspired Robots Are Starting To Get Reasonably Mature 27
The Artificial Pancreas For Diabetics Is Nearly Here 95
Hacking Your Body Through a Nerve In Your Neck 82
Florida Hospital Shows Normal Internet Lag Time Won't Affect Remote Robotic Surgeries 125
Live Anthrax Shipped Accidentally To S Korea and US Labs 67
Gene Testing Often Gets It Wrong 37
A Ph.D Thesis Defense Delayed By Injustice 77 Years 134
Bats' White-Nose Syndrome May Be Cured 89
Sex-Switched Mosquitoes May Help In Fight Against Diseases 150
Machine That "Uncooks Eggs" Used To Improve Cancer Treatment 39
Nerve Cells Made From Blood Cells 40
After a Year of Secret Field-Testing, Brain-Controlled Bionic Legs Are Here 50
Forecasting the Next Pandemic 57
Silk Road's Leader Paid a Doctor To Help Keep Customers Safe 110
Genetically Engineered Yeast Makes It Possible To Brew Morphine 333
Turtle Receives First-Ever 3D Printed Titanium Jaw Implant of Its Kind 71
California Senate Approves School Vaccine Bill 545
How Light at Night Affects Preschoolers' Sleep Patterns, Part Two (Video) 29
How Light at Night Affects Preschoolers' Sleep Patterns (Video) 51
Dissolvable Electronic Stent Can Monitor Blocked Arteries 27
World Health Organization Has New Rules For Avoiding Offensive Names 186
Researchers Discover Breakthrough Drug Delivery Method By Changing Shape of Pill 66
WHO Declares Liberian Ebola Outbreak Over 39
Brainwave-Reading Patents Spike On Increase In Commercial Mind-Reading Apps 29
Ebola Lurked In Cured Patient's Eye 65
Researcher: Drug Infusion Pump Is the "Least Secure IP Device" He's Ever Seen 83
Apple's Plans For Your DNA 101
The Medical Bill Mystery 532
Hacking the US Prescription System 78
Space Radiation May Alter Astronauts' Neurons 73
Results Are In From Psychology's Largest Reproducibility Test: 39/100 Reproduced 174
Who Owns Pre-Embryos? 374
The Next Generation of Medical Tools May Be Home-brewed 70
A Light-Powered Retina Implant For the Blind 34
Researchers Mount Cyberattacks Against Surgery Robot 55
Feds Say It's Time To Cut Back On Fluoride In Drinking Water 314
Pepsi To Stop Using Aspartame 630
Apple's Next Frontier Is Your Body 98
Surgeon Swears Human Head Transplant Isn't a 'Metal Gear Solid' Publicity Stunt 118
MIT Developing AI To Better Diagnose Cancer 33
New Sampling Device Promises To Make Blood Tests Needle-Free 34
Ancient Hangover Cure Discovered In Greek Texts 105
Chinese Scientists Claim To Have Genetically Modified Human Embryos 182
Swallowing Your Password 118
Bill To Require Vaccination of Children Advances In California 616
Using Adderall In the Office To Get Ahead 407
Study Confirms No Link Between MMR Vaccine and Autism 341
Protein Converts Pancreatic Cancer Cells Back Into Healthy Cells 52
Resistance To Antibiotics Found In Isolated Amazonian Tribe 53
Columbia University Doctors Ask For Dr. Mehmet Oz's Dismissal 320
When You're the NFL Commish, Getting E-Medical Record Interoperability's a Cinch 47
A 2-Year-Old Has Become the Youngest Person Ever To Be Cryonically Frozen 313
New Chemical Tools Lead To Targeted Cancer Drugs 21
How Brain Pacemakers Treat Parkinson's Disease 23
Kludgey Electronic Health Records Are Becoming Fodder For Malpractice Suits 184
Acetaminophen Reduces Both Pain and Pleasure, Study Finds 187
UW Scientists, Biotech Firm May Have Cure For Colorblindness 137
Plaque-busting Nanoparticles Could Help Fight Tooth Decay 68

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