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Working out has never been more efficient or a bigger part of a human culture than it is today. We've dug into the history of kinesiology to find the inventions and processes that changed exercise.

Using a system of sensors and cameras, the new program lets city engineers control traffic signals in real time in response to changing road conditions. Sitting in traffic isn't just unpleasant; it also wastes gasoline and is a major trigger for heart attacks, among other health problems. And of all the places to get stuck in traffic, Midtown Manhattan may be one of the worst.

One human's genome represents a large chunk of data. Put a lot of genomes together and it starts to become unmanageable

(especially if you are like a mouse, which you are)

Doctors at Toronto-based Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre use Xbox Kinnect to keep operating rooms sterile

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Two years ago you could scarcely open a newspaper without reading about health care, and you might be forgiven for thinking (or hoping) that the debate was over. Yet the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that was signed into law in March 2010 offers more concrete plans for reforming the health insurance system than for reforming the health care system. It will change how we pay for health care but not how much we pay --and that is a problem

Traditional Employee Incentive Plans have rewarded employees for a job well done; however, many companies are taking a new approach to incentives. The new incentive plans are aimed at achieving specific company goals such as cost savings, going green or promoting healthy behaviors.

A new app will help you diagnose and track skin conditions--from wrinkles to melanoma.

Hypochondriacs rejoice! The software uses medical history, records, and experience to discover whether you're at risk for as many as 100 diseases.

The single biggest factor, by far, in reducing the rate of death among children younger than five is greater education for women. In all countries worldwide, whether females increase schooling from 10 years to 11, say, or two years to three, infant mortality declines , according to a recent study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington

For years health officials have thrown money at ways to prevent young children from dying, with little global data on effectiveness. Recently a pattern has emerged: mortality drops in proportion to the years of schooling that women attain

Smartphone and gaming tech offers the vision-impaired the promise of better lives, for much less than the cost of a guide dog. By combining imaging, display, and sensing technology honed for smartphones, with games consoles and systems like Microsoft's Kinect, Oxford scientists have designed a set of high-tech glasses that could radically change the life of people suffering from a number of vision-impairing disorders.

Its a fact: More companies fail than succeed.

A new study using genes from the DNA-testing service made new discoveries about Parkinson's. Now the company is poised to continue groundbreaking genetic research, at a pace much faster than traditional research. Google-backed genotyping service 23andMe is a novelty for many people: spit in a tube, send it to the company, pay $99 and find out what diseases you're genetically prone to and whether you have any long-lost relatives who also use the service.