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That's the future we envision, after seeing this Microsoft tech that projects what's going on underneath your skin, on top of your skin. One of the greatest health scourges of this country or any one isn't a bacterium, virus, or disease at all. Rather, it's a behavior--or, to put a finer point on it, a lack of a behavior.
Read More »Deadly skin infection? 12 graphic photos that could save your life
Seemingly minor sores can harbor dangerous staph bacteria. Here's what to look for on your skin
Read More »Put Down The Tweezers, Pick Up The iPhone: Skincare Consults Go Mobile With MyChelle
Most people looking for skincare advice would probably head to a local department store and find one of those white-coated counter workers, or pick up a basketfull of products at Sephora.
Read More »Wanted: A Practical Laptop Pedestal
The A-stand is a rugged ergonomic stand for your laptop that packs flat, assembles fast, and boasts a little Danish design cred. If the sight of anything flat-packed makes your skin crawl, then you've definitely been the victim of at least one heavier-than-it-looks Ikea bookshelf.
Read More »Professional Services vs. Scalable Business
Dear John: My partner and I are architects, which means our business relies on our professional know-how and expertise. It's not a business whereby we sell widgets and that can implement systems and procedures which anyone can follow
Read More »The Neuroscience of the Gut
People may advise you to listen to your gut instincts: now research suggests that your gut may have more impact on your thoughts than you ever realized. Scientists from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and the Genome Institute of Singapore led by Sven Pettersson recently reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that normal gut flora, the bacteria that inhabit our intestines, have a significant impact on brain development and subsequent adult behavior. We human beings may think of ourselves as a highly evolved species of conscious individuals, but we are all far less human than most of us appreciate.
Read More »Blaming parents: What I’ve learned and unlearned as a child psychiatrist
The fact that he'd stopped crying scared me. Damn rear-facing car seat.
Read More »Schizophrenia ‘in a Dish’
By Ewen Callaway of Nature magazine Before committing suicide at the age of 22, an anonymous man with schizophrenia donated a biopsy of his skin cells to research. [More]
Read More »Video: Non-invasive skin procedures
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Read More »David Kelley on Designing Curious Employees
Design thinking is a process of empathizing with the end user. Its principal guru is David Kelley, founder of IDEO and the Stanford design school, who takes a similar approach to managing people. He believes leadership is a matter of empathizing with employees
Read More »Nanoparticle Rubber Stamps Could Help Heal Wounds
You know the UV-ink rubber stamps that night clubs like to stick on your skin? Well, a novel silver nanotech variant of the idea could actually help heal your skin wounds more quickly. Silverware became popular centuries ago partly because it was a precious metal and thus a status symbol, but also because the health qualities of silver have been known since Roman times
Read More »A Nanotech Cream May Prevent Nickel Allergies
A newly developed nanoparticle cream could hold the cure for nickel allergies and skin irritation from metal jewelery. Approximately 10% of the population has a nickel allergy that causes skin irritation when they wear inexpensive metal jewelery or handle coins for an extended period of time.
Read More »What the Students Say: Technology Venturing
"Until then, this had been just a class project." Samit Gupta is co-founder, with Robert Rushenberg, of the start-up O2 Insights, based in Menlo Park, California. In 2009, he took the Technology Venturing class at Ohio State University.
Read More »The 10 Most Innovative Companies in Health Care
This post was written by Ellen McGirt and Chuck Salter . 01 / Epocrates > > For creating software that gives doctors and nurses instant information on drug-to-drug interactions, treatment recommendations, and more on their mobile devices or laptops. Coming up: mobile access to electronic health records.
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