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Matti Narkia

Climate 'biggest health threat' - BBC NEWS | Science & Environment - 0 views

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    Climate change is "the biggest global health threat of the 21st Century", according to a leading medical journal. The Lancet, together with University College London researchers, has published a report outlining how public health services will need to adapt.
Matti Narkia

Vitamin D delivers multiple benefits | ajc.com - 0 views

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    Vitamin D may not just be good for you, it may help save your life. Recent research from Johns Hopkins University suggests that higher amounts of vitamin D in your diet decreases your likelihood of dying. Studies found that a vitamin D deficiency increases your risk of death by 26 percent, and vitamin D decreases the mortality rate from almost every type of cancer including breast, colon and prostate. Research also suggests that vitamin D helps prevent diabetes, kidney disease and cardiovascular disease.
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Medical Search and Clustering Engine - 0 views

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    Science Roll blog offers the Polymeta medical metasearch engine...
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MRI Technician Schools » Twelve Amazing Robots That are Revolutionizing Med... - 0 views

  • extreme precision is critical and lifesaving
  • 1. Da Vinci Surgical System
  • access this machine and perform surgery with its corresponding counterparts located in an OR
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  • 2. NeuroArm
  • MRI-compatible
  • microsurgery and biopsy-stereotaxy
  • complicated neurosurgery
  • 3. CyberKnife
  • more accurately
  • 4. HeartLander
  • B.E.A.R.
  • minimally invasive robot that can move along the surface of the human heart
  • awaiting approval for use on humans
  • 5. The Pregnant Robot
  • simulate the birth
  • 6. Medication Dispensing Robot
  • scheduled and on demand medications throughout any facility with no errors
  • streamlines the delivery
  • 7. Battlefield Extraction Assist Robot
  • delivering radiotherapy
  • dangerous situations
  • size of an adult male
  • 250 pounds while climbing stairs
  • up to ten miles per hour
  • 8. RP-7
  • video conferencing and other capabilities
  • examine patients
  • 7i counterpart
  • connection to medical devices
  • physical therapy and rehabilitation
  • 9. Breast Biopsy Robot
  • unassisted one-stop breast exam and optional biopsy
  • simultaneous mammogram, sample extraction, and biopsy
  • 10. Exoskeleton
  • muscular dystrophy and other neuromuscular disabilities
  • developing this prototype
  • amplify their strength
  • transmitted to the physician
  • up to 95 percent of the human range of arm motion
  • 11. Left Ventricular Assist Device
  • helps maintain the pumping ability of a heart
  • surgically implanted
  • 12. DEKA Arm
  • control this prosthetic arm
  • using their own thoughts
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