How men can decode women’s menstrual cycles
Posted by admin in Medicine, Science on 27. Jan, 2012 | 0 Comments
“Are you on your period?” It’s a question most women have been asked at one point or another by their boyfriend or spouse during a disagreement. It turns out that some men actually can tell when it’s a woman’s time of the month—and it’s not because of bratty behavior. Photo Quiz! Can you tell which [...]
New hormone mimics the effects of physical exercise
Posted by admin in Medicine on 19. Jan, 2012 | 0 Comments
A group of researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, led by Bruce Spiegelman and Pontus Boström, have discovered a hormone that mimics some of the results of a workout by facilitating the transformation of white fat into brown fat. While the purpose of the former is to accumulate excess calories, the latter [...]
Scanadu developing a real-life medical tricorder
Posted by admin in Hi-tech, Medicine on 03. Jan, 2012 | 0 Comments
The future technology depicted in the various Star Trek TV series and films certainly holds a lot of appeal for many of us – who wouldn’t want to teleport to Hawaii, live out their fantasies on a holodeck, or enjoy some instant gourmet chow straight out of a replicator? It looks like the Star Trek [...]
PlateMate crowd-sources nutritional analysis of users’ meals
Posted by admin in Computers, Medicine on 03. Nov, 2011 | 0 Comments
While there are a great many people who want to lose weight by dieting, there aren’t too many who can afford to have a nutritionist assess the caloric value of all their food choices. Using the PlateMate system, however, members can get an online community of laypeople to do exactly that – and for considerably [...]
‘Intelligent T-shirt’ could remotely monitor patients vital signs
Posted by admin in Medicine on 22. Sep, 2011 | 0 Comments
More and more we’re hearing about clothing made from smart fabrics being used in the field of medicine, to monitor patients wearing such garments. The prototype shirt is washable and incorporates electrodes that detect bioelectric power, such as that created by the beating of the heart – an electrocardiogram can be obtained using these [...]
