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New Blood Test May Be Able To Predict Your Death
New Blood Test May Be Able To Predict Your Death As we don’t live in the world of Logan’s Run, for most of us, the predictability of our death isn’t that clear. A new type of blood test, however, may have just made our planned mortality a little more clear…
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Man Who Received a Double Hand Transplant Writes Letter of Thanks to Doctors
The first person to have a double hand transplant has written a letter of thanks to the doctors who made it possible. Chris King, the recipient of the transplant, is now able to write letters, hold a cup of tea and form a fist. Things he thought would be impossible…
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Unmanned Robot Can Now Stich Up Patients After Operations
When you go under the scalpel for the first time you often think about what comes after the surgery as much as you do the actual operation. Thanks to a new line of robots you may not have to worry about your doctor making a mistake on that final step.…
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Doctors Implant 3D-Printed Vertebrae
3D Printers have helped medicine come a long way, with the ability to customise and create things in an easy and cost-effective way that previously would have been impossible to do. 3D-printed ribs, to livers, eyes and even ears. While these are all amazing feats, they have always been generic items, things which…
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Google Cardboard Used to help Save a Baby’s Life
It is mostly the Oculus Rift and the Sony’s Playstation VR that take the headlines these days, but that doesn’t mean that simpler tools such as the Google Cardboard can’t be useful. In this case it was extremely useful as it helped to plan an operation virtually first and quite…
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Peter Jackson to Direct Episode of Doctor Who
A year ago we released an article stating that Peter Jackson could direct a future episode of Doctor Who. The time is nigh. Peter Jackson is very active with his facebook, posting snippets from behind the scenes and regarding causes he actively supports. While he is well known for his…
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We Could Be Teaching Computers How and What to Learn in the Near Future
We’ve seen a lot of projects and methods involving machine learning up until now, but the truth is that no matter how efficient and quick a computer is, the software will always be its limit. However, Microsoft plans to change that and is working on a new tool that would…
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Did Batman Turn From Superhero to ‘Super Murderer’ in the Arkham Knight?
Batman is considered a superhero and was created with that intent in mind. We see that in the comics and movies created so far, but what about the games? Sure, they need to be tweaked a bit to get players more interested in the game and make it ‘sellable’, but…
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Scientists Find a Way to Reveal Your Viral Past With Just a Drop of Blood
During our lifetime, we get exposed to dozens of viruses, but luckily our bodies are well equipped to deal with it. Our immune system produces antibodies to deal with foreign agents and make us well again. However, the antibodies tailored for these viruses tend to linger in our bodies prolonged…
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Software Developer Wants to Turn Rehab into a Video Game
A Romanian software engineer by the name of Cosmin Mihaiu and his colleagues have demonstrated a new way patients can recover from injuries at TED Conference in Vancouver. He came up with the idea from an arm injury he suffered as a child and he believes that rehabilitation exercises can…
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Yo Lineup Service Lets Doctors’ Offices and Restaurants Handle Queues
The one-word messaging app by the name of Yo appears to constantly add new services. A while back, the Yo app launched a service that lets you know about missile strikes in Israel. Now, the app has launched another service which lets doctors’ offices and restaurants handle queues. “We got…
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Google Glass Could Soon Make Its Way Into The Doctors Exam Room
Nashvill based startup Octovis, Inc. are looking to bring Google’s $1500 Glass into the examination room and operating theatre. Their intention is to make it easier for doctors to take notes, access patient information, check MRI results and more while performing surgery. Of course it could also allow them to…
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Matt Smith To Hang Up The Sonic Screw Driver In 50th Anniversary
I predict that during this season of Doctor Who, that the Doctor will DIE!, and regenerate once again. If you follow The Doctor along his travels you will know that every so often something happens to The Doctor along the way which causes him to regenerate. In a sense the…
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