SCIENCE AND HEALTH HIGHLIGHTS

by ECM | March 19, 2015 1:55 pm

March 19, 2015 (San Diego’s East County) — Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news that could impact your health and our future.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

HEALTH

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

A fully transparent solar cell that could make every window and screen a power source[1] (OffGridQuest)

Researchers at Michigan State University have created a fully transparent solar concentrator, which could turn any window or sheet of glass (like your smartphone’s screen) into a photovoltaic solar cell.

All new EU cars will need emergency call technology from 2018[2] (Reuters)

All new cars sold in the European Union from March 2018 will have to be equipped with technology to contact emergency services in the case of an accident.

HEALTH

Smart bandages detect bandages before they are visible to doctors[3] (UC Berkeley)

Engineers at UC Berkeley are developing a new type of bandage that does far more than stanch the bleeding from a paper cut or scraped knee. Thanks to advances in flexible electronics, the researchers, in collaboration with colleagues at UC San Francisco, have created a new “smart bandage” that uses electrical currents to detect early tissue damage from pressure ulcers, or bedsores, before they can be seen by human eyes – and while recovery is still possible.

Clues To Autism, Schizophrenia Emerge From Cerebellum Research[4] (NPR)

 … what scientists are learning about the cerebellum could help people with many other brain disorders, says Schmahmann.  It’s intriguing that symptoms like weak abstract thinking and difficulty with social cues can be seen in both people with cerebellum damage and people with autism, he says. And, he says, the evidence is growing that the cerebellum is somehow involved in autism.

Premera Blue Cross breached, medical information exposed[5] (Reuters)

Health insurer Premera Blue Cross said on Tuesday it was a victim of a cyberattack that may have exposed medical data and financial information of 11 million customers, in the latest serious breach disclosed by a healthcare company.

Endnotes:
  1. A fully transparent solar cell that could make every window and screen a power source: http://offgridquest.com/extra/a-fully-transparent-solar-cell-that-coul
  2. All new EU cars will need emergency call technology from 2018: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/technologyNews/~3/Og926xEBQ08/story01.htm
  3. Smart bandages detect bandages before they are visible to doctors: https://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2015/03/17/smart-bandages-detect-bedsores/
  4. Clues To Autism, Schizophrenia Emerge From Cerebellum Research: http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2015/03/16/393351760/clues-to-autism-schizophrenia-emerge-from-cerebellum-research
  5. Premera Blue Cross breached, medical information exposed: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/technologyNews/~3/65P_rb3GnaI/story01.htm

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SCIENCE AND HEALTH HIGHLIGHTS

by ECM | December 19, 2013 5:32 pm

December 19,  2013 (San Diego’s East County) — Our Health and Science Highlights provide cutting edge news each week that could impact your health and our future.

SCIENCE

HEALTH

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SCIENCE

GAIA billion star surveyor takes off[1] (BBC)

Europe has launched the Gaia satellite – one of the most ambitious space missions in history.

Yellowstone supervolcano: 2.5 times bigger than anyone knew[2] (CS Monitor)

Yellowstone supervolcano: The magma chamber underneath the Yellowstone caldera is 55 miles long and 18 miles wide. The Yellowstone supervolcano has the potential to erupt with a force about 2,000 times greater than the Mount St. Helens 1980 eruption, according to a new study.

HEALTH

Severed hand kept alive on ankle[3] (BBC)

Chinese doctors save a man’s severed hand by grafting it to his ankle, buying time before reattaching it to his injured arm.

Yogurt a solution to hospital infection?[4] (Jewish World Review)

Holy Redeemer in Montgomery County, Pa., is using yogurt — the kind you could buy at the grocery store — to fight C. difficile, a hospital-acquired infection that has been growing throughout the country.  After dietitians began encouraging patients taking antibiotics to eat yogurt, the infection rate fell by two-thirds. 

Patient with mysterious illness diagnosed with H1N1[5] (KHOU)

At least one of the eight patients being treated for a mysterious illness at Conroe Regional Medical Center has tested positive for H1N1, according to Montgomery County health officials. It’s the same strain of H1N1 that caused a pandemic in 2009. Doctors have been seeing hundreds of new cases recently in Texas and nationwide. In fact, H1N1 is one of the viruses included in this year’s flu shot.

Endnotes:
  1. GAIA billion star surveyor takes off: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25426424
  2. Yellowstone supervolcano: 2.5 times bigger than anyone knew: http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/1216/Yellowstone-supervolcano-2.5-times-bigger-than-anyone-knew
  3. Severed hand kept alive on ankle: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25405543#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
  4. Yogurt a solution to hospital infection?: http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1213/yogurt_hospital_solution.php3
  5. Patient with mysterious illness diagnosed with H1N1: http://www.khou.com/news/local/Health-officials-Conroe-patient-with-mystery-illness-diagnosed-with-H1N1--236459811.html

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