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  'Children Are Dying': a harrowing look at America's drug shortage

  By Amar Toor on May 24, 2013 08:32 am + 33 comments

  There's a public health crisis brewing across hospitals in the US, where many sick children are Continue reading…

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  GE gets lost in 'The Matrix' with new ad for connected hospitals starring Agent Smith

  By Carl Franzen on April 12, 2013 01:45 pm + 46 comments

  GE wants you to feel better about going to the hospital now that it's helping "connect" medical Continue reading…

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  FDA approves first autonomous telemedicine robot for use in hospitals

  By Chris Welch on January 25, 2013 11:40 am + 17 comments

  iRobot and InTouch Health have received the FDA's stamp of approval for their RP-VITA autonomous Continue reading…

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  Bacteria-killing textiles could obliterate hospital infections

  By Amar Toor on November 13, 2012 07:43 am + 15 comments

  Researchers in Spain have developed bacteria-killing textiles that could be used to stop the spread Continue reading…

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  iRobot and InTouch Health announce RP-VITA 'telemedicine' robot

  By Dieter Bohn on July 24, 2012 12:01 am + 3 comments

  iRobot is taking its Ava robot platform and bringing it into the healthcare space, partnering with Continue reading…

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  Endosync transfers video of your insides to the worldwide web

  By Jamie Keene on February 8, 2012 07:42 am + 2 comments

  Specialist site iMedicalApps has reviewed a new set of wireless endoscopy tools from Envisionier Continue reading…

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  Healthcare in the cloud: an exclusive look at Qualcomm 2net

  By T.C. Sottek on January 31, 2012 04:06 pm + 12 comments

  Our own Joshua Topolsky recently visited Qualcomm Life, a new Qualcomm company focused on Continue reading…

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  New wheelchair designed to encourage seated movement

  By Tom Warren on January 17, 2012 04:58 am + 2 comments

  If you sit behind a desk in an office all day then you'll be all too aware of the effects from not Continue reading…

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  IBM's Watson supercomputer turns to treating cancer

  By Jamie Keene on December 27, 2011 10:32 am + 15 comments

  The hive mind of servers behind Watson may have conquered Jeopardy, but now it's turning its Continue reading…

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  Kinect aids in improving mobility and rehabilitating stroke patients

  By Jamie Keene on December 20, 2011 06:26 am + 2 comments

  Kinect's finding its way into more and more areas of research as a comparatively cheap way to create Continue reading…