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Is One Company About to Lock Up the Electronic Medical Records Market? Reuters

Is One Company About to Lock Up the Electronic Medical Records Market?

Will Silicon Valley lead health care's next revolution -- or miss it?

Will Patients Bear the Burden for Developing Their Own Treatments? Flickr/Army Medicine

Will Patients Bear the Burden for Developing Their Own Treatments?

Soon, you won't only be responsible for managing your disease -- you may also be expected to help find your own cure.

Paralyzed Patients Move Vicariously Through Mind-Controlled Robot medGadget

Paralyzed Patients Move Vicariously Through Mind-Controlled Robot

The cutting-edge brain-computer interface didn't require neural implants like previous systems, but simply a special cap fitted with electrodes.

A Video Game Designed to Treat Depression Worked Better Than Counseling medGadget

A Video Game Designed to Treat Depression Worked Better Than Counseling

SPARX uses the form of a videogame to help depressive teenagers treat themselves.

The New 7-Question Test That Can Diagnose Autism in Minutes medGadget

The New 7-Question Test That Can Diagnose Autism in Minutes

The method could reduce the amount of time needed to diagnose the developmental condition by 95 percent.

LEGO Robots Help Grow Bones medGadget

LEGO Robots Help Grow Bones

Sometimes, the best solution is the one that you steal from your little cousins.

Babalung Neonatal Monitor Could Save Preemies in Developing Countries medGadget

Babalung Neonatal Monitor Could Save Preemies in Developing Countries

A new device promises to keep babies breathing during episodes of apnea.

The Humble Cervical Collar Gets an Overhaul Rice University

The Humble Cervical Collar Gets an Overhaul

Finally, some new gear for people with severe head and neck injuries.

Wanted: Coach, Companion, Robot USC

Wanted: Coach, Companion, Robot

USC's stroke rehab robot prods patients to do exercises.

Plasma Flashlight Torches Bacteria medGadget

Plasma Flashlight Torches Bacteria

The handheld device could help promote sterilization in remote locations.

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