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more about #medicalimaging icelight: By the time there are bacteria or parasites in your blood, you're going to be sick enough to need to be in a hospital already. Septicemia is not a fun... more » North Star: A portable microscope. This is a brilliant idea. more » braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: Finally. I keep having these light-headed spells, and I really need a way to check for blood parasites. more » ♠ Final ♠: Oh and one more thing. If you are worried about radiation... make sure you're not fat. I'm not being mean, I'm not trying to beat up on people that do... more » Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: Oh yeah this whole thing reminded me of this from the very hit or miss flick The Ten. This is more hit. more » Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: My dad is a doc and told me that when a doctor automatically has you get test like this done then they probably aren't very good at diagnosing things ... more » twDarkflame: ""There is a fundamental problem when the person ordering the study has a direct financial interest in maximizing the use of a particular piece of equ... more » -
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Use Your Cell Phone To Diagnose Blood Diseases
The medical tricorder is now closer than ever to reality. A group of Berkeley engineers have invented a mobile phone microscope that can photograph microbes in your blood, and analyze them for disease. More » -
#madmedicine
Is Your Doctor Exposing You to Too Much Radiation?
A new study released this week shows that medical imaging scans expose patients to seven times more radiation than they did twenty years ago. Could a scan for cancer actually be giving you cancer? More »
