You know in Star Trek when Bones runs a mobile scanning device over some poor red-shirted schlub and comes back seconds later with a diagnosis? Well, that futuristic Star Trek tricorder is a step closer to reality today thanks to the Scanadu Scout, a handheld medical scanning device that works in conjunction with a smartphone to take all five vital signs in just 10 seconds. It will cost $150...
Palm Springs Fest gives Robert Zemeckis’ awards campaign a boost
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Robert Zemeckis has been named Director of the Year by the Palm Springs International Film Festival, making the “Flight” director the latest awards hopeful to be honored by one of the two big January film festivals that double as campaign stops on the awards circuit.The announcement by Palm Springs organizers came one day after the Santa Barbara Film Festival declared “Silver...
Cost of Brand-Name Prescription Medicines Soaring
Label: HealthThe price of brand-name prescription medicines is rising far faster than the inflation rate, while the price of generic drugs has plummeted, creating the largest gap so far between the two, according to a report published Wednesday by the pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts. The report tracked an index of commonly used drugs and found that the price of brand-name medicines increased...
Medicare Is Faulted in Electronic Medical Records Conversion
Label: BusinessThe conversion to electronic medical records — a critical piece of the Obama administration’s plan for health care reform — is “vulnerable” to fraud and abuse because of the failure of Medicare officials to develop appropriate safeguards, according to a sharply critical report to be issued Thursday by federal investigators. Mike Spencer/Wilmington Star-News, via Associated PressCeleste...
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27 indicted in Mexican Mafia drug case in Ventura County
Label: World From a prison cell outside California, an inmate known as "Evil" was making himself known on Ventura County's streets.Martin...
Zero2infinity Wants to Send You 120K Feet Up — In a Balloon
Label: Technology The team at zero2infinity is moving forward with plans to offer extreme-altitude balloon rides, and recently sent a scale model soaring to an altitude of more than 104,000 feet.Zero2infinity, founded by MIT-educated engineer José Mariano López-Urdiales, hopes to provide a cheaper, more relaxing way for tourists and scientists to experience “near-space” altitudes by...
Van Gogh, John Lennon letters coming to NY auction
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — An upcoming auction of over 300 historical documents includes rare letters written by Vincent van Gogh, George Washington, John Lennon and other iconic figures.The property of an anonymous American collector is being offered by Profiles in History in an online and phone auction on Dec. 18.Among the highlights is a two-page letter from Washington to an Anglican clergyman.Another top...
The New Old Age Blog: Doctor's Orders? Another Test
Label: HealthIt is no longer news that Americans, and older Americans in particular, get more routine screening tests than they need, more than are useful. Prostate tests for men over 75, annual Pap smears for women over 65 and colonoscopies for anyone over 75 — all are overused, large-scale studies have shown.Now it appears that many older patients are also subjected to too-frequent use of the other kind of testing,...
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Program opens door to citizenship for immigrants
Label: World Ricardo Sepida gets emotional when he sees his son-in-law in a Navy uniform. Even aircraft carriers make him misty-eyed. There...
Munich Subway Photos Resemble Abandoned Kubrickian Spacecraft
Label: Technology Nick Frank likes to summarize his approach to photography with one phrase: “Reduce to the max.”Get to the point. Remove all distractions. It’s a framework that lends itself well to Frank’s series on subway stations in Munich, Germany, where he lives.“Pictures are often overloaded with information so what I’m doing is trying to flatten the image until you see the essence of the main subject,”...
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