BY: ELIJAH BASSETT Virtual reality technology has taken some huge steps forward in the last few years, with no signs of slowing down. And although a lot of the discussion around VR tends to focus on its applications for entertainment,…
Cancer drugs in India are getting major price cuts
BY: ELIJAH BASSETT In India, like many places around the world, finances hold many people back from getting the medical treatment they need. Ideally, this is where the government comes in, to ensure that its citizens are able to afford…
The baby box is a worldwide phenomenon that gives infants across the globe a better start to life
By: Kassandra Dzikewicz It may seem like an odd concept to put a baby in a box, but it’s becoming a worldwide phenomenon. The idea comes from Finland, where every expectant mother has been given a box filled with baby…
This edible robot will fix your wounds from inside your body
As a kid you probably remember watching TV shows or movies about how people shrink themselves down into tiny submarines and journey into the bodies of others. The Magic School Bus did an entire episode on this, and while it…
Thanks for being a vegetarian: you’re literally helping end climate change
BY: ALEX BROWN In 2014, filmmakers Kip Andersen and Keegan Kuhn released Cowspiracy, a controversial documentary exploring one of the leading causes of greenhouse gas emissions: animal agriculture. The narrative drove home a widespread apprehension to confront the issue. Many…
Employers can now predict the future of your health by tracking your most private information
BY: CAROLINE ROLF We are surrounded by its unstoppable force and the impending possibility that technology will dictate everything humans do. Yes, technological advancements have solved many of our problems, but they have also raised concerns about our privacy and…
Doctors are prescribing free health food instead of pills so people can afford to stay healthy
BY: ALEX BROWN The main problem with health food is not a deep-seated mistrust of broccoli carried over from childhood, but rather the exorbitant prices, which make it difficult for most to subscribe to a healthy diet. A new program…
Medical Tourism: Why Millions Each Year Are Trading Bikinis For Hospital Gowns.
BY: SARAH HOWELL The stigma of traveling to a foreign country to receive medical care is long plagued by urban myths of straw hut clinics, rusty surgical tools and Freddy Krueger plastic surgery results. In recent years it seems that…