Children's Health Videos

• Infant's Health
  Today's Healthcare
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  Pressure Sensors and Transducers Help Make Dummies More Life-Like

  Electrical, computer, and biological engineering combine in creating baby-patient simulators for training new pediatricians. A new simulator incorporates microelectromechanical systems (MEMs) and ... > more
• Infectious Diseases
  Pharmacology
  Bacteria
  Children's Health
  Alzheimer's Research
  Microbes and More
   
  

  With New Antibiotics, Pediatricians Fight Proxy War on Bugs

  Strep throat has become harder to fight using penicillin or amoxicillin, but that's not because the Streptococci have developed a resistance to those drugs. Instead, more than 50 percent of children ... > more
• Ultrasound
  Medical Imaging
  Medical Technology
  Space Station
  Space Probes
  Today's Healthcare
   
  

  Portable Machines Go Beyond Prenatal Uses

  Ultrasound uses sound waves that bounce off body parts, producing echoes. A computer translates the echoes into images that rival the quality of CAT scans and MRIs, showing broken bones, muscle ... > more
• Arthritis
  Consumer Behavior
  Electronics
  Technology
  Engineering
  HIV and AIDS
   
  

  Human-Factors Engineers Focus on User-Friendliness

  Human-factors engineers -- whose training includes psychology -- specialize in testing products for usability, for example checking whether a copying machine's legs get in the way, or measuring how ... > more
• Back and Neck Pain
  Pain Control
  Computer Science
  Artificial Intelligence
  Distributed Computing
  Joint Pain
   
  

  Ergonomists Find Kids Too Are at Risk From Repetitive Strain Injuries

  Ergonomists say that, even in teens, poor body posture and incorrect positioning of the keyboard, screen, and mouse are contributing to the risk of contracting neck and back pains and even carpal ... > more
• Personalized Medicine
  Today's Healthcare
  Pharmacology
  Diseases and Conditions
  Medical Technology
  HIV and AIDS
   
  

  Psychiatrists Can Now Predict An Individual Patient's Response To A Drug

  The first in a new generation of gene microarrays, computer chips that chemically or electrically express DNA, can predict how a person's body will metabolize about 25 percent of drugs on the market, ... > more
• Pharmacology
  HIV and AIDS
  Lung Cancer
  Microarrays
  Colon Cancer
  Human Biology
   
  

  Biomedical Engineers' 'Body-on-a-Chip' Could Reduce Cost of Developing New Drugs

  A new kind of microchip can host human cells to mimic the reaction of different tissues in the body. The chip could help reduce the need for animal testing, and lower the cost of developing new ... > more
• Virtual Environment
  Educational Psychology
  Transportation Science
  Disability
  Teen Health
  Diet and Weight Loss
   
  

  Simulating Impaired Reflexes Teaches Effects of Drunk Driving

  Health educators can now give students a realistic taste of the perils of drunk driving, using a DUI simulator. Special go-carts delay the reaction of the brake and gas pedals and exaggerate the ... > more
• Alzheimer's
  Alzheimer's Research
  Dementia
  Healthy Aging
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Diseases and Conditions
   
  

  Neurologists, Imaging Scientists Use Medical Physics to Spot Disease in Blood Vessels

  A new brain-imaging method allows physicians to diagnose Alzheimer's before its onset. A radioactive dye is injected in the blood and travels to the brain, where it attaches to plaque deposits of ... > more
• Today's Healthcare
  Wounds and Healing
  Medical Technology
  Birth Defects
  Brain Tumor
  Dementia
   
  

  Neurosurgeons Cut Surgical Procedure Time with New Device

  In a method called deep brain stimulation, certain movement disorders are treated by implanting wires in the brain that deliver electrical signals. The surgical procedure can last up to eight hours, ... > more

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