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Rethinking Healthcare
Janet Fang
Janet Fang
Janet Fang has written for Nature, Discover and the Point Reyes Light. She is currently a lab technician at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. She holds degrees from the University of California, Berkeley and Columbia University. She is based in New York.
Janet Fang
Janet does not have financial holdings that would influence how or what she covers.
She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Audrey Quinn
Audrey Quinn
Audrey Quinn is a multimedia science journalist based in Brooklyn, New York. She has corresponded for PRI's The World, Radiolab, Deutsche Welle's Living Planet, and a number of NPR affiliate stations. She also produces and hosts a podcast for the Mind Science Foundation. Previously, she performed neuroscience research at the University of Washington Autism Center and the Seattle VA Hospital.
Audrey Quinn
Audrey does not have financial holdings that would influence how or what she covers.
She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Archive: 11-2011
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Patent expires today on pharmaceutical superstar Lipitor
The cholesterol-lowering drug brought over $100 billion for Pfizer. Now it must share the shelves with generic versions, a $95 billion loss for big drug companies.
November 30, 2011, 4:30 PM PST | By Janet Fang
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Castlight: know what medical procedures cost beforehand
Like the Travelocity of healthcare, a San Francisco startup lets patients comparison shop.
November 29, 2011, 1:38 PM PST | By Janet Fang
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New spray illuminates hard-to-spot tumors within minutes
Fluorescence of ovarian cancer cells were observed in less than 90 seconds. The new spray would help surgeons remove residual tumors that may have spread throughout the body.
November 24, 2011, 7:20 PM PST | By Janet Fang
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Dynamic Dosing: Smart contact lenses release drugs to the eyes
These extended-release therapeutic lenses were 94 times more effective than periodically dosing your eye with medicated drops, a new rabbit study shows.
November 22, 2011, 12:43 PM PST | By Janet Fang
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Flexible, foldable implant maps brain activity during seizures
Place on the brain, this new ultrathin, high-density array of electrodes records activity at a resolution that’s nearly 50 times greater than previously possible.
November 20, 2011, 9:18 PM PST | By Janet Fang
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Blurry astronaut vision corrected by Superfocus glasses
A NASA-sponsored study found that 6-month-long spaceflights were causing a spectrum of eye abnormalities. Superfocus adjustable glasses allows astronauts (and aging earth-dwellers) to set the focus.
November 17, 2011, 3:52 PM PST | By Janet Fang
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This syringe will now self-destruct
Unsafe injections expose millions of people to blood-borne viruses. To cut down on cross-infection between people, the disposable K1 syringe has a built-in auto-disable mechanism.
November 16, 2011, 9:00 PM PST | By Janet Fang
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Obese monkeys lose weight, shrink waistlines with novel drug
Researchers have come up with a new drug that targets fat tissue by destroying its blood supply. Monkeys have lost 38% of their body fat and are at lower risk for type 2 diabetes.
November 15, 2011, 11:47 AM PST | By Janet Fang
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No Branding: Australia’s new ‘plain’ cigarette packages
No logos, no glossy paper, no color variations. The government’s “revolutionary” move allows only a solid brown background that’s mostly covered by images of disease and...
November 14, 2011, 12:50 PM PST | By Janet Fang
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Computer predicts heart attacks before they happen
Using digital models based on cheap, noninvasive CT scans, doctors can peer inside their patients’ hearts to see what they’ll look like in the future. No surgeries!
November 11, 2011, 11:22 AM PST | By Janet Fang