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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: 02-2012
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For better baby formula, bring on the pre- and probiotics
Infant formulas supplemented with prebiotics and probiotics gain some of the health benefits of real breast milk.
February 29, 2012, 4:18 PM PST | By Audrey Quinn
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Retail stores to start peddling health insurance
With employer coverage declining, health insurers are increasingly appealing to millions of individual shoppers with bricks-and-mortar stores.
February 29, 2012, 2:50 PM PST | By Janet Fang
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Egg-making stem cells found in adult women
We’ve always been told that men can sire babies for as along as they live, but women are born with all the eggs they’ll ever have. Now, stem cells that form eggs have been found in...
February 29, 2012, 11:09 AM PST | By Janet Fang
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Iceman’s DNA gives clues to health risks
The world’s oldest frozen mummy reveals some of his secrets after scientists complete sequencing of nearly his entire genome.
February 29, 2012, 8:36 AM PST | By Audrey Quinn
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Determine food freshness with edible silk stickers
Scientists at Tufts University have developed edible silk stickers that can signal when food spoils.
February 28, 2012, 3:01 PM PST | By Audrey Quinn
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Step aside anti-coagulant meds, new device physically prevents strokes
A new device from Boston Scientific offers an alternative to stroke-preventing drugs. The mesh structure gets inserted into the heart cavity to physically prevent blood clots that cause strokes.
February 28, 2012, 10:14 AM PST | By Audrey Quinn
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HPV shot recommended for boys
Merck and Co’s HPV vaccine Gardasil gets a boost in a new market, thanks to the American Academy of Pediatric’s recommendation for the vaccine in boys as young as eleven years old.
February 27, 2012, 8:52 AM PST | By Audrey Quinn
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Why sudden death occurs more in the mornings and evenings
Scientists have linked irregular heart beats with the biological clock, pinning down how the time of day increases the risk of dying. The link could lead to new prevention methods.
February 24, 2012, 7:25 PM PST | By Janet Fang
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Unapproved foreign imports to ease cancer drug shortage
To ease the dire shortage of ovarian cancer treatment Doxil, the FDA will allow temporary shipments of a replacement from India. Also, leukemia drug methotrexate will be coming from Australia.
February 22, 2012, 1:11 PM PST | By Janet Fang
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Organovo’s 3-D printer builds human muscle tissue
To fund organ-printing research, the startup plans to help drug developers save billions by offering a product so similar to human tissue, it can be used to test drugs before clinical trials.
February 21, 2012, 8:18 PM PST | By Janet Fang